LSU Gold
Position
Sprints
Height
5'11
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Longview, Texas
High School
Spring Hill HS

Events: 60M (7.62), 100M (11.73w), 200M (IN: 24.30; OUT: 23.89)

2014
Lettered indoors for the first time in her collegiate career after running both the 60 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium … Sprinted to a personal best of 7.62 seconds to tie for 28th place in 60-meter qualifying at the SEC Indoor meet … Clocked an indoor personal best of 24.30 in a 24th-place finish in the 200 meters at the Tyson Invitational … Won the B section of the 60-meter dash at the New Mexico Team Invitational with an altitude-adjusted time of 7.65 … Also ran the 60 meters indoors at the Aggie Invitational (7.64), LSU Twilight (7.66), Tyson Invitational (7.70), Auburn Indoor Invitational (7.73) and Texas A&M Triangular (7.81) … Earned a seasonal-best runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Twilight, running a time of 24.53 that is converted to a banked track … Also ran the 200 meters indoors at the Aggie Invitational (24.55), New Mexico Team Invitational (24.70), Auburn Indoor Invitational (24.90) and Texas A&M Triangular (25.13) … Competed in only one meet outdoors before suffering a separated shoulder that ended her 2014 season … Ran her fastest collegiate 200 meters as a Lady Tiger with a wind-legal time of 24.03 (+0.9) for an 11th-place finish at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Also clocked a wind-aided 11.92 (+2.4) for 10th place in the 100 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … Received a medical redshirt in the outdoor season after suffering her season-ending injury.

2013
Completed her freshman season with the Tigers in 2013 … Competed in the 60 meters indoors, 100 meters outdoors and 200 meters during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 12.14 (+0.2) in an eighth-place finish among collegians in the 100-meter dash at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Also ran the 200 meters at UCLA, finishing in 12th place with a time of 25.09 (+1.2) … Raced to a seasonal best of 24.91 (+0.6) in the 200 meters for 10th place in the B section at the LSU Alumni Gold … Ran the 100 meters at the Texas Relays (12.31w), Battle on the Bayou (12.30) and LSU Alumni Gold (12.26) … Also ran the 200 meters outdoors at the Battle on the Bayou (24.98) … Anchored the Lady Tigers to the win in the 4×200-meter relay at the LSU Relays with a winning time of 1 minute, 34.29 seconds … Clocked seasonal-best times of 7.76 in the 60 meters and 25.17 in the 200 meters indoors in 2013 … Placed ninth In the semifinals of the 60-meter dash at the LSU Twilight with her seasonal best of 7.76 … Took 13th place in the 200 meters at the Texas A&M Triangular with an indoor best of 25.17 … Opened the season by running 25.41 for 20th place in the 200 meters in her collegiate debut at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener.

PRIOR TO LSU
One of the premier sprinters in the state of Texas for the Class of 2012 … Wrapped up her prep career at Spring Hill High School as the Class 3A state champion in the 100-meter dash and Class 3A state silver medalist in the 200-meter dash at the 2012 University Interscholastic League State Track & Field Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas … Won the state crown in the 100 meters with a seasonal-best wind-aided run of 11.77 (+2.9) in the final … Followed by shattering her wind-legal personal record in the 200-meter dash with a career-best time of 23.89 (+0.0) to win the Class 3A state silver medal for the second-straight season … Emerged as the No. 13-ranked 200-meter sprinter nationally with the No. 5-ranked effort in the state of Texas for the 2012 outdoor season following the state meet … Qualified for the 2012 UIL State Championships after sweeping Region 2-3A titles in the 100 meters (11.93w) and 200 meters (24.50w) … Captured the Class 3A silver medal in the 200 meters for the first time in her career as a junior in 2011 with a seasonal-best run of 24.03 in the state final … Wrapped up the 2011 season as the No. 39-ranked 200-meter sprinter nationally among all classifications with her top time of 24.03 … Was also the nation’s No. 14-ranked performer in the 200 meters among members of the Class of 2012 during the 2011 outdoor season … Crowned the Region 2-3A champion in the 200 meters after clocking 24.57 at the regional meet to secure a spot at the state championships … Earned a 14th-place finish in the young women’s 200-meter dash semifinals at the 2011 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympics Championships held in Wichita, Kan. … Was the 200-meter bronze medalist at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympics Region 9 Championships to earn her spot in the field at the national meet … Took home the 200-meter silver medal at the prestigious Great Southwest Classic as a high school junior after running a wind-legal time of 24.52 in the final at the event held in Albuquerque, N.M. … Recorded a wind-aided personal best of 11.73 in the 100-meter dash at the 2011 Texas Relays … Wrapped up her sophomore season with a bronze-medal winning performance in the 200 meters at the 2010 UIL Class 3A Outdoor State Championships with her wind-legal time of 24.90 in the final … Recorded a 2010 wind-legal seasonal best of 24.88 in her victory in the 200-meter dash at the Texas Region 2-3A Championships.

PERSONAL
Full name is Aliyah Latise Davis … Born on Aug. 25, 1994 … Daughter of Tamala Davis and Taroylan Montgomery … Has two younger sisters, Brei’ana and Alexis … Majoring in sport administration.

 

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