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Meleni Rodney
Personal information
Born (1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 26)
Grenada
Sport
College teamUCLA Bruins
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Grenada
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing 400m

Meleni Rodney, OLY (born 27 June 1998) is a Grenadian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.

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. 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 as well in the 400m 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

On 26 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.

Competition record

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

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (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. "James, Rodney named GrenadaSports Athletes of the Year - GrenadaSports". grenadasports.gd. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
  6. ^ "TFRRS | CCCAA California State Championships Track & Field Meet Results".
  7. "Pac-12 announces outdoor track & field athletes of the week". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019.
  8. "UCLA Track & Field Trio Garners Pac-12 Athlete of the Week Honors - UCLA". uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019.
  9. "2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field All-America ::: USTFCCCA".
  10. "Bruins Earn 12 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Accolades - UCLA". uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020.
  11. "CARIFTA 2014: Day one results". 20 April 2014.
  12. "2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics".
  13. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "400 Metres Result | 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
  15. http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Athletics-cyg-2015_rull-results.pdf
  16. ^ "OECS Championships - Complete Results (Raw)". bvi.milesplit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
  17. "TFRRS | NorCal Trials & Finals Track & Field Meet Results".
  18. https://static.gohuskies.com/custompages/trackresults/022318/180223F005.htm

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