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Marcus Davis

Position Sprints
Class Senior
Hometown Florissant, Mo.
High School Hazelwood Central HS
Position Sprints

CAREER RESULTS

2019 OUTDOOR (R-Sr.)
A member of the third place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:10.64 at the Battle on the Bayou (4/6) … A member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that clocked in with a combined time of 3:10.58 at the 92nd Kansas Relays (4/17-20) … Recorded a personal-best time of 21.86 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the National Relay Championships (4/26-4/27).

2019 INDOOR (Sr.)
Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a second-place finish at the Bob Timmons Challenge (11/30) with a combined time of 3:14.86 and placed fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.88 seconds … Posted a third place finish with a time of 22.47 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) … Recorded a first place finish in the 400-meter dash (PM session) with a time of 49.59 seconds and helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a first place finish with a combined time of 3:16.19 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26) … A member of the third-place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:13.17 at the Texas Tech Open (2/1-2/2) … A member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished third at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/22-2/23), clocking in with a time of 3:10.23.

2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2018 INDOOR (R-Jr.)
Opened his season with a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2), clocking in at 49.52 seconds … Finished fourth in the 400 meters (49.68) and was a member of the winning 4×400-meter relay team (3:16.10) at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) … Clocked a then-personal best time in the 400 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3), finishing in 47.91 seconds … Recorded a career-best run in the 400 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/16), finishing in 47.88 seconds … Member of the distance medley relay team that placed fourth at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with a time of 9:53.39 and was also a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed fourth with a time of 3:11.32.

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished in fifth-place as part of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14), with a mark of 3:08.13 … Won the 400-meter dash at the Ward Haylett Invite with a time of 47.62 …Competed with the 4×400 relay team at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) and finished first with a time of 3:14.15.

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2015-16 (At Iowa Western CC)
Spent 2016 season on Shellene Williams’ Reivers squad that finished sixth at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships … Member of All-American 4×400-meter relay team the took third at the 2016 NJCAA Outdoor Championships in a time of 3:11.35 … Claimed All-America status in the indoor 600 meters after finishing third in a personal-best time of 1:21.50 at the NJCAA Indoor Championships … Tallied season-best 400-meter time of 47.81 and a third-place finish at the 2016 Region XI Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time letterwinner for Rich Copenhaver at Hazelwood Central HS … Named team’s MVP in 2013 and 2014 … Claimed back-to-back 4A state titles in the 400 meters his junior and senior seasons … Posted a school record and personal best 400-meter time of 47.07 in his victory at the 2014 4A state championships … Member of 2014 state champion 4×800-meter team that posted a school record time of 7:47.55 … Member of 2013 state champion 4×200-meter relay that clocked in at 1:27.38 … Named team’s Newcomer of the Year in 2010.

PERSONAL
Son of Pierre and Tammy Davis … Born in Landstuhl, Germany … Has three siblings: Danielle Beasley, Jazmine and Tyree Beasley … Majoring in biology.