2022 Women's Track & Field Roster

Zani Meaders

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

Biography

2022 (Senior)
• Scored in three events and earned two all-conference awards at the Big West Championships
• Claimed runner-up honors in the 400m (55.79) and ran the third leg of UCI’s 4x400 that took third in a season-best 3:46.50
• Also part of the 4x100 relay that placed fourth overall
• Won the 400m at the UCSB Invitational (55.50) and had the top qualifying time at 55.70 in the Big West prelims
• Came in second with a season-best 55.23 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Helped the 4x400 to three event wins during the regular season
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors

2021 (Junior)
• Competed in two meets before missing the remainder of the season
• Won the 400m in a season-best 55.92 at the Ben Brown Invitational
• Also ran the 200m, 4x100 and 4x400

2020 (Sophomore)
• Did not compete in the Anteaters’ only meet before the season was canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team

2019 (Freshman)
• Earned All-Big West honors with a third-place finish in the 400m at the conference championships
• Ran a personal-record 55.00 in the finals to move up to No. 3 in school history
• Also a member of the 4x400 relay that ran a season-best 3:47.64 at the Big West meet
• Won the 400m at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic (55.74) and the Big West Challenge (55.70)
• Runner-up at UCLA’s Jim Bush Legends Invitational with a time of 55.68
• Registered a 200m season-best 24.97 in her outdoor collegiate debut

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 MARKS AT UCI
200m = 24.97 (2019 UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic)
400m = 55.00 (2019 Big West Championships)
4x100 Relay = 46.26 (2021 Jim Bush Legends Invitational)
4x400 Relay = 3:46.50 (2022 Big West Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2020Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2022Senior

    Sprints
    5'3"