 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Rodriguez akakwikwidza chete mumakwikwi evarume emamita 100 ekumhanya pachipfuvapaMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney. Akawana FINA B-standard yekupinda nguva ye1:04.52 kubva kuPan American Games muWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Akadenha vamwe vanoshambira vanomwe mumakwikwi mashanu, kusanganisira Tal Stricker anodiwa zvikuru muIsrael naYang Shang-hsuan ane makore gumi nematanhatu okuChina Taipei. Akamhanyira kunzvimbo yechitanhatu munguva ye 1:04.68, achitevera Alfredo Jacobo wokuMexico nechikamu chimwe chete muzana chechipiri 0.01. Rodriguez akakundikana kuenda kuma semifinals, sezvo akaisa makumi mana nemana pakupedzisira pazuva rekutanga rekutanga. 