Michele Davis video feature - April 16, 2010
Sophomore (2010): A USTFCCCA All-Academic and second-team Pac-10 All-Academic (outdoors) choice ... ran a PR 35:26.30 in the 10,000 to finish 13th at the Pac-10 Championships ... the mark puts her eighth on Cal's all-time performers list ... also set PRs in two other distances - 3000 (9:57.12 at the Stanford Outdoor Opener) and 5000 (16:49.62 at the Stanford Invitational). Freshman (2009): Ran the 3000 and 5000-meter distances for the Bears ... fifth in the 3000 in the Big Meet (10:03.24) and took fifth in the 5000 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (17:16.97) ... 22nd in the 5000 at the Pac-10 championships (17:30.25). Cross Country: Named honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic in 2010 ... took third at the Sac State Jamboree ... competed at NCAA West Regionals, where she took 45th ... as a sophomore, finished 40th at the 2009 Pac-10 championships and was Cal's top runner at the USATF meet in San Francisco, taking ninth overall ... placed 25th at the Sacramento State Jamboree in 2008 ... also 69th at the Pac-10 meet. High School: Finished third at the 2007 NCS cross country championships, helping her team to a second-place standing ... ran a time of 11:37.99 in the 3200 meters at the NCS meet as a senior. Personal: Born Feb. 12, 1990, in San Rafael, Calif. ... parents are Jim and Carolyn Davis ... mother graduated from Cal and was a rower for the Bears ... cousin, Sam Walker, is a junior on Cal crew, and uncle, Jeff Walker, was a rower at Cal, as well ... volunteers for "The Local," a non-profit produce stand that sets up on Sproul Plaza each week ... worked on an organic farm in Kentucky last summer ... nutritional science major.
Career Best Marks
Event Mark Date
1500 4:50.62 April 4, 2009
3000 9:57.12 March 6, 2010
5000 16:49.62 March 26, 2010
10,000 35:26.30 May 15, 2010
