Jalani Davis
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| Born | 23 May 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Hampton, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics (track and field) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Shot put 18.64 (Nashville, 2023) Hammer throw 69.53 (Eugene, 2022) Weight throw: 25.09 (Fayetteville, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Jalani Davis (born 23 May 2001)[1] is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put, hammer throw and weight throw. She won the weight throw title at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[2]
Early life and education
Davis grew up in Hampton, Virginia.[1] She is a graduate of Bethel High School and competed for the University of Mississippi.[1][3][4]
Career
Davis finished first in the women's weight throw final at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[5]
Davis won the hammer throw and won silver in the shot put at the 2023 NACAC U20 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. She was subsequently selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest to compete in the shot put.[6]
In February 2024, she won the SEC Championship weight throw competition with a distance of 25.09 m (82 ft 3+3⁄4 in), making her just third college athlete to ever throw over 25 meters and placing her ninth on the all-time world list.[7] In March 2024, she retained her weight throw title at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts.[8][9]
At the 2025 USA Indoor Championships, Davis placed eighth in shot put with a throw of 16.73 m (54 ft 10+1⁄2 in).[10]
Davis threw 25.47m in the weight throw at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 13 February 2026 to move to eighth on the all-time world list.[11] On 1 March, she won the weight throw by over seven foot at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, with all three of her throws sufficient to have won the title.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "Jalani Davis". USATF. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Jalani Davis". World Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Bethel's Jalani Davis is a three-sports star and the Girls Athlete of the Year". Daily Press. July 3, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ McGrath, Jim (February 23, 2018). "Bethel Girls Lead After Day One's Competition". Mile Split. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "JALANI DAVIS AND JASMINE MITCHELL CHAMPION AND 3RD PLACE WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW - NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Runnerspace. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Bethel grad Jalani Davis to compete with Team USA in Hungary". Pilotonline.com. August 18, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Jalani Davis Repeats as NCAA Weight Throw Champion". olemisssports.com. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "JALANI DAVIS CHAMPION WOMEN'S WEIGHT THROW - NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Dyestat. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "USA Track & Field | Final Results". usatf.org. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ "KHALEB MCRAE TIES AMERICAN INDOOR 400M RECORD AT TYSON INVITATIONAL". DyeStat. February 14, 2026. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
- ^ "HILTZ FOUR-PEAT HIGHLIGHTS FINAL DAY OF USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 1, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.