Martina Rodriguez Sala

Martina Rodriguez Sala, 2017-18 Women's Track and Field

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Martina Rodriguez Sala, 2016-17 Women's Track and Field

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Martina Rodriguez Sala, 2015-16 Women's Track and Field

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Olot, Spain
Prev School:
IES la Garrotxa

Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015 … Earned Dean’s List distinction for the 2015 spring semester.

Honors

2015 All-American Athletic Conference (indoor mile; outdoor 1500m) … 2014 All-American Athletic Conference (indoor 800m) … 2013 All-American Athletic Conference (cross country).

Cross Country

2014 (Sophomore): One of four Tigers runners to compete in all six meets ... Placed among the squad’s top-three finishers in all six meets ... Team’s top finisher (35th; 20:41.2) at the NCAA South Regional (6k) ... The 20:41.2 was her 6k personal best ... Had four top-25 performances ... Highest finish was fourth (22:26.2) at the Rhodes College Invitational (6k) ... Helped the Tigers claim the Rhodes College Invitational team crown ... Placed 18th (18:52.61) at the Brooks Twilight Classic (5k) and 22nd at both the Commodore Classic (17:51.83; 5k) and American Athletic Conference Championships (21:58; 6k) ... Clocked a 22:55.1 at the Pre-NCAA Championships (6k) … 2013 (Freshman): Competed in all six meets … Team’s top-finisher in every meet ... First freshman since 1997 to finish as the squad’s top finisher in six or more races in a season … Earned All-American Athletic Conference honors with her 15th-place performance (season-best 6k time of 21:27.01) at the league’s championships ... At the NCAA South Regional, recorded a 6k time of 21:53.80 (91st) … Clocked a 6k time of 22:24.30 (73rd) at the Pre-NCAA Championships … Finished sixth in a 6k time of 22:36.00 at the Rhodes College Invitational … Ran a season-best 5k time of 18:08.50 (34th) at the Commodore Classic … Placed 21st in a 5k time of 19:04.30 at the Brooks Twilight Classic.

Indoor

2014-15 (Sophomore): Ran the 800m, 3000m, mile, 4x400m relay and 4x800m relay … Won the mile with a personal-best 4:53.21 at the LSU High Performance Meet … Placed sixth in the mile at the American Athletic Conference Championships (4:54.37) … Placed first in the 800m at the Missouri Tiger Invitational (2:12.18) … Ran a season-best 2:11.72 and finished second in the 800m at UAB’s Vulcan Invitational … Posted top-five performances in the 4x400m relay at the Missouri Tiger Invitational (4^th; 4:12.13) and 4x800m relay at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Classic (2^nd; 9:03.72) … 2013-14 (Freshman): Competed in the 800m and mile in five meets … Placed sixth (2:13.50) in the 800m at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Recorded a personal-best 2:11.67 in the 800m preliminaries at the conference championships … Placed 11th with a season-best 5:02.92 in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Outdoor

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in the 800m, 1500m and 4x400m relay ... Posted personal bests in the 800m (2:07.65) at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational and 1500m (4:22.72) at Arkansas’ John McDonnell Invitational … Her 4:22.72 in the 1500m set the program record in the event … Placed in top-five in all five 800m events in which she ran, including first-place finishes at the Rhodes College (2:10.39) and Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines (2:11.64) invitationals … Placed third in the 1500m at the American Athletic Conference Championships (4:29.71) … Member of 4x400m relay that placed third at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (4:13.59) … 2014 (Freshman): Competed in the 800m and 1500m in seven meets … Placed 12th with a season-best 2:10.63 in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Took fourth place in the 800m at the A-State Open (2:12.70) … Placed fourth with a season-best 4:40.41 in the 1500m at the Ole Miss Open.

Prior To Memphis

Competed in track and field and cross country at IES La Garrotxa … In 2012, ran a 15:35.00 and placed ninth at the XLVII Cross Country Spanish National Championships ... Helped lead her team to the XLVII Cross Country Spanish National Championships title ... Took first in the indoor 800m (2:12.80) at the XXXV Spanish National U18 Championships … Placed first in the outdoor 400m (59.70) at the Lloret de Mar Spring Athletic Regional Meeting … Notched a first-place finish in the outdoor 800m (2:12.18) at the LXI Spanish U18 Championships ... Took first place in the 1500m (4:48.84) in the third round of the Barcelona-SE Criterium Campmany Meeting.

Personal

Daughter of Manuel Rodriguez Burch and Ann Sala Ayats … Birthday is February 17 ... A biology and philosophy major (double major).