{{short description|American sprinter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Monzavous Edwards | image = | caption = | nationality = {{flag|United States}} | sport = Track and field | event = Sprints | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|05|07}} | birth_place = Opelika, Alabama, U.S. | height = {{convert|6|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|174|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | pb = '''100 m''': 10.00 s (New York 2010)<br> '''200 m''': 20.17 s (Belém 2009) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2007 Rio de Janeiro|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Guadalajara|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|NACAC Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2007 San Salvador | 4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2007 San Salvador | 100 m}} {{Medal|Country|{{NGR}}}} {{Medal|Competition|African Championships in Athletics}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Marrakesh|4×100 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2014 Marrakesh|100 m}} }}
'''Monzavous "Rae" Edwards''' (born May 7, 1981) is an American sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 meters.
==Career== Edwards began his career as a junior athlete in 2000, winning the USA Junior and Junior College (JUCO) championships in the 100 and 200 meters races.
Edwards competed for Bevill State Community College and Kansas City Kansas Community College in the NJCAA.<ref>{{cite web |title=SPORTS IN BRIEF |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-sports-in-brief/194648925/ |work=The Wichita Eagle |access-date=1 April 2026 |page=28 |date=27 Jun 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MISS. STATE INVITATIONAL |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-miss-state-invitational/194648620/ |work=The Clarion-Ledger |access-date=1 April 2026 |page=37 |date=16 Apr 2000}}</ref>
He competed at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics and reached the semifinals of the 100 m and quarterfinals of the 200 m. He reached the final of the USA Outdoor Championships in Track and Field in 2003, setting a personal record of 10.09 seconds. He competed at the US Olympic trials for the 2004 Athens Olympics, but did not progress beyond the quarterfinals. He received a public warning that year from the United States Anti-Doping Agency after he tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, a compound found in marijuana, which is regarded as a minor infraction.<ref>USADA: ''[http://www.usada.org/u-s-track-athlete-edwards-accepts-public-warning-from-u-s-anti-doping-agency/ U.S. Track Athlete Edwards Accepts Public Warning From U.S. Anti-Doping Agency].'' October 6, 2004</ref> At the 2005 US Outdoor Championships, he posted a personal record tying 10.09 s before finishing sixth in the 100 m final. As a result, he was selected as an alternate for the United States relay team at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, but he did not compete. At the end of the 2005 season, he ran a new personal best of 10.08 seconds in Malmö, Sweden.
The 2006 and 2007 seasons were largely uneventful, although he was part of the bronze-medal winning relay team at the 2007 Pan American Games.<ref>Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-29). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=40006.html Robles shines with rainy 13.25 – Pan-Am Games Day 6]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.</ref> Edwards returned in 2008 to compete at the US Olympic trials for the Beijing Games. He finished tenth in the semifinals but recorded a new best of 10.06 seconds in the qualifying rounds. At the start of the following outdoor season, he significantly improved his 200 m best from 20.46 to 20.17 seconds at the Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventcode=4194/sex=M/discCode=200/result.html#M200 Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém (BRA) - Sunday, May 24, 2009]. IAAF (World Athletics Tour). Retrieved on 2009-08-16.</ref> The following month, he improved his 100 m record to 10.02 seconds at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo, finishing second behind Churandy Martina.<ref>[http://www.goldenleague.net/gp09/results/eventcode=4195/sex=M/discCode=100/result.html#M100 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo (NED) - Monday, Jun 01, 2009]. IAAF Golden League. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.</ref> Edwards finished third in the national championships with a wind-aided run of 10.00 seconds, gaining qualification into his first ever major senior championships, the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, along with Mike Rodgers and Darvis Patton.<ref>[http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F1.asp Men 100 Meter Dash]. USATF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-06-26-tyson-gay-100-meters_N.htm With Tyson Gay gone, Mike Rodgers sprints to U.S. 100m title]. ''USA Today'' (2009-06-27). Retrieved on 2009-08-16.</ref>
In August 2025, Edwards stated he is a serving a USADA provisional suspension for giving Marvin Bracy the phone number for a doctor that provides performance enhancing drugs.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPH9ejd_-gU |title=***This Live Doesn't Need A Title. We All Know WhyI'm Here! # track #trap #comedy |access-date=2025-08-20 |via=youtube.com}}</ref> USADA and USATF have not publicly verified the suspension. Edwards alleges there is a large drug-dealing network among United States sprinters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Draper |first=Rob |date=2026-01-23 |title=‘You can’t just remove the cloud’: US sprinting’s reckoning before LA 2028 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/23/marvin-bracy-williams-doping-us-sprinting-paranoia |access-date=2026-02-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Personal bests== {| class=wikitable |- !Event !Time (sec) !Venue !Date |- |50 meters || 5.78 || Liévin, France || February 10, 2009 |- |60 meters || 6.57 || Boston, United States || February 24, 2008 |- |100 meters || 10.00 || New York City, United States || June 12, 2010 |- |200 meters || 20.17 || Belém, Brazil || May 24, 2009 |} *<small>All information taken from IAAF profile.</small>
==See also== *List of doping cases in athletics
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics||Rae Monzavous Edwards}} * {{USATF|Monzavous--Rae--Edwards|Monzavous "Rae" Edwards}} * [http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/at/profile/4000000000013144.html Yahoo season profile] * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8_GP_AHphwRhNaUOaxFfA Raes Take TV]}
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