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Karimah Davis

  • position Sprints
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wellington, Fla.
  • High school Palm Beach Central
  • Previous School Kentucky
  • position Sprints
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wellington, Fla.
  • High school Palm Beach Central
  • Previous School Kentucky

Karimah Davis Bio

Career Honors and Recognition
2022 NCAA Outdoor Champion (4x400m)
6x Outdoor First Team All-American
3x Indoor First Team All-American
2022 Outdoor Second Team All-American
2023 Indoor Second Team All-American
2022 Outdoor First Team All-SEC
2023 Outdoor Second Team All-SEC
2022 Indoor Second Team All-SEC

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Did not compete for the Gamecocks during the indoor season.

Outdoor
Did not compete for South Carolina.

Previous School(s)
Kentucky
2023
Indoor
Competed in just three meets during the indoor season but made them count, earning First Team All-America honors in the 4x400m relay as well as Second Team All-America recognition in the DMR … Placed ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championship in the DMR, running 11:08.98 as a team, while earning fifth place in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:29.08 … Ran a season-best time of 23.61 in the 200m sprint at the Commonwealth College Opener, placing second overall.

Outdoor
Poured in the honors during the outdoor season, earning First Team All-America status in the 200m, 4x100m and the 4x400m … Finished runner-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 4x100m relay, clocking a time of 42.46 … Earned sixth overall in the 4x400m relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, turning in a time of 3:27.47 … Ran a personal best 22.48 in the 200m sprint at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, taking home eighth overall in the event … Scored in three different events at the SEC Outdoor Championship: finishing runner-up in the 4x100m (42.93), fourth in the 4x400m (3:30.03) and fifth overall in the 200m (22.84) … Clocked a personal best time in the 400m at the Jim Green Invitational, running 52.51 to rank seventh all-time in Kentucky history … Was also a member of the 4x100m relay team that finished runner-up at the Texas Relays with a time of 42.81 – fifth all-time in UK record books.

2022
Indoor
Earned First Team All-America honors in both the 200m and the 4x400m at the NCAA Indoor Championship … Finished bronze in the 4x400m relay, while taking home sixth in the 200m after running 23.23 for her first individual First Team All-America honor of her career … Earned Second Team All-SEC at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing as a bronze medalist honoree in the 200m with a PR time of 22.79 for the fourth fastest indoor 200m in UKTF history … Had success at the Tiger Paw Invite, running a school record 4x400m time of 3:27.27 for the fourth fastest 4x400m in collegiate history … Also ran a PR time in the 60m with a time of 7.44 at the Tiger Paw Invite … Ran her only 300m race at the Cardinal Classic, clocking a personal best time of 38.54 to finish third overall.

Outdoor
Had an outdoor season to remember, winning gold medalist honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 4x400m with a time of 3:22.55 … Also earned runner-up in the 4x100m (42.55) at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, capping off a pair of First Team All-American honors … Also claimed Second Team All-America recognition in the 200m with a season-best time of 22.81 … Claimed First Team All-SEC honors when she was part of the collegiate record holding 4x400m squad that clocked 3:21.93 – a record that still remains intact … Also captured silver at the SEC Championships in the 4x100m relay (42.63) … Won the 100m at the Black & Gold Invitational with a personal best time of 11.29, ranking eighth all-time in UK history.

2021
Indoor
Redshirted due to transfer rule.

Outdoor
Redshirted due to transfer rule.

Florida State
2020
Indoor
Competed in four meets before the season was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Turned in a runner-up finish in the 4x400m relay at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational, running 3:37.66 … Also finished third at the same meet in the 200m, clocking 23.84.

Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019
Indoor
Earned silver medalist honors in the ACC Indoor Championship in the 400m with a personal best time of 53.02 … Also captured silver medalist honors in the 200m, running 23.55.

Outdoor
Was part of the 4x100m relay squad that finished silver at the ACC Outdoor Championship … Also placed seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 4x100m relay … Won the 200m dash at the Florida State Relays with a season-best time of 23.52.

Pre-South Carolina
High School
Ran track at Palm Beach Central HS in Wellington, Fla. … Was the New Balance Nationals indoor runner-up in the 400m (52.91), trailing only Olympian Sydney McLaughlin … Florida 4A runner-up in the 400m (52.98) and the 200m (23.28) … Won the 2016 4A state title in the 400m … Nine-time New Balance Nationals All-American between the 200m and 400m events … Three-time AAU Junior Olympic All-American (100, 200, 400) … Four-time state finalist in the 200m and three-time finalist in the 400m … Won Palm Beach County Track Athlete of the Year honors in 2017 and 2015.

Personal
Daughter of Jamine and Arthur Diaz … Born on Nov. 23.

Personal Records

Indoor

60m 7.44 (2/11/22)
200m 22.79 (2/25/22)
300m 38.54 (12/11/21)
400m 53.02 (2/21/19)

Outdoor

100m 11.29 (3/18/22)
200m 22.62 (6/7/23)
400m 52.51 (4/28/23)