AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Track and Field senior jumper/hurdler Tara Davis was named the United States Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors on Friday.
Her accolade comes following a dominant showing at the NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend in Fayetteville, Ark., where she won the NCAA long jump title with a collegiate-record mark of 6.93m/22-9. Davis' effort made her the third woman in school history (Carlette Guidry, 1988; Marshevet Hooker, 2006) to win an NCAA long jump title, and the first UT woman to win any NCAA Indoor title since 2016. In addition to being a collegiate, meet, facility and school record, Davis' 22-9 mark helped her climb to sixth on the U.