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| Born | 27 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| College team | UCLA Bruins [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Meleni Rodney, OLY (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 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. [9] [10]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 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 | |||
Outdoor