Carol Rodríguez

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]

Carol Rodríguez

Carol Rodríguez at the 2010 Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague
Personal information
Full name	Carol Ann Rodríguez Taylor
Born	(1985-12-26) December 26, 1985 (age 39) Pomona, California
Occupation	radio personality on Dash Radio.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Puerto Rico
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 m, 400 m
Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayaguez 4 × 100 m 2010 Mayaguez 200 m CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2004 Coatzacoalcos 4 × 400 m relay 2004 Coatzacoalcos 100 m
Updated on 4 January 2015

In this German name, the surname is Rodríguez, not 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 100 m, fourth in the 200 m and anchored USC's third place 4 × 100 metres relay team. The relay team repeated their third-place finish in 2007, while Rodriguez finished fourth in the 100 m.^[4] She holds the USC school record in the 200 m (surpassing World Champion Inger Miller) and 400 m.^[5]

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	11.28 s (wind: +1.3 m/s)	New York, New York	30 May 2009
200 m	22.23 s (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Provo, Utah	26 May 2006
400 m	51.39 s	Los Angeles, California	3 May 2008
Indoor
60 m	7.44 s	Pullman, Washington	27 Jan 2007
200 m	22.77 s	Fayetteville, Arkansas	10 Mar 2006
400 m	54.14 s	College Station, Texas	11 Feb 2012

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Puerto Rico
2004	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Coatzacoalcos, México	3rd	100 m	11.73 (+0.6 m/s)
			5th	200 m	24.24 w (+2.7 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 400 m	3:44.87
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	15th (h)	100 m	12.11 (+0.4 m/s)
2006	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	100 m	11.40 (+1.0 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	23.27 (+0.5 m/s)
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	100 m	11.47 (-0.3 m/s)
			4th (h)1	200 m	23.31 w (+2.5 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	15th (sf)	100 m	11.78 (+0.6 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m	43.81
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	13th (h)	400 m	53.64 A
			4th	4 × 100 m	44.34 A
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	40th (h)	200 m	24.07 (-0.4 m/s)
			36th (h)	400 m	53.08
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	100 m	11.38 (+0.8 m/s)
			4th	200 m	23.61 (-1.2 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m	44.08
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	32nd (h)	100 m	11.64 (-0.1 m/s)
			29th (h)	200 m	23.54 (+0.1 m/s)
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	4th	100 m	11.57 (+0.1 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	23.54 (+0.5 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m	DQ
			—	4 × 400 m	DQ
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	100 m	11.56 (0.0 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	23.37 (-0.9 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m	DQ
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	12th (h)	200 m	23.98 (+0.1 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m	DNF
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	17th (sf)	400 m	52.08
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	6th	200 m	23.69 A (-0.6 m/s)
			7th	400 m	53.81 A
			4th	4 × 400 m	3:38.13 A
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	12th (B)	4 × 100 m	43.99
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th	4 × 100 m	44.33 A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	6th	4 × 400 m	3:33.16
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	3rd (sf)	200 m	23.85 (-0.4 m/s)
			6th	400 m	53.61
			2nd	4 × 100 m	43.51
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	400 m	52.46
			1st	4 × 100 m	43.55

¹: Did not start in the final.