Women's Track & Field

KarimahDavis

  • position Sprints
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Wellington, Fla.
  • High school Palm Beach Central
  • Previous School Florida State
  • Major Community and Leadership Development

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6550717/Florida_State/Karimah_Davis.html 

Career Accolades 

  • 2023 Outdoor Second-Team All-SEC
  • 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA First-Team All-America – 4×400 relay
  • 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America – DMR
  • NCAA outdoor champion in the 4x400m (2022) 
  • NCAA indoor bronze in the 4x400m (2022) 
  • Collegiate record holder (3:21.93) and SEC gold medalist in 4x400m (2022) 
  • First-team All-American (indoor) in the 200m and 4x400m (2022) 
  • Second-team All-American (outdoor) in the 200m (2022) 
  • SEC silver medalist in the 4x100m (2022) 
  • Second-team All-SEC in the 200m (indoor), 4x100m and 4x400m (2022) 
  • SEC Bronze Medalist in the 200m and 4x400m (2022) 
  • ACC Silver Medalist in the 400m and 200m (2019) 

2022-23 (Fifth Year)

Outdoor

  • Placed 4th in the 400 meters with a time of 53.74 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a time of 3:36.37 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Member of 4×100 relay team that placed 2nd with a time of 42.81 to move 5th on the UK all-time performers list at the Texas Relays
  • Placed 9th in the 200m with a time of 23.09 at the Texas Relays
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 8th with a time of 3:36.63 at the Texas Relays
  • Member of 4x100m relay team that won with a time of 43.12 at the Tom Jones Memorial
  • Placed 9th in the 200m with a time of 22.68 (3.6) at the Tom Jones Memorial
  • Member of 4×100 relay team that won with a time of 43:38 at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Placed 3rd in the 100m with a time of 11.32 (0.2) at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a season best time of 3:28.21 that ranks at No. 5 on the UK all-time performers list
  • Placed 6th in the 200m with a time of 22.82 (1.8) at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Won the 400 meters with a personal best time of 52.51 at the Jim Green Invitational that ranks seventh on the UK all-time performers list
  • Placed 5th in the 200m with a time of 22.84 at the SEC Outdoor Championships
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 4th with a time of 3:30.03 at the SEC Outdoor Championships

Indoor

  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won the Commonwealth College Opener with a time of 3:40.05.
  • Placed 2nd in the 200 meters with a time of 23.61.
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 2nd with a time of 3:29.40 at the Tiger Paw Invite.
  • Member of Distance Medley Relay team that placed 9th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 11:08.98
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that scored and placed 5th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 3:29.08

2021-22 (Senior) 

Outdoor 

  • Ran in gold medal winning 4x400m at NCAA Championships (3:22.55) 
  • Earned silver in the 4x100m (42.55) at NCAA Championships 
  • Placed 11th in the 200m at NCAA Championships with an outdoor PB of 22.81 to earn second-team All-America honors; 200m ranks eighth for UK all-time 
  • Ran in collegiate record 4x400m relay for gold at SEC Championships (3:21.93)  
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 200m (22.84) and qualified in the 4x100m and 4x400m 
  • Earned silver in the 4x100m at SEC Championships (42.63) 
  • Ran in UK’s fastest 4x100m of the season (42.46) at the Joe May Invitational and placed second in the 200m 
  • Won the 100m at the Black and Gold Invitational with a personal best time of 11.29, ranking eighth all-time for UK 
  • Placed second in the 100m and 200m (23.10) at the Kentucky Invitational 
  • Ran in winning 4x400m and sprint medley relay (3:48.65) at Drake Relays 
  • Placed second in the 200m (22.97) with an outdoor personal best at Florida Relays, ranking ninth all-time for UK 

Indoor 

  • Placed third in the 300m (38.54) at the Cardinal Classic 
  • Ran in the 400 leg of the women’s DMR (11:22.68) which was the eighth-fastest all time for UK at the Jim Green Invitational and competed in the 4x400m relay 
  • Competed in the 60m (7.63) and the 400m individually, was a member of the new school record 4x400m relay (3:28.62) at the Red Raider Open 
  • Ran in the school record 4x400m relay (3:27.27) at the Tiger Paw Invitational. The relay is the fourth fastest in collegiate history 
  • Finished eighth with a personal best 23.30 at the Tiger Paw Invitational, moving up to eighth all-time for UK 
  • Earned bronze in the 200m with a personal best time of 22.79 at SECs, becoming the fourth fastest in the event in UKTF history 
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 200m and 4x400m 
  • Placed sixth in the 200m at NCAA Championships with a time of 23.23, earning her first individual first-team All-American honor 
  • Was a member of the bronze-winning 4x400m relay at NCAA Championships 

2020-21 (Junior) 

  • Redshirt year 

2018-19 and 2019-20 at Florida State 

  • Silver medalist in the 2019 ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best 400m time of 53.02 seconds 
  • Also a silver medalist at the ACC Indoors in the 200m with a time of 23.55 
  • Part of the silver-medalist 4×100 relay at the 2019 ACC Outdoor Championships 
  • The 4×100 relay finished seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships 
  • Won the 200m dash at the 2019 Florida State Relays (outdoors) with a personal best time of 23.52 

High School 

  • As a senior was New Balance Nationals Indoor 400 runner-up (52.91), trailing only Olympian Sydney McLaughlin 
  • Florida 4A runner-up in the 400 (52.98) and 200 (23.28) 
  • 2016 4A state 400 champion 
  • Nine-time New Balance Nationals All-American between the 200 and 400 
  • Three-time AAU Junior Olympic All-American (100, 200, 400) 
  • Four-time state finalist in the 200 and three-time finalist in the 400 
  • Won Palm Beach County Track Athlete of the Year honors in 2017 and 2015 

Personal 

  • Birthday: November 23 
  • Parents: Jamine and Arthur Diaz 
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