Career Highlights

• 5x All-American 
• 3x Indoor All-American
• 2017 Big Ten Outdoor Track Freshman of the Year
• 498th American to run the mile in under four minutes (3:58.46)
• Ran second-career sub-four minute mile, a PR at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Jan. 19, 2019 (3:58.06)
• 2017 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year
• 2018 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
• 2018 University of Illinois Freshman of the Year
• Owns indoor mile (3:58.06) and 3K (7:49.92) school records
• Member of school-record holding Distance Medley Relay (9:29.19)
• 2018 Indoor B1G 3K silver medalist 
• 2021 Second Team All B1G (DMR) 
• 2021 First Team All B1G (1500 m)
• 2022 First Team All-American
• Second in the 1500m at the 2022 USA Track and Field Outdoor championship

2022 graduate

Indoor

• Second team All-American (mile)
• Won the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (4:08.37)
• Placed fourth in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships (4:07.69)
• Placed second in the 800m at the Meyo Invitational with a personal-best time (1:49.37)
• Finished third in the mile at the Music City Challenge on a personal-best time (3:54.59)

Outdoor

• First team All-American (1500m)
• Placed second at USA Track and Field Outdoor Championship with a time of 3:46.01
• Placed second in the 800m at the Beach Invitational (1:48.85)
• Finished second in the 1500m at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (3:42.69)
• Ran a personal-best 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational (3:36.85)
• Season-best 5K (13:56.69) at the Stanford Invitational
• Academic All-B1G Ten

2021 redshirt senior

Indoor

• Second Team All B1G (DMR)
• A part of the second place DMR squad at the B1G Championships
• Won the 3000m at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a time of 8:08.85

Outdoor Track

• First Team All B1G (1500m)
• Named B1G Track Athlete of the Week 2x (4/14, 4/28)
• Plaed 37th at the NCAA West Regionals in the 1500 m with a time of 3:49.93
• Big Ten Champion in the 1500 m, earning 10 points for his team
• Won the 1500 m at the B1G Invite #2 with a time of 3:41.01
• Won the 800 m at the B1G Invite #3 with a time of 1:48.77, a personal best 
• Won the 1500 m at the Fighting Illini B1G Relays with a time of 3:39.85, a new personal best and the third fastest time in school history

2020 redshirt junior (covid-19 season)

Indoor Track

• Placed 1st in the mile run at the Alex Wilson Invite with a time of 4:06.68
• Contributed to the 3rd place team at the B1G Championships in the distance medley relay

Outdoor Track

• Season canceled due to COVID-19

2019 junior

Indoor 

• Second Team All-America honors running on the Men's Distance Medley Relay that placed 12th at NCAA Indoor Championships
• Set school record with the men's DMR at the Alex Wilson Invitational, clocking 9:29.19 to place third
• Ran second-career sub-four minute mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational, winning the event with a new personal-best finish time of 3:58.06
• Won three event titles on the season, two in the 800m (Illini Open and Illini Invitational) and one in the Mile (Iowa/Wieczorek) 
• Set PR in the 800m at the Illini Invitational with first-place finish time of 1:52.17

Outdoor 

• Academic All-Big Ten 

2018 sophomore

Indoor Track

• Second Team All-America honors, placing 15th at NCAAs in 3K
• Named USTFCCCA Midwest Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
• Big Ten Championships 3K silver medalist 
• Became the 498th American to run a sub-4 minute mile, clocking 3:58.46 at the Illini Classic to set a new program and Armory facility record 
• Timed a school record 3K at Iowa State, timing 7:49.92 
• Named Illinois Big Ten Freshman of the Year

Outdoor Track

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Redshirt season 

2017 freshman

Indoor Track

• Redshirt season 
• Competed unattached at Rod McCravy, winning the 3K race with a time of 8:04.80 

Outdoor Track

• Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year 
• Finished 16th at NCAA Championships in the 5K to earn Second Team All-America honors with a time of 14:45.28
• Placed 5th in the 1500m at Big Ten Championships 
• Won the 1500m race at the Illinois Twilight with a time of 3:44.67
• Clocked the second fastest 5K in Illinois history with a time of 13:49.55
• Made his collegiate debut with a 3:45.64 time in the 1500m at the Stanford Invite to win his heat. 

High School

• Nine-time state champion between Track & XC
• Three-time defending IHSA 1A Cross-Country State Champion, besting the runner-up by 46 seconds this year with a three-mile time of 13:59.3
• Sixth fastest athlete in the history of the Illinois state meet at Detweiller Park
• Davis won the NXN Midwest Regional and competed at the national meet
• Davis is a three-time state champion in the 1600m and 3200m
• Receieved the News Gazette Runner of the Year award in 2013, 2014 & 2015

Personal

• Son of Troy Davis and Jamie Simpson
• Born on October 10, 1997
• Has four siblings, Joshua, Justin, Grace and Kyle
• Stated his reason for coming to Illinois as "we're going to be good...very good"
• Favorite teams are the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Bulls 
• Majoring in History 

Personal Bests

Cross Country
5K: 14:57.00
8K: 23:43.14 - Greater Louisville Classic (9/30/17)
10K: 29:06.2 - NCAA Midwest Regional (11/10/17)

Indoor
800m: 1:49.37 - Meyo Invitational (2/4/22)
Mile: 3:54.59 - Music City Challenge (2/11/22)
3K: 7:49.92 - Iowa State Classic (2/9/18)
5K: 14:08.64 - B1G Championships (2/25/21)

Outdoor
800m: 1:48.77 B1G Invite #3 - 4/16/21
1500m: 3:36.85 - Bryan Clay Invitational (4/13/22)
Mile: 4:05.29
3200m: 8:51.17
5K: 13.49.55 - Bryan Clay Invite (4/13/17)