Kristina Davis Season 2007
Events: 60M (7.39), 100M (11.49), 200M (IN: 24.20; OUT: 23.85)
CAREER CAPSULE
A four-year letterwinner for the Lady Tigers from 2007-10 … An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 100-meter dash during her junior season in 2009 … Finished in 18th place nationally in the event as a junior … Competed in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships three times from 2007-09 … Wrapped up her career with an appearance in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in 2010 … Earned career-best performances of 7.39 in the 60 meters, 11.49 in the 100 meters and 23.85 in the 200 meters … Scored three points in SEC competition during her collegiate career … Finished in seventh place in the 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2009 … Finished in eighth-place in the 60 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships in 2009 … Also enjoyed a career-best ninth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the SEC Outdoor meet in 2009.
2010
Competed in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Greensboro, N.C. to wrap up her senior season… Finished in 16th place in the national quarterfinals with a time of 11.56 seconds … Recorded a seasonal best and matched her personal best with a wind-legal time of 11.49 in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Earned a 10th-place in the 100-meter prelim at the SEC Outdoor Championships (11.83) … Finished in third place at the LSU Alumni Gold (11.57) and fifth place at the LSU Tiger Relays (11.55w) … Also ran the 100-meter dash at the Miami Elite Invitational (11.57), Penn Relays (11.90) and Texas Relays (11.94w) … Ran on LSU’s 4×100-meter relay team three times during the 2010 outdoor season … Anchored the Lady Tigers to a second-place finish at the Miami Elite Invitational with a time of 43.37 … Ran the second leg on the team that took the title at the LSU Tiger Relays (44.01) … Anchored the Lady Tigers to the second-fastest time in the prelims at the Texas Relays (44.27) … Competed in the 60-meter dash during the indoor season … Set a new personal best of 7.39 in a third-place finish in the consolation final at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational … Marked her only NCAA provisional qualifying performance of the season … Finished in 12th place at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 7.45 … Placed third in the event at the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier (7.45) and New Mexico Invitational (7.48) … Ran the 200-meter dash in two meets during the 2010 campaign, including the New Mexico Invitational (24.29) indoors and the Louisiana Classics (24.51) outdoors … Won the 200-meter title in her outdoor opener at the Louisiana Classics.
2009
Was an NCAA Championships qualifier for the first time in her career … Finished 18th in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after advancing to the semifinal round … Set a new personal best wind-legal time of 11.49 to qualify for the NCAA semifinal … Clocked an 11.82 in the semifinal round … Earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish in the 100 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships in Louisville, Ky. … Recorded a then personal-best time of 11.56 in the regional final … Competed in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Scored two points for the Lady Tigers with a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor meet while recording a new collegiate-best time of 23.85 … Earned a ninth-place finish in the 100 meters at the conference meet with a wind-aided time of 11.65 … Competed in the 60 meters and 200 meters during the indoor season … Matched her personal best in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.44 in the preliminary round at the SEC Indoor Championships … Went on to finish eighth in the final with a time of 7.53 … Also ran the 200 meters at the SEC Indoor meet, finishing in 10th place with an indoor personal-best time of 24.20 … Ran the leadoff leg on the Lady Tigers’ 4×100-meter relay team five times during the outdoor season … Ran on the foursome that finished runner-up in the sprint relay at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 43.99 in the final … Ran the lead leg on the team that brought home the title from the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 43.76.
2008
Competed in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships for the second-straight season … Placed 13th in the event at the regional meet with a seasonal best wind-aided time of 11.58 seconds … Clocked a new wind-legal personal best of 11.68 at the Tiger Invitational where she finished in sixth place … Lined up in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing in 16th and 20th, respectively … Also set a new personal best of 23.97 in the 200 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold … Competed in both the 60 meters and 200 meters during the indoor season … Recorded a seasonal best of 7.57 in the 60-meter dash at the SEC Indoor Championships where she finished in 17th place … Was disqualified from the 200 meters at the indoor conference meet … Saw action in a total of 14 meets during her sophomore season.
2007
Was an NCAA Mideast Regional participant in her first season with the Lady Tigers … Placed 16th in the 100-meter dash at the regional meet … Clocked a new personal-best time of 11.72 to finish fourth at the LSU Alumni Gold … Took second place in the 100 at the LSU Tiger Classic with a wind-aided time of 11.73 … Also recorded a new personal best in the 200 meters at the LSU Tiger Classic with a time of 24.24 … Finished 12th in the 100 meters (11.77) and 19th in the 200 meters (24.26) at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Competed in the 60 meters and 200 meters during the indoor season … Posted a seasonal-best time of 7.54 in the prelims of the 60-meter dash at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational … Crossed the finish line in fourth place in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight Invitational … Finished 18th in the 200 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships with a new indoor personal-best time of 24.50 … Also competed in the 60 meters at the indoor conference meet with a 15th-place finish.
PRIOR TO LSU
Competed on the track for four years at James Logan High School … Member of the 4×100-meter relay team that won a gold medal for Team USA at the 2005 Pan American Junior Championships with a blistering time of 43.97 … Named a Nike Indoor All-American in 2006 for her performance in the 60 meters … Clocked the seventh-fastest 60-meter time in the nation during the indoor season with a personal best of 7.44 … Led her high school team to its first ever outdoor state championship in 2006 … Ran on the 4×100 team at James Logan that clocked the second-fastest time in the country during the outdoor campaign with a time of 45.66 … Came to LSU with PRs of 11.56 in the 100 meters and 23.80 in the 200 meters … Ranked seventh in the country in the 100 meters as a junior in 2005.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kristina Jalesha Davis … Born on March 28, 1988 … Daughter of Keith and Shena Davis … Has four siblings: Keisha, Keyanna, Keith and Keleena … Majoring in communication studies.