Marc Davis (runner)
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Born | December 17, 1969 Oceanside, California, U.S. | (age 54)||||||||||||||
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Marc Davis (born December 17, 1969, in Oceanside, California) is a retired American track and field athlete, who mainly competed in distance races like the men's 3000 metres steeplechase and 5000 metres. His personal bests include running 3:54.30 for the mile, 8:14.26 in the steeplechase and 8:12.74 for 2 Miles.
Davis first gained fame while running for San Diego High School (the same alma mater as American distance star Meb Keflezighi), winning the 1986 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships - which at the time was the only high school national championship contested - on his home course before a national TV audience.[1]
Davis went on to run for the University of Arizona, winning the 1992 3000m Steeple Chase NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[2]
As a professional, he won the 1993 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 3000m Steeplechase, and in 1998 he won the USATF 5000 metres.[3][4] On the roads he won the 1997 USATF National 5K Championship.[5] Davis ran an American Record time of 13:24 for the 5K on the roads in 1996, and that record lasted 19 years until Ben True broke it in 2015.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Davis won his semi-final in the steeplechase,[6] but because of an injury, he finished only 12th in the final.
In 1998, Davis represented the United States in the IAAF
Personal bests
Year | Event | Time |
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1993 | 1500 meters | 3:36.31 |
1997 | Mile | 3:54.30 |
1994 | 2000m (en route) | 5:07.17 |
1993 | 3000m Steeplechase | 8:14.26 |
1994 | 2 Miles | 8:12.74 |
2000 | 5000m | 13:27.05 |
1996 | 5K (Road) | 13:24 |
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 24th | 20 km road run | 1:29:13 |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany
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11th | 3000 m steeple | 8:28.74 |
1994 | Goodwill Games | St. Petersburg, Russia
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1st | 3000 m steeple | 8:14.30 |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia
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12th | 3000 m steeple | 9:51.96 |
1998 | Goodwill Games | New York City, USA
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6th | 5000 m | 13:50.84 |
References
- ^ "Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals". footlockercc.com.
- ^ "1992 NCCA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships" (PDF). usctrackandfield.com. 1992.
- IAAF.
- ^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions - Men's 5,000 m". USA Track & Field.[dead link]
- ^ "USA 5 km Champions - Men". USA Track & Field.
- ^ Marc Davis @ the 1996 Olympics. YouTube. September 20, 2007.
- ^ "Marc Davis". www.usatf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "Marc Davis". www.usatf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
External links
- Marc Davis at USATF
- Marc Davis at World Athletics
- Marc Davis at Olympics.com
- Marc Davis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)