BIOGRAPHY
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Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
PRs: 100m - 9.89 (2008); 200m - 20.03 (2003)
Born: Dec. 4, 1977, in Dallas, Texas
Current Residence: Grand Prairie, Texas
High School: Lake Highlands (Dallas) '96 HS
Colleges: Garden City CC '98, Texas Christian '01
Coach: Monte Stratton
Agent: Claude Bryan
Club: adidas |
Career: 3rd in 100m at 2008 Olympic Trials; 2004 Olympic Games 4x100m silver medalist; Two-time World Outdoor 4x100m gold medalist ('03, '07); 2007 Pan American Games 100m silver medalist and 4x100m bronze medalist; 2003 World Outdoor 200m silver medalist; 2003 USA Outdoor 200m champion; 2002 USA Indoor, Outdoor runner-up; Ten-time NCAA All-American; Eight-time JUCO All-American
In addition to qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Team with his third-place finish in the 100m final at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., Patton posted a personal best in the quarterfinal with his blistering time of 9.89 seconds. Patton enjoyed a rebirth in 2007 highlighted by his eighth-place 100m finish at the USA Outdoor Championships, runner-up placing at the Pan Am Games and gold medal winning performance in the 4x100m relay at the World Outdoor Championships in Osaka, Japan. Patton endured a frustrating 2005 season, which saw him hampered throughout the campaign with injuries to his groin and hip. Patton closed out his 2003 campaign with a U.S. Outdoor title and a gold (4x100m) and silver (200m) medal at World Outdoors, firmly establishing himself as one of the worlds top sprinters. One of the most versatile performers in TCU track & field history, Darvis Doc Patton garnered seven All-America certificates during his senior year alone, and notched ten All-America honors in just two seasons at TCU. Patton was a late-bloomer coming out of Dallas Lake Highlands High School, where he did not make the schools relay team. He spent two years at Garden City Community College, where he was an eight-time JUCO All-American, including the 1998 NJCAA long jump champion. In 2000, he became the first TCU athlete to win an indoor conference long jump title and the first Horned Frog to win a conference long jump crown of any kind since 1970 when he won the WAC indoor title. Patton is now among Americas top 200m runners. Though he finished as the runner-up at U.S. Indoors and Outdoors, his consistent performances earned him the #1 U.S. ranking in 2002.
Courtesy of USATF.org |
