2022 Women's Indoor Track Roster

Zani Meaders

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chino Hills, Calif.
  • Highschool Chino Hills HS

Biography

2022 (Senior)
• Scored in the 400m with an eighth-place finish at the MPSF Championships
• Ran the second leg of the 4x400 that took third at the conference meet
• Also a member of the relay team that clocked a season-best 3:53.04, which ranks seventh in program history
• Established a 400m season-best 56.87 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational
• Had top-eight showings at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational and UNM Team Open
• Notched a season-best 25.28 in the 200m at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational
• Earned MPSF All-Academic honors

2021 (Junior)
• Season canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 (Sophomore)
• Bettered her own 400m school record twice in three meets
• Established a then program-best 55.70 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational
• Went on to top that performance at the MPSF Championships where she ran a lifetime-best 54.81
• Finished ninth in a field of 53 at the conference meet
• Also came in fifth at the UW Indoor Preview (56.02)
• Notched a personal-best 25.05 in the 200m at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, moving up to No. 4 in program history
• Member of the 4x400 relay team that established a school-record 3:48.68
• Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team

2019 (Freshman)
• Broke an indoor 400m school record with a time of 55.78 at the MPSF Championships
• Finished 10th out of 47 competitors, and was second among all freshmen
• Also part of the distance medley relay that took 15th with UCI’s fifth-fastest time (12:11.96)
• Opened her collegiate career at the UW Invitational where she was eighth in the 400m at 56.53
• Registered a season-best 25.36 in the 200m at the Don Kirby Invitational
• Member of the 4x400 relay that clocked a season-best 3:53.53

High School
• Lettered four years in track & field at Chino Hills High School
• Three-time CIF-Southern Section Division I finalist in the 400m
• Advanced to the 2018 CIF State Championships where she placed 6th in the 400m and third in the 4x400 relay
• Also qualified for the state meet in the 400m as a junior
• Helped her 4x400 squad win the 2018 CIF-Southern Section Division I and Baseline League titles
• Added an individual victory in the 400m at the league championships
• Placed second in the 400m at both the CIF-SS Finals and CIF Masters Meet
• Left as the school-record holder in the 200m, 400m, 4x100 and 4x200
• Named the Baseline League's Outstanding Senior Athlete
• Tabbed Chino Hills High School's 2018 Female Athlete of the Year
• Two-time participant at the Junior Olympic National Championships (2016-17)

Personal
• Double majoring in English and Film & Media Studies with a minor in creative writing
• Father's name is Jason Meaders
• Has two siblings, Zoi and Zion
• Younger sister, Zoi, is a member of the UCI track & field team

TOP INDOOR MARKS AT UCI
200m = 25.05 (2020 New Mexico Collegiate Classic)
400m = 54.81 (2020 MPSF Championships)
4x400 = 3:48.68 (2020 New Mexico Collegiate Classic)
DMR = 12:11.96 (2019 MPSF Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2020Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2021Junior

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2022Junior

    Sprints
    5'3"