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THIS YEAR: Kinshasa Davis owns the nation's top returning time in the 200m and will be one of the favorites in that event at the NCAAs. She also anchors both of USC's school-record relay squads.
2000: Kinshasa burst on to the collegiate track scene with a vengeance as a sophomore ... She finished second in the 200m at the NCAAs (22.79) and second in the same event at the Pac-10s (22.82w) ... Also finished fourth in the 100m at the Pac-10s (11.42w) ... She anchored USC's 400m relay that ran a nation-leading time of 43.14 to win the NCAA title (the time was fourth-fastest in the world at the time) ... She ran what was then the nation's top-time in the 200m, a PR 22.69, at the Mt. SAC Relays and followed that up with a season-best 53.04 in the 400m at the USTCA Invitational.
1999: Kinsasha started slowly due to minor injuries, but highlighted her redshirt freshman season with a dramatic come-from-behind final leg on USC's school and Pac-10 record-setting 1,600m relay (3:28.08) that overtook UCLA to finish second behind Texas at the NCAA Championships ... Finished fourth in the 400m (54.11) at the Pac-10s ... Won the 400m at the North Carolina Invitational with a season-best time of 53.22.
1998: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: While at Long Beach (Calif.) Wilson High, Kinshasa ran the second-fastest prep 200m indoor time in history (23.73) at the 1997 Simplot Games in Pocatello, Idaho ... Anchored Wilson’s 4x200m and 4x400 relay teams to national indoor high school records of 1:36.55 and 3:42.7 at the 1997 National Scholastic Indoor Championships in Boston ... Was the top-ranked 400m runner on Track & Field News’ 1997 Women’s Prep All-America Team ... Finished second in the 1997 Track & Field News High School Women’s Athlete of the Year voting ... Was the 1997 state champion in the 200m and 400m and named the Gatorade Athlete of the Year ... Was also a Junior Pan-American Games champion in the 200m and 4x100m relay ... Capped an undefeated junior season in 1996 by running the year’s fastest 400m time in the nation (52.67) to win the California state championship ... Anchored Wilson’s 4x400m relay team to a national high school record of 3:37.38 as a junior at the 1996 National Scholastic Outdoor Championships in Raleigh, N.C. ... Clocked the nation’s fifth-fastest time of 1996 in the 200m (23.60). PERSONAL: Kinshasa was born in Paramount, Calif., on July 10, 1979 ... She is majoring in social sciences with an emphasis in history at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 200m - 22.69, 400m - 52.61, 100m - 11.59 (11.42w).
