Davonte Burnett | USC Trojans At 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Competed: 2021

Graduated: Expected in 2022

Major: Communication

Birthdate: 2/27/2000

2021 was his first season at USC and he made it a special one, winning the Pac-12 100m & 200m titles, becoming an All-American in the 100m and 200m and running the tied for 5th-fastest 100m (10.05) and 9th-fastest 200m (20.29) times in school history
Dropped his 100m time nearly a half-second during the season and his 200m time 0.31 seconds
2021 NCAA Championships…was 5th in the 100m and 6th in the 200m…also 10th in the 4x100m
2021 NCAA Preliminary Rounds…ran a wind-aided 10.00 (+2.7w) in the prelims…posted his 200m PR of 20.29 in the NCAA Quarterfinals
2021 Pac-12 Championships…1st in the 100m (10.05), 1st in the 200m (20.55) and 1st in the 4x100m…Earned Male Athlete of the Meet for scoring 22.5 points.
First Trojan male to double in the 100m-200m since Andre De Grasse in 2015
Won all four regular season 100m competitions he was in, plus the Pac-12 100m final
Competed at Barton Community College in Kansas in 2019 and 2020…was the 2020 NJCAA Indoor All-American in the 60m (1st) and 200m (4th)

2021 NACAC Championships (July 9-11)…made his debut wearing the Jamaican colors
2021 Jamaica Athletic Championships…Had the 2nd-fastest 100m time (10.05) in the prelims, but had to withdraw due to a hamstring issue. Still made the team as part of its 4x400m mix relay team.
2017 New Balance Nationals (for USA)…7th in the 100m, 7th in the 200m
2017 New Balance Indoor Nationals (for USA)…6th in the 200m
2016 New Balance Nationals (for USA)…10th in the Emerging Elite 100m
2015 AAU U17 Junior Olympics (for USA)…1st in the 100m, 3rd in the 200m

His mother’s name is Lodz Achille and was born in Haiti…his father was born in Jamaica
Davonte was born in Needham, Mass…attended Needham HS and won 6 individual state titles
As a youth, he lived two years in Jamaica
His admiration for Olympic sprinting great Usain Bolt is part of the reason he runs for Jamaica