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'I just couldn’t wait to get home and show my parents my medals': U20 World Champion Davis Reflects on Competing in Peru

TEMPE, Ariz. -- He's a World Champion but, even better, a Sun Devil.

After medaling twice for Team USA (gold, 4x400m/silver, 400m) at the U20 World Athletics Championships in Peru, rising sophomore Jayden Davis is back on campus. After an incredible freshman year that saw him earn an Indoor national title, a conference title and multiple All-American honors, Davis has the talent, experience and confidence needed to up the ante in his sophomore campaign.

We caught up with him in this brief Q&A to recap his career-altering week in Peru:

How would you describe your World Championships experience and what it meant to medal twice for the US?