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2020 Men's Outdoor Track and Field

Daniel Davidson

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gladstone, Mo.

Biography

Awards

  • 2017 AMC Academic All-Conference (spring)
  • 2017 AMC Academic All-Conference (fall)
  • 2018 AMC All-Academic (spring)
  • 2018 AMC Academic All-Conference (fall)
  • 2018 Daktronics-NAIA Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete
  • 2019 AMC Champions of Character Team (indoor)
  • 2019 AMC Academic All-Conference (spring)
  • 2019 Daktronics-NAIA Men's Track and Field Scholar-Athlete
  • 2019 AMC Academic All-Conference (fall)

Previous Seasons

  • 2017: Davidson competed in the indoor season his first season as a Pirate...At the American Midwest Conference Indoor Championship, he finished ninth in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:25 (Feb. 17)...During the outdoor season, he ran his best time in the 3,000 steeplechase race finishing sixth with a time of 11:24 at the ESU Spring Invitational (Mar. 17), and then at the Central Methodist Invite, he competed in the javelin throw hitting his best throw of 27.86-meters (Apr. 8).
  • 2018: Davidson competed in the Pittsburg State Invitational running his best time in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 16:43 (Jan. 27), and then at the American Midwest Conference Indoor Championship, he finished 11th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:52 (Feb. 16)...During the outdoor season, Davidson placed 13th in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 9:46 at the KC Quad Challenge (Mar. 23), and then at the American Midwest Conference Outdoor Championship, he finished 12th in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:01 (Mar. 31).
  • 2019: Davidson ran his best time in the mile during the indoor season at the Fred Beile Track and Field Classic finishing 16th with a time of 4:50 (Feb. 2), and then at the American Midwest Conference Indoor Championship, he competed on the distance medley relay team and the 4x800 relay team for the Pirates...During the outdoor season, he ran his best time in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 4:19 at the Central Methodist Open (Mar. 16), at the KC Quad Challenge he ran his best time in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 9:25 (Mar. 22), at the Baker University Relays he placed third in the 10,000-meter race with a time of 34:46 (Mar. 30), and then at the American Midwest Conference Outdoor Championship, he ran his best time in the 10,000-meter race crossing the finish line with a time of 34:05 for a seventh-place finish (Apr. 26-27).
  • 2020: Davidson competed in the Bob Timmons Challenge, he finished seventh in the 1,000-meter race with a time of 2:56 (Dec. 6, 2019), and then at the American Midwest Conference Indoor Championship he placed fifth in the mile with a time of 5:05 (Feb. 8).

Personal 

  • Daniel is the son of Catherine and Scott Davidson
    He has two siblings Jessi and Calvin
  • Studying Chemistry and Mathematics
  • Chose Park University, not only because it was close to home, but also because my brother spoke highly of the university
  • He is currently in the Park University's Honors Academy
  • He went to North Kansas City High School
  • Was coached by Chris McCullough in cross country and track
  • He was in the top 10% in his class, graduated with International Baccalaureate, was a member of NHS and was an honors student
  • He enjoys playing basketball, goofing around with teammates, and reading various styles of literature
  • While most people hate running, he truly enjoys it
  • Fun fact he is the Cup Stacking Champion of Chapel Hill Elementary school for the class of 2016, as well as the residing Mario Party Champion of room 201.