Jerome Davis (sprinter)

Jerome Davis (born August 22, 1977) is an American former sprinter.[1] Davis attended college at the University of Southern California. Davis was the PAC-10 champion in the men's 400m dash four consecutive years from 1996 through 1999[2]. As a sophomore, Davis finished third at the 1997 NCAA men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 45.36[3] In 1998, Davis won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in the 400m event with a time of 45.18. Despite improving his time in the NCAA championships the following year, Davis finished third again, being edged out by LSU's Derrick Brew by 2 one-hundredths of a second for second place. At the 1999 World University Games, Davis took gold, with a time of 44.91. Davis was on the gold-medal winning USA men's 400m World Championship relay team in 1999. The victory was vacated in 2008 when a teammate confessed to using performance enhancing drugs during that time.[4]

Jerome Davis

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1977-08-22) August 22, 1977 Ridgecrest, California
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
College team	USC Trojans
Coached by	John Henry Johnson
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200 m: 20.51 (Westwood, Los Angeles, California 1998) 400 m: 44.51 (Sevilla 1999)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing the  United States World University Games 1999 Palma de Mallorca 400 m 1999 Palma de Mallorca 4x400 relay World Junior Championships 1996 Sydney 4×100 m relay 1996 Sydney 4×400 m relay 1996 Sydney 400 m

References

1. "Profile". usatf.org. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
2. "PAC-12 Track & Field Championship Records" (PDF).
3. "Men's 400m - 1997 NCAA Championships".
4. "Pollution, Internet, doping dominate Olympics lead-up - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.

External links

• IAAF profile for Jerome Davis