Tyrell Davis (sprinter)

Tyrell Davis (born 8 November 2004) is a Canadian sprinter. He was the 2026 U Sports indoor champion over 60 metres and was selected to represent Canada at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Biography

From Winnipeg, Davis won the silver medal over 60 metres at the 2024 U Sports Indoor Championship the Bisons men’s team took second overall at U Sports. He finished fourth at the event in 2025 competing for the University of Manitoba. Also in 2025, Davis broke the school's 50 metres record with a run of 5.83 seconds at Saskatoon’s Knights of Columbus Indoor Games.

Although his 2025 outdoor season was truncated by hamstring issues, Davis set a new school record in the 60 metres with 6.60 seconds in 2026. He won his first U Sports gold medal ahead of Travis Campbell and Keon Rude in the 60 metres in Winnipeg in March 2026. Running 6.59 seconds in the 60 m final, he broke his own school record and was 0.02 seconds of the U Sports record set in 2010. It was the first time a Manitoban sprinter had run below 6.60 seconds for the 60 metres, and just the third time it had been achieved by a Canadian university athlete. He was selected for the 60 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, without reaching the semi-finals. He was selected as part of the Canadian team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays.

Personal life

From a running family, his father, Anthony, ran for the University of Manitoba in the 1990s, and was part of the school's 4×400 metres relay team that set a Canada West record in 1994, as well as having cousins who also compete in track and field.

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