Meleni Rodney

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Meleni Rodney
Personal information
Nationality
Born (1998-06-27) June 27, 1998 (age 23)
Grenada
Sport
College teamUCLA Bruins[1]
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Grenada
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing 400m

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.[4] In that same year she was named athlete of the year along with Kirani James.[5] 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[6] as well in the 400m[6] 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[7][8]

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.[9][10]

Competition record[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Grenada
2014 CARIFTA Games Fort-de-France, Martinique 3rd 400 m (U18) 54.45[11]
Summer Youth Olympics Nanjing, China 3rd 400 m 53.33[12]
2015 CARIFTA Games Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3rd 400 m (U18) 54.56[13]
World Youth Championships in Athletics Cali, Colombia 8th (sf) 400 m (U18) 56.36[14]
Commonwealth Youth Games Apia, Samoa 5th (h) 400 m 59.00[15]
2016 OECS Track and Field Championships Tortola, British Virgin Islands 6th 400m 57.14[16]
2nd 4×400m RELAY 3:41.75[16]
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)[17]
  • 400 metres – 51.32 (Drake Stadium – Los Angeles, CA 2021)[6]
  • 200 (Indoor) metres – 23.92 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA , USA 2018)[18]
  • 400 (Indoor) metres – 53.80 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA , USA 2018)

References[]

  1. ^ http://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8122[dead link]
  2. ^ "Meleni RODNEY | Profile | World Athletics".
  3. ^ Meleni Rodney profile at TFRRS
  4. ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ http://grenadasports.gd/james-rodney-named-grenadasports-athletes-year/[dead link]
  6. ^ a b c https://www.tfrrs.org/results/51903_3196073.html?athlete_hnd=5681840
  7. ^ https://pac-12.com/article/2019/04/16/pac-12-announces-outdoor-track-field-athletes-week
  8. ^ https://uclabruins.com/news/2019/4/16/ucla-track-field-trio-garners-pac-12-athlete-of-the-week-honors.aspx[dead link]
  9. ^ http://www.ustfccca.org/2020/05/featured/2020-ncaa-division-i-indoor-track-field-all-america
  10. ^ https://uclabruins.com/news/2020/5/26/track-field-bruins-earn-12-ustfccca-indoor-all-america-accolades.aspx[dead link]
  11. ^ http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/8728/carifta-2014-day-results
  12. ^ "2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics".
  13. ^ http://ttnaaa.org/compete/2015/results/carifta.pdf[dead link]
  14. ^ "400 Metres Result | 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 2018-10-02.
  15. ^ http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Athletics-cyg-2015_rull-results.pdf
  16. ^ a b http://bvi.milesplit.com/meets/242954/results/457689/raw#.V6ukUvkwjIU[dead link]
  17. ^ https://www.tfrrs.org/results/50081_3180096.html?athlete_hnd=5681840
  18. ^ https://static.gohuskies.com/custompages/trackresults/022318/180223F005.htm

http://www.rtspt.com/events/mtsac/2017/170413F202.htm

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