Melodie Leroudier

Height:
5-4
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
High School:
Amador Valley HS
Hometown:
Pleasanton, CA

2018-19 -- Track: For the second year in a row, ran two events at the Big West Championships ... on Day 1 of the Conference Meet at UC Santa Barbara, advanced from the 1,500-meter prelims with a ninth-qualifying time of 4:37.05 ... returned to Pauley Track ultimately finishing 10th in the final, at 4:40.26 ... also at the BWC Championships on May 11, clocked a 5,000m PR of 17:50.49, taking 26th ... earned her 1,500m PR — 4:34.53 — at the 37th annual Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational on March 23, placing eighth at home ... during the winter, added an indoor mile of 5:01.84 at the Arkansas Qualifier on SEC+ Network Feb. 15, finishing seventh ... in addition, made her fourth consecutive Big West All-Academic Team. Cross Country: Helped lead the Mustangs to the Big West Conference championship on Oct. 27, as the squad claimed the title with 33 points in Brea ... came in 28th place at the finals, running 6k Carbon Canyon Regional Park in 22:58.4 to contribute to earning the trophy ... also competed at the Orange County course on Sept. 1, taking 41st place at Cal State Fullerton’s Covert Classic with a 5k showing of 18:45.5 ... added a 27th-place 5k performance of 18:23.2 at UCSB’s Lagoon Open on Sept. 15 ... additionally, made the Big West Fall All-Academic Team.

2017-18 -- Track: Competed in the Big West Championships for two events ... on Day 1 at CSUN, posted a 1,500-meter prelims PR of 4:39.72; came in 11th place in the conference final on May 12, at 4:41.25 ... the same day, returned to the track for the 5,000m, clocking an effort of 18:35.70 (26th) ... began season with a seventh-place 1,500m time of 4:42.20 at the Cal Opener in Berkeley on March 3 ... also took fifth at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual at UCSB on April 28, in 4:43.66. Cross Country: Started season helping the Mustangs win the Lagoon Open at UCSB on Sept. 2 — 22-37 for the rivalry victory — as she finished 23rd individually with a 5k time of 19:19.94 ... added a 10th-place 18:35.5 at the Fresno XC Invite on Sept. 9, as Cal Poly tied San Jose State for the top score of 39 ... posted an 87th-place 6k (21:20.3) at Oregon’s Invitational on Sept. 29 ... also earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2016-17 -- Track: Redshirted. Cross Country: While redshirting, competed at three meets unattached ... took ninth place at the Lagoon Open on Sept. 3, running the 5k in 18:17.93 ... then came in 62nd at the Stanford Invite on Oct. 1 with a 6k performance of 22:48.6 ... closed the fall by finishing seventh at the Cal Poly Invitational hosted at Fairbanks Memorial Course in San Luis Obispo, with a 5k time of 19:32.9.

Prep -- As a senior at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, finished 44th overall (16th in Division 1) at the 2015 CIF State Cross Country Championship Meet, running the 5k in 18 minutes, 3.2 seconds at Woodward Park in Fresno ... in track season, came in sixth place at the 2016 North Coast Section Championships for the 1,600 meters, with a time of 4:55.14 ... also had a 3,200m PR of 10:51.82 (taking third at the Halden Invitational) ... in her final year with the Dons, helped lead the team to a 4-0 dual-meet record with coach Jason Oswalt, culminating in an East Bay Athletic League championship, as well as the program’s first NCS title ... chose Cal Poly because she “loved the environment and the location.”

Personal -- Majors in Kinesiology, and aspires to be a physical therapist or sports medicine doctor.