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Will complete her eligibility in the indoor season ... a natural leader, who should score points at the conference meet in both the 60 and 200 meters ... will continue to train during the outdoor season as a member of Sheffield Elite.
2003 - Capped her outdoor career by earning a bid to her first NCAA championships in both the 100 and 200 meters, but was forced to withdraw due to an injury suffered while competing at the NCAA regional meet ... 2003 Mountain West Conference Most Outstanding Performance award-winner, after sweeping the 100 and 200 meters and running a leg on the first place 4x100 and 4x400 ... successfully defended her 100-meter title, tying the school record of 11.50 in the prelims ... won the 200 after placing second each of the previous two seasons ... MWC athlete of the week on April 15, after playing a part in four of SDSU’s six event titles at the Cal-Nevada championships ... Cal-Nevada meet MVP, winning the 100 (11.75) and 200 (23.87) in NCAA regional qualifying times ... lead-off leg on the team’s school record 4x200 relay (1:32.99) at the Penn Relays ... redshirted the indoor season.
2002 - Two-time MWC outdoor champion in the 100 meters and as a member of the conference’s fastest-ever 4x100 relay ... won the 100 meters at the conference meet with a time of 11.72 ... runner-up in the 200 meters with the fastest time in school history (23.32) ... won her first three races of the outdoor season in the 200 ... second in the 100 and third in the 200 at the Cal-Nevada meet ... fourth in both the 60 (7.66) and 200 (24.54) meters at the MWC indoor meet with team season-best times ... earned an invitation for the North America, Central America and Caribbean under-25 track and field meet in San Antonio, Texas, for the 200-meter dash, placing fourth.
2001 - Ran 11.80 at the Cal-Nevada championships for the conference’s top time in the 100 meters ... time of 11.80 ranked eighth all-time at SDSU and was the fastest by an Aztec all season ... posted 13 top-five finishes on the year, seven in the 100 meters and six in the 200 meters ... second in the 100 and 200 meters at the MWC Outdoor Championships ... ran the team’s second-best time of 24.01 in the 200 meters and second best in the 400 meters (56.51).
2000 - SDSU’s second-fastest time in the 100 meters (11.93), ranking eighth-best in the MWC ... seventh in both the 100 (12.08) and 200 (24.52) at the Mountain West Conference outdoor championships ... 200 meters time at MWC outdoor meet was a seasonal best.
High School - Attended Lincoln High School in Stockton ... four-time varsity letterwinner in track and field ... owns PRs of 11.8 in the 100 meters and 24.15 in the 200 meters ... was part of a 4x100 relay team that ran 54.7 ... also lettered two years in basketball.
Personal - Melinda Joy Smedley was born Feb. 11, 1981, in San Francisco ... nickname is Mindi ... lists Marion Jones and Maurice Greene as her favorite athletes ... daughter of Don Smedley and Marti McRae ... major is sociology. |
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