Michael Davenport

  • Michael
  • Davenport

  • Event
    Sprints
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • High School/Other
    Woodberry Forest
  • Hometown
    Winston-Salem, N.C.

Updated: June 2, 2018

2018 outdoor: Ran anchor on the 4x100-meter relay team that posted the second-fastest time in program history, clocking a time of 39.76 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Ran the anchor leg on the 4x100-meter relay team that earned bronze and posted a time of 39.87 at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Also ran anchor on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh and in the prelims at ACCs, he clocked a 10.71 in the 100-meter dash and a 21.26 in the 200 ... Tallied a time of 21.40 seconds in the 200 meters and ran the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay team (40.13) that finished seventh at the National Relay Championships … Collected a time of 10.81 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 21.19 seconds in the 200 meters to place 10th at the War Eagle Invitational … Ran the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed seventh at the War Eagle Invitational … Clocked a time of 10.56w seconds in the 100-meter dash and 21.40 seconds in the 200 meters at the Tennessee Relays … Also ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished 11th at the Tennessee Relays … Ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter prelims and ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Tallied a time of 10.65 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 21.69 seconds in the 200 at the Weems Baskin Relays … Ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed sixth at the Weems Baskin Relays.

2018 indoor: Tallied a time of 21.44 in the 200-meter run prelims and ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:09.33) that broke the school record and placed third at the ACC Championships … Won the 200 meters at the Roanoke Tune-Up with a time of 21.74 seconds … Clocked a time of 21.79 seconds in the 200 meters and ran a time of 48.89 seconds in the 400 meters at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational ... Also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth … Tallied a time of 48.73 seconds in the 400 meters and ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed sixth … Clocked a time of 6.98 seconds in the 60-meter dash prelims at the Clemson Invitational and ran a 21.78 in the 200 … Ran a 6.96 in the 60-meter dash prelims and clocked in at 6.93 seconds in the final to place seventh at the Nittany Lion Challenge ... Also ran a 34.23 time in the 300 meters to finish second at the Nittany Lion Challenge, while running the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed fifth.

2017 outdoor: Attended the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to compete in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes ... Received first-team All-ACC honors in the 100 at the ACC Championships, crossing the line with a career-best time of 10.28 seconds for second place ... Also qualified for the finals in the 200 at that same meet, placing fifth with a time of 20.97 seconds ... Was awarded second-team all-conference for his efforts in the 200 ... Earned season bests in the 4x100 (40.56) and 4x400 (3:06.40) relay events at the conference championship, placing third in both, to collect second-team all-conference honors once again ... Ran the anchor leg and broke the school record as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team for the second time this season at the ACC Championships, finishing in 3 minutes, 6.40 seconds ... Was a part of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Penn Relays, finishing with a time of 3:08.75 in the Men's College Final ... Also advanced to the Men's College Final in the 4x100 relay at that same meet ... Held a team-best mark in both the 100- and 200-meter events, recording a time of 10.28 seconds and 20.96 seconds, respectively ... Was the top-collegiate finisher in the 200 at the Tennessee Relays, finishing with a time of 21.17 seconds for second place ... Won his section of the 100 at that Weems Baskin Invitational, finishing in 10.51 seconds.

2017 indoor: Was the first-ever male sprinter to earn the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men’s Track and Field Freshman of the Year honor … Placed fifth overall with a time of 21.40 seconds in the 200 meter-dash at the ACC Championships, collecting second-team All-ACC honors … Earned a top-25 finish in the 400 at the ACC Championships … Also was a member of the 4x400 relay team at the conference meet, placing seventh overall with a time of 3:12.09Ran the 400 for the first time in his collegiate career at the Music City Challenge, finishing in 48.17 seconds for 12th place – good enough for sixth on Tech’s all-time list ... Also was a member of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Music City Challenge, finishing the race in a school-record time of 3 minutes, 11.11 seconds for the win ... Placed fourth in the 200 at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 21.50 seconds … Competed in the 60 at that same meet, running the event in 6.92 seconds … Won the 300 at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 34.03 seconds – the second-fastest time in the event in school history.

High school: Was a two-sport athlete at Woodberry Forest, earning three letters in football and track and field … Holds 10 school records in the long jump event, earning all-America honors three years in a row … A seven-time all-state honoree and 11-time all-prep nominee … Was named the 2016 Overall Prep Athlete of the Meet for the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Personal: Born Aug. 4, 1997 ... Son of Quentin and Kim Hill ... Has three siblings; Kortney, Hunter and Joshua ... Majoring in Criminology and plans on becoming an FBI agent.

Davenport's Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor Outdoor

60m - 6.92, Bob Pollock Invitational (2017)

200m - 21.26, ACC Championships (prelim, 2017)

300m - 34.03, VT Invitational (2017)

400m - 48.17, Music City Challenge (2017)

100m - 10.28, ACC Championships (2017)

200m - 20.96, Weems Baskin Invitational (2017)