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	June 27, 1998 Grenada
Sport
College team	UCLA 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

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

External links

• Meleni Rodney at World Athletics