Jerome Davis (sprinter)

Jerome Davis
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	August 22, 1977 (age 47); Ridgecrest, California
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
College team	USC Trojans
Coached by	John Henry Johnson
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200 m: 20.51 (Westwood, Los Angeles, California 1998); 400 m: 44.51 (Sevilla 1999)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the United States
World University Games
World Junior Championships

Jerome Davis (born August 22, 1977) is an American former sprinter.^[1] He attended college at the University of Southern California, and was the Pacific-10 Conference champion in the men's 400m dash four consecutive years from 1996 through 1999.^[2] As a sophomore, Davis finished third at the 1997 NCAA men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 45.36^[3] In 1998, he won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in the 400m event with a time of 45.18. Despite improving his time in the NCAA championships the following year, Davis finished third again, being edged out by LSU's Derrick Brew by 2 one-hundredths of a second for second place. At the 1999 World University Games, Davis took gold, with a time of 44.91. He was on the gold medal-winning USA men's 400m World Championship relay team in 1999. The victory was vacated in 2008 when a teammate confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs during that time.^[4]