Karimah Davis
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200m 22.62 (2023) 400m 51.03 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Karimah Davis (born 23 November 1998) is an American sprinter.[1]
Early life
[edit]Davis is from Palm Beach County in Florida. She was a dancer before focusing on athletics at high school. As a sophomore, Davis won county, district and regional titles in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres races. As a junior, she won all those titles again, but also the state championship in the 400 metres.[2] In 2016, she committed to attend Florida State University.[3] She later also attended the University of Kentucky before transferring to the University of South Carolina.[4]
Career
[edit]NCAA
[edit]Competing for the University of Kentucky, she was a member of the women’s 4x400m relay team which broke the collegiate record in their race at the SEC championships in 2022, alongside Dajour Miles, Abby Steiner and Alexis Holmes.[5] The same quartet also won the NCAA title in June 2022.[6]
For Kentucky, she placed eighth in the 200 metres at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also a member of Kentucky’s 4x100 relay team alongside Victoria Perrow, Anthaya Charlton and Masai Russell who were silver medalists, running a time of 42.46 seconds.[7]
Professional career
[edit]In February 2025, she finished fifth in the 400 metres at the US Indoor Championships in New York.[8] She was subsequently selected for the United States relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, for the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in March 2025.[9]
In April 2025, she won the 200 metres at the Gamecock Invitational in a time of 23.00 seconds.[10] Later that month, she ran a personal best 51.03 seconds for the 400 metres at the Tom Jones Invitational in Gainesville.[11] She was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[12] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay, running a split of 50.56 seconds as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships.[13] In the final she ran a split of 50.03 seconds as the United States won the silver medal in the event behind Spain.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Karimah Davis". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Lincoln, Matthew (April 15, 2017). "Athlete of the Week: Palm Beach Central's Karimah Davis". cbs12.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Howell, Michelle (Nov 18, 2016). "Palm Beach Central Sprinter Karimah Davis Commits To Seminoles". MileSplit. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Becton, Stan (23 January 2024). "The top NCAA track and field transfers to know from the 2023 offseason". ncaa.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Becton, Stan (30 May 2025). "The 8 best races from the 2022 women's outdoor track and field season — so far". ncaa.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Hale, Jon (12 June 2022). "Kentucky track star Abby Steiner breaks collegiate record to win national title". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Masai Russell earns three silver medals to lead UK women to top-10 finish at NCAA Outdoors". Aol.com. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Davern, John (23 Feb 2025). "USA Indoor Track And Field Championship Day 2 Results 2025". Flotrack. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Hall, Dan (21 March 2025). "World Indoor Track And Field Championships Day One Highlights 2025". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Jacks, Bradley (12 April 2025). "Jamaica's Roberts, Bahamas' Taylor win sprint hurdles finals at Gamecock Invitational". SportsMax.tv. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Tom Jones Memorial". World Athletics. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Two wins out of three for USA in 4x400m heats in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "USA, Spain and South Africa claim 4x400m titles in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- American female sprinters
- Kentucky Wildcats women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Florida
- University of Kentucky College of Education alumni
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field athletes
- Florida State Seminoles women's track and field athletes