Nadonnia Rodrigues

2009: NCAA Indoor Championship participant in the 400m … SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year … SEC Indoor gold medalist in the 4x400m relay … SEC Indoor bronze medalist in the 400m … First Team All-SEC … SEC All-Freshman Team … in the 400m, opened her collegiate career with a victory at the Kentucky Invitational at 53.52 … ran 53.50 at the New Balance Collegiate to place fifth overall … hit a collegiate best 53.41 to earn bronze medal honors at the SEC Indoor Championships … did not finish her race at the NCAA Indoor Championships due to injury … ran the second leg of the women[apos]s 4x400m relay team that won the SEC title at 3:33.50 … outdoors, battled injuries throughout the season but was able to compete in three meets … took second in her only 400m race, running a 54.32 at the Friendship & Freedom Games … ran the 800m twice, winning the State USATF Meet at 2:21.53 and running 2:22.39 at the Spec Town Relays.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated form the Boys & Girls School in Brooklyn, N.Y. … competed in the 200m and 400m … ran the No. 4 time in US history in the 400m at 52.83, set at the Pepsi Hall of Fame Classic indoor meet … holds the state record in the 400m and the 2x400m relay … all-american … competed at the Penn Relays.

PERSONAL: Nadonia Chevelle Rodrigues was born Sept. 28, 1990 in Kingston, Jamaica … undecided major … daughter of Bobbet Blackman … chose USC over LSU, TCU and Penn State.