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2014 Women's Track Roster

Melody Caldwell

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Saginaw, Texas
  • Prev School Boswell HS

Biography

The Caldwell File
Parents: Darrin Caldwell and Isabel Espinoza
Birthday: Nov. 12, 1990
Major: Exercise Physiology
Honors
24 Strong Teammate of the Year
2010-11

At Midwestern State

Indoor Personal Bests
Mile Run: 5:39.74 -- UCO Invitational (2/8/14)
3,000 Meters: 10:53.33 -- LSC Indoor Championships (3/2/14)
5,000 Meters: 19:36.50 -- Missouri Southern Invitational (1/31/14)

Outdoor Personal Bests
800-Meter Run: 2:32.99 -- McMurry Relays (4/7/11)
1500-Meter Run: 5:01.38 -- Kansas Relays (4/18/12)
3000-Meter Steeplechase: 11:38.51 -- Victor Lopez Classic (3/28/14)
5000-Meter Run: 19:21.26 -- LSC Outdoor Championships (5/4/13)


Senior (2014)
Indoor Season
- competed in five meets specializing in the mile, 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs.
- placed 16th with a season-best time of 10:53.33 in the 3,000-meter run at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championship on March 2, 2014.
- paced a 5:39.74 to claim 13th in the indoor mile at the Central Oklahoma Invitational on Feb. 8, 2014.
- finished 14th with a time of 19:36.50 in the 5,000-meter run at the Missouri Southern Lion Invitational on Jan. 31, 2014.
Outdoor Season
- competed in four meets primarily in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase but also ran at the 1,500- and 5,000-meter distances.
- placed fifth with a personal best time of 11:38.51 in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Victor Lopez Classic on March 28, 2014 in Houston.
- took a fourth-place showing with a time of 11:46.58 in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the East Texas Invitational on April 19, 2014.
- placed seventh in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 11:43.58 on May 1, 2014.
- turned in a collegiate-best time of 19:10.82 in the 5,000-meter run to place 19th at the LSC Outdoor Championships.

Junior (2013)
Indoor Season
- appeared in three meets competing in the 3,000-meter and mile run.
- clocked a season-best 3,000-meter time of 11:11.28 to finish 20th in the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships on Feb. 23, 2013.
- placed sixth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:28.12 at the season opening UCO Indoor Invitational on Jan. 26, 2013.
- finished 11th with a time of 11:11.72 in the 3,000-meter run at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational on Feb. 9, 2013.
- clocked a 5:42.55 in lone try at the indoor mile distance to place 10th at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational.
Outdoor Season
- appeared in four meets competing in the 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter runs as well as the 3,000-meter Steeplechase.
- opened season with a 5th-place showing in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase with a time of 12:06.18 at the Bobby Layne Invitational on March 22, 2013.
- narrowly missed a personal best in the 1,500-meter run at the North Texas Spring Classic with a time of 5:02.08 to finish 10th on April 6, 2013.
- paced a personal record time of 11:54.85 to finish 12th in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Kansas Relays on April 18, 2013.
- finished 15th with a time of 19:21.26 in the 5,000-meter run at the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 3, 2013 in Canyon.

Sophomore (2012)
Outdoor Season
- competed in six meets.
- set collegiate best clocking a 12:00.93 in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase to finish eighth at the 2012 Lone Star Conference Championships on March 3, 2012 in Commerce.
- placed 14th in the LSC Championship 5,000-meter run with a collegiate best 19:21.77.
- logged a second-place showing with a 12:12.43 in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase on April 5, 2012 at the David Noble/Angelo State Relays.
- clocked another collegiate best time of 5:01.38 in the 1,500-meter run to place 15th at the Kansas Relays on April 18, 2012.

Freshman (2011)
Outdoor Season
- competed in four meets.
- recorded a collegiate personal best 800-meter time of 2:32.99 to finish 12th at the McMurry Relays on April 7, 2011.
- ran a 1500-meter time of 5:25.01 to place 15th at the McMurry Relays.
- helped 4x1600-meter relay team with Janel Campbell, Ashley Flores and Sydnee Cole to a third-place showing behind D-1s Wichita State and Kansas with a time of 21:38.21 at the Kansas Relays on April 20, 2011.
- placed fifth with a 5,000-meter time of 19:48.79 at the Mean Green Twilight on April 29, 2011 in Denton.

At Boswell High School
- earned four letters for cross country and track and field for coach Dave Daus at W.E. Boswell High School in Saginaw, Texas.
- District 6-4A champion in the 3,200 meter run as a sophomore in 2007.
- earned berths to the Texas Class 4A state cross country meet as a junior and senior.
- a Region I-4A cross country qualifier in each of her four prep seasons.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Senior

    5'1"
  • 2014Senior

    5'2"