Meleni Rodney

Meleni Rodney (born 27 June 1998) is a Grenadian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.[2][3]

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

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 – 53.01 (Drake Stadium – Los Angeles, CA 2019)[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
  2. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/grenada/meleni-rodney-290816
  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/
  6. 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
  9. http://www.ustfccca.org/2020/05/featured/2020-ncaa-division-i-indoor-track-field-all-america?fbclid=IwAR1jpRWEtWp0k9HtvE64k5CAGlaC--oK4Obvm7WOkfxpuo1vgljgb-lzHRY
  10. https://uclabruins.com/news/2020/5/26/track-field-bruins-earn-12-ustfccca-indoor-all-america-accolades.aspx
  11. http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/8728/carifta-2014-day-results
  12. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/youth-olympic-games/2nd-youth-olympic-games-4950/results/women/400-metres/final/result#resultheader
  13. http://ttnaaa.org/compete/2015/results/carifta.pdf
  14. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u18-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/women/400-metres/semi-final/result
  15. http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Athletics-cyg-2015_rull-results.pdf
  16. http://bvi.milesplit.com/meets/242954/results/457689/raw#.V6ukUvkwjIU
  17. https://www.tfrrs.org/results/50081_3180096.html?athlete_hnd=5681840
  18. https://static.gohuskies.com/custompages/trackresults/022318/180223F005.htm

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