Nike Speed Clinic at Olympia High School

Coach Oliver returned to Howard University in 2017 after being inducted into the 2014 Howard University Athletics Hall of Fame and the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. Oliver recently led the Howard women to a 1st place finish and the men to a 2nd place finish at both the 2022 MEAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships.

As an athlete, Oliver was the 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the 110-meter hurdles, and the 2013 World Champion in the same event. On the indoor track and field stage, he earned the Gold medal in the 2008 USA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and bronze in the 2010 World Championships.

A former professional runner for Adidas, Brown spent nine years ranked among the Top 15 athletes in the world in the 60-meter hurdles. As the U.S. indoor champion in the 60 hurdles in 2005, Brown placed sixth in the event at the 2005 World Championships. He is a two-time U.S. bronze medalist and was a member of a world-record shuttle hurdle relay at the 2008 Penn Relays with Aubrey Herring, David Oliver and Aries Merritt.

Gatlin's personal best of 9.74 seconds ranks fifth on the all-time list of male 100-meter athletes. He is a two-time 100m World Champion and a two-time 60 meters World Indoor Champion. Gatlin won both the 100m & 200m at the 2005 World Championships. He is also a World Champion in the 4x100m relay, which the United States of America team won at the 2019 World Championships.

Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. At the London 2012 London Olympic Games, he ran a time of 9.79 seconds, earning a bronze medal. He won his third Olympic medal in the 100 meters in the 2016 Olympic 100m final, finishing with the silver medal. At 34, he became the oldest man to win an Olympic medal in a non-relay sprint event. At the age of 35, Gatlin won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2017 World Championships, 12 years after his first triumph in the event. At the 2019 World Championships, Gatlin won the silver medal in the 100m in a time of 9.89, making him the most decorated 100m sprinter in World Championship history, with a record of five individual 100m medals. Gatlin’s tally of eight global championship 100m medals (three Olympic and five World Championship) makes him the most decorated 100m sprinter of all time, a feat he accomplished at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

Rodney's professional coaching career for track and field was under Elite Coach Brooks Johnson 2017-2021, and assisted coaching a number of Olympic world class athletes, inclduing Justin Gatlin, Francena McCorory and Lashawn Merritt.

Rodney now coaches his own professional group under the name of Prime Royalty Sports and develops high school youth speed and agility in all sports. Rodney has had success coaching on all levels respectively.