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Carol Rodríguez

Carol Rodríguez

Puerto Rican sprinter

Carol Ann Rodríguez Taylor (born 26 December 1985 in Pomona, California) is a Puerto Rican sprinter. Her mother was an African American from New Orleans, and her father grew up in Yauco, Puerto Rico.[1]

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Taylor.

Carol Rodríguez is currently[when?] the Host of Sports Run and Then Some on iCraft Radio on Dash Radio.

Career

Rodríguez competed in both the 200 and 400 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games, and the 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics, without reaching the final round.[2]

She has 22.23 seconds in the 200 meters, achieved in May 2006 in Provo; 51.39 seconds in the 400 meters, achieved in June 2008 in Des Moines; 11.28 seconds in the 100 meters, achieved in May 2009 in New York City; and 7.56 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in January 2006 in Pullman.[2]

Rodríguez grew up in Southern California, attending Western High School in Anaheim, California for her first three years. At the 2003 CIF California State Meet, she finished third in the 100 metres behind Allyson Felix and Shalonda Solomon as a junior, but did not make it back to the meet her senior year after she transferred to Long Beach Wilson High School.[3]

She next went to the University of Southern California majoring in sociology. At the 2006 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships she finished third in the 100m, fourth in the 200m and anchored USC's third place 4x100 metres relay team. The relay team repeated their third-place finish in 2007, while Rodriguez finished fourth in the 100m.[4] She holds the USC school record in the 200m (surpassing World Champion Inger Miller) and 400m.[5]

Personal bests

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Achievements

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1: Did not start in the final.

References

  1. [1]
    "Carol Rodriguez makes her parents and Puerto Rico proud - espnW". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  2. [2]
    Carol Rodríguez at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. [3]
    "State Finals - 2003".
  4. [4]
    "Player Bio: Carol Rodriguez - USC's Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  5. [5]
    All time women's performers Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
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