Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

Mekka Edwards-White
Senior · Sprints · 5-4 · Lakewood, NJ / Los Angeles Valley J.C.

2011
Edwards-White redshirted the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons.

2010 Season
Indoor- Edwards-White competed in three meets during the indoor season…helped her team place seventh in the 4000-meter Distance Medley Relay at the Houston Invitational…at the Houston All-Comers meet helped team place sixth in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:03.38…at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships helped her team finish third in the Distance Medley Relay and fourth in the 4x400 relay…Outdoor- opened the outdoor season with two top 10 finishes at the Cactus Cup…finished 10th in the 200-meter run with a time of 28.21 and finished third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:26.07…finished 12th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.48 at the Rice Twilight meet…helped her team finished sixth in the 4x4 relay at the Texas Invite and finished seventh in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:14.14…had her best finish at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championships where she placed fourth in the 800-meter run.

Los Angeles Valley College
Edwards-White earned the Scholar Athlete Award in 2007, 2008 and 2009…earned the CCCAA Athlete of the Month in May of 2008…a two-time CCCAA 800-meter champion…earned All-American status in 2008 and 2009…was a CCCAA cross country participant in 2007 and 2008.

Taft High School
Edwards-White was a three-year letterman in track and field and earned one letter in cross country…was a Scholar Athlete in 2005, 2006 and 2008…held the program’s 4x400-meter relay record her freshman and sophomore season.

Off the Track
Edwards-White is the daughter of Elwood and Darleen Edwards-White...born on June 7, 1989…has two brothers - Elwood and Timothy…has six sisters – Saharra, Madinah, Taahirah, Zuri, Tunisha and Alexandria…majoring in psychology with a minor in criminal justice.