Melekia Simpson
- position Sprints
- class Junior
- Hometown Greenwood, S.C.
- Previous School Coastal Carolina
- High school Greenwood
- position Sprints
- class Junior
- Hometown Greenwood, S.C.
- Previous School Coastal Carolina
- High school Greenwood
Melekia Simpson Bio
2012: Indoors, competed in the 60m and 200m…ran a season-best 7.93 in the 60m at the Rod McCravy Memorial…in her only 200m appearance of the indoor season, ran a 25.87…Outdoors, competed in the 100m and 200m…won the Gamecock Open…ran a season-best 12.15 in the 100m at the SEC Outdoor Championships, placing 19th in the prelims…also ran a season-best in the 200m at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a 24.89.
AT COASTAL CAROLINA: Indoor, ran a personal best 7.77 in the 60m in the finals at the Big South Indoor Conference Championships, placing sixth … outdoors, ran the anchor leg for the runner-up 4x100m relay team at Big South Conference Championships and ran a personal-best time of 11.93 in the 100m … ran 25.23 to take fifth in the 200m.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-State in the 200 meters her senior year… Lettered in track and field all four years… Participated at the Junior Olympics her junior year… Earned All-Region honors her senior, sophomore and freshman years… Played basketball all four years.
