Meleni Rodney Explained

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Meleni Rodney
Birth Date:	1998 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Grenada
Collegeteam:	UCLA Bruins^[1]

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

She participated at the Summer Youth Olympics in 2014 and received a bronze medal.^[3] 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 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.^{[8] [9]}

Competition record

Representing
2014		Fort-de-France, Martinique	3rd	400 m (U18)	54.45^[10]
		Nanjing, China	3rd	400 m	53.33^[11]
2015		Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	3rd	400 m (U18)	54.56^[12]
		Cali, Colombia	8th (sf)	400 m (U18)	56.36^[13]
		Apia, Samoa	5th (h)	400 m	59.00^[14]
2016		Tortola, British Virgin Islands	bgcolor=	6th	400m	57.14^[15]
			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)^[16]
• 400 metres – 51.32 (Drake Stadium – Los Angeles, CA 2021)^[5]
• 200 (Indoor) metres – 23.92 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA, USA 2018)^[17]
• 400 (Indoor) metres – 53.80 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA, USA 2018)

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 3 July 2018 . 3 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703050616/http://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8122 . dead .
2. Web site: Meleni RODNEY Profile World Athletics.
3. Web site: Athletics Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026234354/http://doc.rero.ch/record/211434/files/Results_Book_Athletics_V1.0.pdf. 26 October 2016. 17 August 2020. 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
4. Web site: James, Rodney named GrenadaSports Athletes of the Year - GrenadaSports . grenadasports.gd . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160827154813/http://grenadasports.gd/james-rodney-named-grenadasports-athletes-year/ . 2016-08-27.
5. Web site: TFRRS | CCCAA California State Championships Track & Field Meet Results.
6. Web site: Pac-12 announces outdoor track & field athletes of the week. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417001348/https://pac-12.com/article/2019/04/16/pac-12-announces-outdoor-track-field-athletes-week. dead. 17 April 2019.
7. Web site: UCLA Track & Field Trio Garners Pac-12 Athlete of the Week Honors - UCLA . uclabruins.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190424104042/https://uclabruins.com/news/2019/4/16/ucla-track-field-trio-garners-pac-12-athlete-of-the-week-honors.aspx . 2019-04-24.
8. Web site: 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field All-America ::: USTFCCCA.
9. Web site: Bruins Earn 12 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Accolades - UCLA . uclabruins.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200527205641/https://uclabruins.com/news/2020/5/26/track-field-bruins-earn-12-ustfccca-indoor-all-america-accolades.aspx . 2020-05-27.
10. Web site: CARIFTA 2014: Day one results. 20 April 2014.
11. Web site: 2nd Youth Olympic Games World Athletics.
12. Web site: Archived copy . 10 August 2016 . 26 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826021146/http://ttnaaa.org/compete/2015/results/carifta.pdf . dead .
13. Web site: 400 Metres Result 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015 iaaf.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020102/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u18-championships/9th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2015-5408/results/women/400-metres/semi-final/result. 2018-10-02.
14. http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Athletics-cyg-2015_rull-results.pdf
15. Web site: OECS Championships - Complete Results (Raw) . bvi.milesplit.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914060505/http://bvi.milesplit.com/meets/242954/results/457689/raw . 2016-09-14.
16. Web site: TFRRS | NorCal Trials & Finals Track & Field Meet Results.
17. https://static.gohuskies.com/custompages/trackresults/022318/180223F005.htm