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
ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the second straight outdoor track & field season, Devon Moore was named the SAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, Jun. 15.
ALLENDALE, Mich. - Devon Moore continued his dominant senior season while Sterling Melancon earned second-team All-American honors on day one of the NCAA DII Outdoor National Championships.
ALLENDALE, Mich. - The Carson-Newman track & field team wrap up the 2021 outdoor season this weekend as Isaiah Kyle, Sterling Melancon and Devon Moore compete for national championship honors.
NEW ORLEANS, L.A. - Ten Carson-Newman outdoor track & field athletes were named to the USTFCCCA All-Region list on Friday, May, 7.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Three Carson-Newman track & field athletes will head to Allendale, Mich. to compete in four different events at the 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships beginning on Thursday, May. 27.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman men's 4x100 relay team set a provisional mark as the Eagles' wrapped up the regular season at the Lee Last Chance Meet.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - After a record setting weekend in Black Mountain, the Eagles head to Lee University for the last meet before the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. - Trayzel Jureidini-Wyche, Austin Gramann and Ashton Abbott all broke their own school records to lead the Eagles at the Montreat Final.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. - After a strong showing at the SAC Outdoor Championships, the Carson-Newman Track & Field team heads to Montreat College for the first of two last chance meets.
HICKORY, N.C. - The Carson-Newman men's track & field team wrapped up the outdoor season in style, earning a third-place finish at the 2021 SAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
HICKORY, N.C. - A new personal best toss in the javelin for Trayzel Jureidini-Wyche was good enough to clinch a bronze medal on day one of the SAC Outdoor Championships.
In the toughest meet of the year before conference, Devon Moore moved up the ladder in the 200 meter run with a national qualifying time on Friday, Apr. 9.
Devon Moore added another event title to his ever expanding trophy case as the Eagles wrapped up the regular season at the Lee Flames Invitational.
Carson-Newman returns to the Tar Heel state for a two-day challenge in Black Mountain at the Montreat Invitational.
The Carson-Newman track & field team walked away from Lenoir-Rhyne with nine event wins after their first outdoor meet in almost two years.
For the first time in 680 days, the Carson-Newman track & field squad is set to compete in an outdoor meet.
11 different members of the Carson-Newman track and field team earned a combined 14 USTFCCCA All-Region Honors on Tuesday, Mar. 2.
The Carson-Newman Track & Field team walked away with three event wins at the UIndy Last Chance Meet.
Following the cancellation of the 2020 SAC Indoor Championships, the Eagles will head north to Indianapolis in a final push for Nationals.
One week after breaking her own school record in the 60 meter run, Amanda Lowe did it again to close out the 2021 VMI Winter Classic
Devon Moore wins again as three new personal records are set in Lexington.
Devon Moore continued his dominance, winning the 60 meter run for the second day in a row
Devon Moore continued his dominance with a duo of national qualifying times in the 60 and 200 meter run
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – One day after announcing the addition of seven field athletes, Carson-Newman Director of Track and Field and Cross Country David Needs announced 20 new track athletes to the eagles track and field and cross country squads on Wednesday.