Rodney Martin's fifth-place 100m finish at the 2008 Olympic Trials placed him in the 4x100m relay pool for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he ran the lead leg in the opening round. Martin set personal bests in 2008 in the 100 meters (9.95) and 200 meters (19.99), both were set at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. He made a name for himself in 2007 by finishing third in a loaded 200m final at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships, and fourth in the 200 at the World Outdoor Championships in Osaka, Japan. In the Osaka final, he stopped the clocks at 20.06 seconds, which bettered his previous career best of 20.14 from his third place finish at the 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships. He showed remarkable consistency his senior year at the University of South Carolina by finishing fifth in both the 2005 USA Outdoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 200 meters. In 2006, Martin set personal bests in both the 100 meters (10.24) and 200 meters (20.14). He lettered in football, wrestling and track at Western High School in Las Vegas, where he earned a Silver Scholar Award.

Career Highlights:
2008
- Beijing Olympian
- 1st place 4X100m Monaco SGP
- 1st place 4X100m London SGP
- 1st place 100m Adidas Track Classic
- 2nd place 200m Reebok
- 2nd place 200m New York GP
- 2nd place 200m Shanghai GP
- 2nd place 4X100m Stockholm SGP
- 3rd place 200m Adidas
- 3rd place 100m Monaco
- 3rd place 200m Adidas Track Classic

2007
- 1st place 200m Glasgow
- 1st place 4X100m World Chamionships
- 2nd place 200m Osaka GP
- 2nd place 200m Berlin GL
- 2nd place 4X100m London SGP
- 3rd place 100m Zurich
- 3rd place 200m Sheffield GP
- 3rd place 200m World Athletics Finals
- 3rd place 200m National Championships
- 3rd place 200m 23rd Vardinoyannia Greece
- 4th place 200m Memorial Van Damme
- 4th place 200m World Championships

2006
- 1st place 200m Torino
- 1st place 200m Metropole
- 1st place 4X100m Kansas Relays
- 2nd place 100m Malmo
- 2nd place 4X100m MSR
- 2nd place 4X100m V3Nat
- 2nd place 200m Eugene GP
- 2nd place 4X100m RUSvUSA
- 2nd place 200m Kansas Relays
- 3rd place 200m DNG
- 3rd place 200m Zagreb
- 3rd place 100m RUSvUSA
- 3rd place 200m Stockholm SGP
- 3rd place 200m US Championships

2005
- 2nd place 200m Tyson
- 3rd place 200m East
- 3rd NCAA indoors 200m
- 3 x All American

2004
- 1st place 200m Chapel Hill
- 3rd place 200m SEC

Jr. College National Record Holder 200m indoor