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Height
  
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Country
  
Name
  
Carol Rodriguez

Weight
  
65 kg (143 lb)

Sport
  
Athletics

Carol Rodriguez
Full name
  
Carol Ann Rodriguez Taylor

Born
  
December 26, 1985 (age 38) (
1985-12-26
)

Occupation
  
radio personality on Dash Radio.

Similar
  
Allyson Felix, Kim Gevaert, Evette de Klerk, Florence Griffith Joyner

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

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Carol Rodriguez is currently the Host of Sports Run and Then Some on iCraft Radio on Dash Radio.

Carol Rodriguez: 2008 Beijing & 2112 London Track Olympian


Career

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Rodriguez competed in both the 200 and 400 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round.

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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.

Carol Rodríguez Not in Hall of Fame 112 Carol Rodriguez

Rodriguez 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.

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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. She holds the USC school record in the 200m (surpassing World Champion Inger Miller) and 400m.

Carol Rodríguez Photos 2008 Trojan Relays Carol Rodriguez anchoring a relay

References

Carol Rodriguez Wikipedia