Jerome Davis (born August 22, 1977) is an American former sprinter.[1] He attended college at the University of Southern California, and was the Pacific-10 Conference 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, he 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. He 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]
References
- ^ "Profile". usatf.org. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Pac-12 Track & Field Championship Records" (PDF).
- ^ "Men's 400m - 1997 NCAA Championships".
- ^ "Pollution, Internet, doping dominate Olympics lead-up - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
External links
- IAAF profile for Jerome Davis
