Joe Davis
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- Hometown:
- Mansfield, Ohio
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Ontario
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- Major:
- Middle Childhood Math and Social Studies
Bio
Junior (2012): Selected First-Team All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference ... Ran in five events for the Yellow Jackets ... Finished as the top Yellow Jacket in three events ... Finished in the top-five overall three times ... Set a career-best time of 26:04.5 in the Wilmington Fall Classic ... Finished second overall in the Bluffton Invitational with a 26:45.0 ... Finished third overall in the HCAC Championships with a 26:38.0 ... Finished fourth overall in the Penn-State Behrend Invitational with a 26:35.6 ...
Sophomore (2011): Finished a season-high third place at Defiance Duals on September 10 … Ran a season best 26:29.0 at Wilmington College Invitational on October 14 … The run was the second fastest by a DC cross member on the season … Began season with back-to-back top-10 finishes at first two meets and finished campaign with four top-40 runs ...
Freshman (2010): Finished in second place at Bluffton Dual on September 24 … Season-best time of 27:21.5 at Oberlin College Regional Rumble on October 16 ...
Prep: Four-year letterwinner at Ontario High for head coach Phil Geffin … All-North Central Conference … State and regional qualifier … Two-time NCC conference champion … Third-place at All-Ohio … Honored as the Most Valuable Runner at OHS ...
Personal: Joe Davis ... Son of Jeff and Joni Davis … Majoring in middle childhood math and social studies ... Runs for the Purple and Gold track and field team …
News mentions
CEDERVILLE, Ohio – The Defiance men’s cross country team performed well in the annual All-Ohio Championships in Cedarville, Ohio on Saturday, September 29. Senior Hayden Krick finished first for the Yellow Jackets with a time of 26:19.11. He finished 87th overall, while being 16th amongst NCAA Division III schools.
ANDERSON, Ind. – Running in the last cross country meet of his career, lone senior Hayden Krick didn’t leave anything in the tank, as the Antwerp, Ohio native registered a 37th place finish out of 256 competitors for the best mark in DC’s cross country history. He ended just two spots shy of all-region (Top-35).
BLUFFTON, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s cross country team finished 4th for its highest finish since 2001 at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, October 27. Junior Joe Davis and Senior Hayden Krick finished in the top-10 overall and earned First-Team All-HCAC.
WILMINGTON, Ohio – It was a personal record setting day for the Defiance men’s cross country team, as five harries set career times including Joe Davis, who finished first for DC and 29th of 380 runners with a time of 26:04.54. The team placed 15th of 34 teams at the meet.
ERIE, Pa. – Senior Hayden Krick had himself a career day on Saturday September 15, as he set the all-time Defiance record, as well as the course record, at the Penn-State Behrend Invitational. Krick finished with a first place time of 25:57.8 that shattered the old record of 26:17 set by Justin Perkins last season.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – In the second meet of the season, the DC men’s cross-country team showed well as it finished second at the Bluffton Invitational behind Manchester. The squad was led by junior Joe Davis who placed second overall with a time of 26:45:00, four seconds off first.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s cross country team got off to a good start on the season as junior Joe Davis and senior Hayden Krick paired to finish in fourth place at the Manchester College Hokem Karem.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – As the cross country squad is training at their preseason camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference released its preseason poll Monday morning with the DC Harriers notched for a fifth-place finish. Three Yellow Jackets were named HCAC Runners to Watch in senior Hayden Krick, junior Joe Davis, and sophomore Josh Hilton.