The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2019-20 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Tara Davis
- Position:
- Jumps/Hurdles
- Hometown:
- Agoura Hills, Calif.
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Agoura
- Previous School:
- Georgia
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
• Four-time USTFCCCA All-American
• American junior record holder – Long Jump (2017)
• American junior No. 2 performer – 60m Hurdles (2018)
• 2018 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – Long Jump (First Team), 60mH (Second Team)
• 2018 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – Long Jump, 60mH (First Team)
• 2018 SEC Indoor Women’s Co-Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS (TEXAS ONLY)
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS (BEFORE TEXAS)
2019-20 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Made her Texas debut at the Big 12 Championships, placing second in the 60m hurdles (8.29) and fourth in the long jump (6.17m/20-3) … her 8.30 in the 60m hurdle preliminaries on Friday in Ames marked her first collegiate competition since the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, a 629-day absence from the NCAA ranks … had her UT debut delayed after suffering a foot injury in training prior to the Leonard Hilton Invitational in January.
2018-19 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Did not compete after transferring from Georgia.
INDOOR: Did not compete after transferring from Georgia.
2017-18 (Freshman at Georgia)
OUTDOOR: Built off her breakout indoors performance with national qualifying in two events (long jump and 100-meter hurdles)...Captured a fifth place finish and first team All-American honors in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a leap of 21 feet, 3 ¼ inches, along with a 14th-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles with her fastest wind-legal time of the season (13.09)...Took home first place in the LJ at the NCAA East Prelims despite nasty conditions with a winning jump of 21 feet, ¾ inches...Also sped to a fourth place finish in the hurdles at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 13.16...Registered the NCAA East Region No. 4 and No. 12 qualifying marks in the LJ and 100mH, respectively...Opened the season with her first outdoor event win and a season-best time of 13.04 in the 100mH at the Texas Relays to move to No. 2 in program history behind Kendell Williams...At the Mt. SAC Relays, she took home an event win in the long jump by matching her season-best leap of 21 feet, 9 inches from the Spec Towns Invite, in addition to helping the 4x100 meter relay team improve to No. 2 in program history (43.90) as well as placing seventh in the hurdles; a performance for which she was named SEC Freshman of the Week...Missed the 100-meter hurdles finals at the SEC Outdoor Championships by a hundredth of a second, clocking 13.21 towards a ninth place finish.
INDOOR: Burst onto the scene as the SEC Indoor Co-Freshman Field Athlete of the Year, garnering a top 35 spot nationally in three different events (60-meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump) and moving onto two school all-time top 10 lists (60mH, LJ)...Scored in two events at the NCAA Indoor Championships (60mH and LJ), earning All-American honors with a third-place finish and personal record leap of 21 feet, 4 inches in the long jump as a part of Georgia’s historic 1-2-3 sweep in the event...Sped to new school and world junior records in the 60mH with a 7.98 time and a second-place finish in the prelims, and finished sixth in the finals to become the first All-American in the event in program history...Joins Kate Hall as the first two women in program history to reach the finals of a track event and a field event at NCAA Indoors...Earned the No. 6 NCAA qualifying mark in the 60mH (8.03) and the No. 7 qualifying mark in the long jump (21-2.75)...Scored in two events at the SEC Indoor Championships, running a scorching 8.03 time — which tied Kendell Williams’ run at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships — to take first in the 60mH prelims...She also leaped to a fifth-place finish in the long jump to earn All-SEC freshman team honors in the event, also finished fifth in the 60mH finals (8.13)...Named SEC Female Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30) for her performance at the Razorback Invite, at which she soared to a 21-1.25 mark in the long jump...Earned the No. 35 triple jump spot nationally with a leap of 42-3.50 at the Clemson Invite...Debuted her Georgia career with third-place finishes in the 60mH (8.28) and long jump (21-1.25) at the Orange & Purple Invite.
HIGH SCHOOL: Set the indoor American Junior and national high school long jump record in 2017 with a mark of 21 feet, 11 inches…Established 100-meter hurdle outdoor high school record holder with a time of 13.01…California record holder in the 100m hurdles (12.95), 60m hurdles (8.14), indoor long jump (21-11) and outdoor long jump (22-1)…2017 MaxPreps Female High School Athlete of the Year…Won the 60m hurdles (8.14) and long jump (21-2.75) at 2017 New Balance Indoors…Finished with top honors in the 100m hurdles after clocking a 13.01 at 2017 Junior Nationals and also won the long jump…Captured 2017 titles in both the long jump (21-4.25) and 100m hurdles (13.42) at the 2017 Pan-American U-20 Championships…Was second at the 2016 New Balance Indoors with a long jump mark of 20-10…Won the 2015 World Youth title in the long jump…Recorded victories in the 100m hurdles (12.83), long jump (22-1) and triple jump (42-11.75) at the 2017 California state high school championships, along with another pair of state titles in her career…Qualifier for state championship all four years…Personal-best marks of 22-3 (long jump), 43-4 (triple jump) and 12.83 (100m hurdles)…Set six of Agoura’s school records…Opened her career by setting school records in three events…Also was a cheerleader at Agoura where the Charger squad has captured 14 national championships.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Rayshon and Ty Davis … youngest of five children.
