Meleni Rodney
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| Born | June 27, 1998 Grenada | ||||||||||||||
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| College team | UCLA Bruins[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meleni Rodney (born 27 June 1998) is a Grenadian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.[2][3]
She participated at the Summer Youth Olympics in 2014 and received a bronze medal. In that same year she was named athlete of the year along with Kirani James.[4] In 2016, she was a part of the women's 4×400m Relay team which secured a Silver Medal at the 2016 OECS Track & Field Championships with teammates Amanda Crawford, Kenisha Pascal and Kanika Beckles.
In 2017 Meleni experience a return to form resulting in improvements in her personal best in the 200m at the Norcal finals[5] as well in the 400m[5] dash at the CCCAA California State Championships.
After recording a personal best time in the 400m at the 2019 Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational Meleni was named Pac-12 Athlete of the Week[6][7]
On the 26th May 2020 Meleni was one of 12 UCLA Bruins who received USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Accolades as part of the Women's 4x400m Relay team.[8][9]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Grenada
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| 2014 | CARIFTA Games | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 3rd | 400 m (U18) | 54.45[10] |
| Summer Youth Olympics | Nanjing, China | 3rd | 400 m | 53.33[11] | |
| 2015 | CARIFTA Games | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3rd | 400 m (U18) | 54.56[12] |
| World Youth Championships in Athletics | Cali, Colombia | 8th (sf) | 400 m (U18) | 56.36[13] | |
| Commonwealth Youth Games | Apia,Samoa | 5th (h) | 400 m | 59.00[14] | |
| 2016 | OECS Track and Field Championships | Tortola, British Virgin Islands | 6th | 400m | 57.14[15] |
| 2nd | 4×400m RELAY | 3:41.75[15] | |||
| 2017 | OECS Track and Field Championships | Kirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada | 1st | 400m | 53.55 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m RELAY | 3:37.48 | |||
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.25 (De Anza – Cupertino, CA 2017)[16]
- 400 metres – 53.01 (Drake Stadium – Los Angeles, CA 2019)[5]
- 200 (Indoor) metres – 23.92 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA , USA 2018)[17]
- 400 (Indoor) metres – 53.80 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA , USA 2018)
References
- ^ http://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8122
- ^ https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/grenada/meleni-rodney-290816
- ^ Meleni Rodney profile at TFRRS
- ^ http://grenadasports.gd/james-rodney-named-grenadasports-athletes-year/
- ^ a b c https://www.tfrrs.org/results/51903_3196073.html?athlete_hnd=5681840
- ^ https://pac-12.com/article/2019/04/16/pac-12-announces-outdoor-track-field-athletes-week
- ^ https://uclabruins.com/news/2019/4/16/ucla-track-field-trio-garners-pac-12-athlete-of-the-week-honors.aspx
- ^ http://www.ustfccca.org/2020/05/featured/2020-ncaa-division-i-indoor-track-field-all-america?fbclid=IwAR1jpRWEtWp0k9HtvE64k5CAGlaC--oK4Obvm7WOkfxpuo1vgljgb-lzHRY
- ^ https://uclabruins.com/news/2020/5/26/track-field-bruins-earn-12-ustfccca-indoor-all-america-accolades.aspx
- ^ http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/8728/carifta-2014-day-results
- ^ https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/youth-olympic-games/2nd-youth-olympic-games-4950/results/women/400-metres/final/result#resultheader
- ^ http://ttnaaa.org/compete/2015/results/carifta.pdf
- ^ https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u18-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/women/400-metres/semi-final/result
- ^ http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Athletics-cyg-2015_rull-results.pdf
- ^ a b http://bvi.milesplit.com/meets/242954/results/457689/raw#.V6ukUvkwjIU
- ^ https://www.tfrrs.org/results/50081_3180096.html?athlete_hnd=5681840
- ^ https://static.gohuskies.com/custompages/trackresults/022318/180223F005.htm
http://www.rtspt.com/events/mtsac/2017/170413F202.htm
External links
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