MICHAEL RODGERS
Event: 100m
Height: 5-9
Weight:167
Pr: 9.94 (2009)
Born: April 24, 1985
Current Residence: Round Rock, Texas
High School: Berkeley (HS) in St. Louis, Mo.
College: Oklahoma Baptist University ‘06
Coach: Darryl Woodson
Agent: Ramon Clay
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2009 USA Outdoor 100m champion...2009 USA Indoor 60m champion...4-time NAIA champion

The amazing 2009 breakout year of Michael Rodgers continued at the USA Outdoor Championships, where he won the 100m title for the first time in his career in 9.91 seconds (+3.1 mps).  Rodgers, who also in 2009 won at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, was victorious again at the 2009 Nike Prefontaine Classic in the men's 100m defeating former world record holder and Olympic relay gold medalist Asafa Powell of Jamaica in posting a new career best of 9.94 seconds, …Following a solid indoor season in Europe, Rodgers captured his first national title with his win in the 60 meters at the 2008 AT&T USA Indoor Championships in Boston. Rodgers overcame a slow start, surged to the lead and won a close finish in 6.54 seconds. Rodgers did not lean well across the finish and was nearly caught by Leroy Dixon, who was second in 6.56. A 2-time NAIA champion at 60-meters (2006-2007), Rodgers won NAIA Outdoor titles in the 100 (2006) and 200 (2007)...attended Lindenwood University through 2006 before transferring to Oklahoma Baptist for the 2007 season. Attended Berkeley H.S. in St. Louis. Rodgers met his coach Darryl Woodson at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis while ordering a hot dog at a concession stand. Rodgers was considering quitting the sport when Woodson convinced him they should work together.

2009: USA Outdoor champ (9.91w)...1^st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (9.94PR)…5^th in semifinal at World Outdoors (10.04)...1^st at Reebok Grand Prix (9.93w)…2^nd at Belem (10.01) and 2^nd in 200m (20.24)…1^st at Rio (10.08)…1^st at Millrose (6.51)…1^st at Reebok BIG (6.58)
2008: 7th at Olympic Trials (10.01)…4th at World Indoors (6.57)…USA Indoor 60m champ (6.54)…1st at Cal Invite (10.06)…4th at Kingston (10.12)…4th at Reebok Grand Prix (10.11)…3rd at Stockholm (10.06)
2007: 3rd in heats (10.10), 6th in semis (10.40) at USA Outdoors…NAIA Outdoor 100m champion (10.21), 2nd in 200 (20.95)…NAIA Indoor 60m champion (6.69)…1st in Heusden (10.17)
2006: 7th in opening round at USA Outdoors (10.41)…NAIA 200m champ…runner-up in 100m at NAIA Outdoor Champs…bests of 10.29, 21.23.
2005: 8th in semis at USA Outdoors (10.37)…NAIA 100m runner-up…bests of 10.30, 20.88
2004: Best of 10.55