Iris Davis Hicks, who finished fourth in the women's 100m at the 1972 Olympic Games and was the anchor leg on the United States 4x100m relay squad that also placed fourth at Munich, died Sept. 18 in Pompano Beach, Florida. She was 71. Davis Hicks competed collegiately for legendary coach Ed Temple at Tennessee State, and started her international career in 1969 when she was on U.S. teams that took on West Germany, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Against West Germany, Davis Hicks helped the team to a win in the 4x100m relay and she won the 100m and 4x100m against Britain. She ran second leg on the victorious U.S. 4x100m team against the Soviets. She was a double winner in the 100m and 4x100m in 1970 against the Germans and followed up with Pan American Games gold in the 100m and 4x100m in 1971. That year she and her Tennessee State TC set a world record in the 4x110-yard relay with a 44.7 at the AAU Championships in Bakersfield. After a second-place finish in the 100m at the 1972 Olympic Trials in Frederick, Maryland, Davis Hicks clocked 11.32 at Munich to finish just out of the medals. The U.S. foursome in the 4x100m ran 43.39 with Davis Hicks on the anchor and missed bronze by .03 behind Cuba. Davis Hicks won four AAU titles, two in the 100 in 1971 & 1973, and two in the indoor 60y in 1972-73. She had a lifetime best of 11.27 in the 100m. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at the Fairway Memorial Gardens in Deerfield Beach, Fla.