Tara Davis-Woodhall

Tara Davis

Davis in 2018
Personal information
National team	United States
Born	(1999-05-20) May 20, 1999
Height	5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight	120 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 m hurdles, long jump
College team	Texas Longhorns (2019–2021) Georgia Bulldogs (2017–2018)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Outdoor 100 m hurdles: 12.75 (2021) Long jump: 7.14 m CR (2021) Indoor 60 m hurdles: 7.98 (2018) Long jump: 6.93 m CR (2021)
Medal record Women's track and field Representing the United States World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere Long jump World Youth Championships 2015 Cali Long jump Pan American U20 Championships 2017 Trujillo 4×100 m relay 2017 Trujillo Long jump 2017 Trujillo 100 m hurdles

Tara Davis (born May 20, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. She is the American junior record holder in the indoor long jump. She broke the record February 11, 2017 at the Dumanis Sports Group Prep Classic in Frisco, Texas, jumping 6.68 m (21 ft 10+3⁄4 in). She competed in the women's long jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Davis is also a hurdler.

High school

Later in the year, running for Agoura High School, she won three events at the CIF California State Meet. Her win in the 100 meters hurdles in 12.83 beat the National high school record, but it was aided by a +3.7 mps wind. Her mark is the best under all conditions in history. She also set the state record in the long jump. Her 22 ft 1 in (6.73 m) beat the 24-year-old record by Olympian Marion Jones, who at the time jumped for another Marmonte League school, Thousand Oaks High School. A few weeks earlier, she had run the hurdles in 12.89 at the Ventura County meet.Video on YouTube It was the second fastest wind legal race in history. She was selected Ventura County Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

After graduating high school, she attended the University of Georgia where she was coached by Petros Kyprianou.

College

As a University of Georgia student athlete, Davis broke Klaudia Siciarz's world under-20 record in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 7.98 seconds, during the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the same meet, she came 3rd in the long jump, completing a University of Georgia sweep. She finished behind Keturah Orji and Kate Hall.

After a season at Georgia, she transferred to the University of Texas. She did not get to compete until the 2019–2020 track season, because of transfer rules. She went on to appeal her old coach’s decision to hold her from being released from the team.

In 2021, Davis jumped 7.14 meters at the Texas Relays in Austin to set the collegiate record. The jump placed her in the top 30 of all time.

Career

She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by jumping 7.04 meters to place second at the Olympic Trials. She placed sixth in the women's long jump.

External links

Tara Davis-Woodhall at World Athletics