University of Oklahoma Athletics

2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Davis, Jelaani
Lead, Sooner Invite
Davis, Jelaani
Davis, Jelaani

Jelaani Davis

  • Position:
    Sprints/Jumps
  • Position:
    Sprints-Jumps
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • High School:
    Dawson HS (Pearland, Texas)
  • Placed 15th in Triple Jump at the 2021 Olympic Trials
  • 2022 NCAA Outdoor West Prelims Qualifier (Triple Jump)
  • 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Triple Jump)
  • 2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Triple Jump)
  • 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships Honorable Mention (Triple Jump) 
  • 2021 NCAA Outdoor West Prelims Qualifier (Triple Jump)
  • 2021 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Triple Jump)
  • 2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (Long Jump, Triple Jump)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests
60M: 7.14, 2020
LJ: 23-4.75 (7.13m), 2020
TJ: 52-0.5 (15.86m), 2020

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests
TJ: 53-3 (16.23m), 2022
LJ: 22-3.75 (6.80m), 2018

2022
(Indoor)
Took sixth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in triple jump, leaping 49-1.75 (14.98m) ... Placed sixth in triple jump with a mark of 49-1.75(14.98m) at the Arkansas Qualifier ... Finished 26th in long jump with a mark of 17-8.25 (5.39m) and placed sixth in triple jump with a mark of 50-0 (15.24m) at Husker Invite ... Took third in triple jump with a mark of 49-2.25 (14.99m) at JD Martin Invite.

(Outdoor) Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in triple jump, marking 50-0.5 (5.25m) ... PR'd in triple jump with a 53-3 (16.23m) to score fourth at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... Placed third in triple jump at the Alumni Muster with a mark at 50-6.75 (15.41m) ... Finished fifth at the John Jacobs Invitational, leaping 48-8.25 (14.84m) ... Took fourth with a 48-2.5 (14.69mw) (2.4) in triple jump at the Sooner Invitational ... Placed 12th at the Texas Relays, leaping 49-5.75 (15.08m) in triple jump.

2021
(Indoor)
Took fourth in triple jump with a mark of 51-3.75 (15.64m) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... Placed first in TJ at the K-State Winter Invite with a 49-3.75 (15.03m)

(Outdoor) Competed at the NCAA Championships, placing 17th in triple jump with a distance of 51-7 (15.72mw) … Set a PR of 52-6.75 (16.02m) in triple jump at the NCAA West Prelims … Finished seventh in triple jump with a distance of 47-1 (14.35m) and 12th in long jump with a mark of 17-9 (5.41m) at the Desert Heat Classic … Clinched first place at the North Texas Classic in triple jump with a distance of 53-3 (16.23mw) and finished 12th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.07W … Marked a 46-1.25 (14.05m) in triple jump, placing 12th at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays …  

2020
(Indoor) Competed in the long jump and triple jump at the indoor Big 12 Championships … Recorded a PR 23-4.75 (7.13m) in the long jump, taking eighth and fifth in the triple jump … Ran a PR 7.14 in the 60-meter dash and a PR 52-0.5 (15.86m) at the Tyson Invitational, taking third in the triple jump … Took fourth in the triple jump at the Razorback Invitational … Competed in the long jump and triple jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial, taking first in the triple jump with a 50-4.5 (15.35m) mark. 

PRIOR TO OU
Attended Louisiana Tech his first two years,

HIGH SCHOOL
All-State and all-American in the triple jump at Dawson H.S. in Pearland, Texas... Team was 6A district track and field champions... Three-time honor roll student... Triple jump PR is 50'-2".

PERSONAL
Parents are Marcellus and Diona Carman... Has five siblings... Intended major is pre-med biology.

Problem Solvers: Beyond The Game - Kennedy Clarke
Wednesday, July 02
TF Highlights: NCAA Outdoor Championships Day 4
Saturday, June 14
TF Highlights: NCAA Outdoor Championships Day 3
Friday, June 13
TF Highlights: NCAA Outdoor Championships Day 2
Thursday, June 12