Sterling Melancon
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Mount Juliet, Tenn.
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- Position:
- Sprints
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Wilson Central
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- Events:
- Sprints
Bio
*2021 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (60 Meter, 200 Meter)
*2021 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (100 Meter)
*2021 USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American (100 Meter)
*Bronze Medal - 2021 SAC Outdoor Championship - 200 Meter & 4x100 Meter Relay
*2021 SAC Outdoor Track & Field Men's Freshman of the Year
2021: Indoor - Finished in the top-five in all 10 events he competed in during the indoor season. Won the 200 meter run at the UIndy Last Chance Meet with a time of 22.21 seconds. Finished second in the 60 meter run twice, at the Run As Fast As You Can Meet (7.02 seconds), and the VMI Winter Classic (6.90 seconds). Named USTFCCCA All-Region for the 60 meter and 200 meter runs.
Feb. 5, 2021 - Buccaneer Invitational - 60 Meter (Prelims) - 6.93 seconds - 4th
Buccaneer Invitational - 60 Meter (Final) - 6.87 seconds - 3rd
Buccaneer Invitational - 200 Meter - 22.12 seconds - 5th
Feb. 7, 2021 - Run As Fast As You Can Meet - 60 Meter - 7.02 seconds - 2nd
Feb. 13, 2021 - VMI Winter Classic - 60 Meter (Prelims) - 6.94 seconds - 3rd
VMI Winter Classic - 60 Meter (Final) - 6.90 seconds - 2nd
VMI Winter Classic - 200 Meter - 22.05 seconds - 4th
Feb. 28, 2021 - UIndy Last Chance Meet - 60 Meter (Prelims) - 6.88 seconds - 4th
UIndy Last Chance Meet - 60 Meter (Final) - 6.91 seconds - 5th
UIndy Last Chance Meet - 200 Meter - 22.21 seconds - 1st
2021: Outdoor - Finished in the top-10 in 16 of the 18 events he competed in during the 2021 outdoor season. Finished 11th at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100 meter run to earn second-team All-American honors. Earned a bronze medal at the SAC Outdoor Championships in the 200 meter run with a time of 21.28 seconds. Earned a bronze medal at the SAC Outdoor Championships in the men's 4x100 meter relay with Devon Moore, DeQuan Dudley and Isaiah Weasby. Named 2021 SAC Outdoor Track & Field SAC Freshman of the Year. Earned three event wins in the 100 meter relay, men's 4x100 meter relay and men's 4x400 meter relay at the LR Bears Open. Finished the year with the eighth fastest time in the nation in the 100 meter run (10.36 seconds).
Mar. 21, 2021 - LR Bears Open - 100 Meter - 10.78 seconds - 1st
LR Bears Open - 200 Meter - 22.22 seconds - 3rd
LR Bears Open - 4x100 Meter Relay - 41.50 seconds - 1st
LR Bears Open - 4x400 Meter Relay - 3:24.43 - 1st
Apr. 9, 2021 - Lee Flames Invitational - 100 Meter - 10.71 seconds - 4th
Lee Flames Invitational - 200 Meter - 21.90 seconds - 14th
Lee Flames Invitational - 4x100 Meter Relay - 41.36 seconds - 3rd
Apr. 24, 2021 - SAC Outdoor Championships - 100 Meter (Prelims) - 10.89 seconds - 4th
SAC Outdoor Championships - 100 Meter (Final) - 10.50 seconds - 4th
SAC Outdoor Championships - 200 Meter (Prelims) - 22.11 seconds - 4th
SAC Outdoor Championships - 200 Meter (Final) - 21.28 seconds - 3rd
SAC Outdoor Championships - 4x100 Meter Relay - 41.55 seconds - 3rd
SAC Outdoor Championships - 4x400 Meter Relay - 3:23.95 - 6th
May. 7, 2021 - Montreat Final - 100 Meter - 11.27 seconds - 5th
May. 15, 2021 - Lee Last Chance Meet - 100 Meter - 10.36 seconds - 2nd
Lee Last Chance Meet - 200 Meter - 21.29 seconds - 6th
Lee Last Chance Meet - 4x100 Meter Relay - 40.79 seconds - 3rd
May. 27, 2021 - NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships - 100 Meter (Prelims) - 10.51 seconds - 11th
HIGH SCHOOL: Melancon won the 2020 60 meter dash State Championship and was a four-time All-American. He ran a 6.88 in the 60m at the Nashville Music City Invitational, good for fifth in the nation. He was also a member of the 2020 Indoor Track and Field State Runner-Up Wilson Central Wildcats.
PERSONAL: Son of Trichlyn Wise. Intends to major in Biochemistry.
News mentions
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Carson-Newman men's and women's track & field team both finished fifth place at the 2021 SAC Indoor Championships.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A gold medal in the long jump by Joseph Oreva and a pair of silver medals in the pole vault helped the Carson-Newman track & field team open the weekend with early successes on day one of the SAC Indoor Championships.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Carson-Newman track & field team wrap up the 2022 indoor track & field season, competing at the SAC Indoor Championships this weekend.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Facing top Division-I and Division-II talent, Devon Moore picked up a pair of top-five finishes at the UofSC Invitational in Columbia, S.C. on Friday, Feb. 18.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - After opening the season in Johnson City, the Carson-Newman track & field team returns to the Buc Dome for the Buccaneer Invitational on Feb. 4 and 5.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Carson-Newman track & field team flexed their muscles at the Tiger Paw Invite, winning two events and setting a pair of school records.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Two weeks after opening the season at the ETSU Invitational, the Eagles return to the track at the Tiger Paw Invite in Louisville, Ky. on Friday, Jan. 28.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Matthew Blackmon and Christian Shouse claimed the first two event wins of the season for Carson-Newman on day two of the ETSU Invitational.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - A record-breaking performance by Matthew Blackmon along with a provisional time in the 60 meter run by Makanakaishe Charamba led the Eagles at the first day of the ETSU Invitational.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman track & field team begin the 2022 indoor season at the ETSU Invitational on Jan.14-15 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman Director of Track & Field and Cross Country David Needs has announced both the indoor and outdoor track & field schedules on Tuesday, Dec. 28.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Carson-Newman men's sprints squad began the 2021-22 indoor track season with a solid start at the Birmingham Southern Indoor Icebreaker on Friday, Dec. 3.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the fifth straight season, the Carson-Newman men's track & field team were predicted to finish inside the top-four of the SAC Indoor Track & Field rankings while the women were selected ninth the conference announced on Thursday, Dec. 2.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Director of Track & Field and Cross Country David Needs announced the promotion of Kieran Showler-Davis to Associate Director of Track & Field and of Kris Potts-Howard to jumps coach. Needs also announced the addition of Austin Gramann as a graduate assistant and Josh Baker and Whitney Lee as a volunteer assistants.