University of Wisconsin-Whitewater junior Shaun Davis earned All-America honors with a second place finish at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio Thursday. UW-Whitewater's Championship Central web site
Davis' top throw was marked at 185-8 (56.61m). Bryan Kolacz of Keene State College (NH), the top qualifier coming in to the meet, won the hammer with a throw of 201-8 (61.48m). Former Warhawk Jeremy Wendt holds the NCAA III record of 215-5 in 2004, the same year he set the UW-Whitewater record of 218-1.
Davis is the eighth athlete in school history to earn All-America honors in the hammer throw. The list begins with Jeff Everson (third, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) in 1973, and continues with Brian Knudtson (1991, seventh), Jim Beckman (1993, fourth), Justin Minor and Jeremy Wendt (second and fourth, 2003), Wendt again (national champion 2004), and Ross Kapp (national cfhampion 2006) and Joe Busalacchi (third, 2006).
Davis will also compete in the discus Friday at 3:30, along with teammate Ben Stringer.
Other Warhawks waiting to compete include Isiah Gray in the 400 meters at 3:30 Friday, Matt Kovnesky at 3:40 in the 800, and Marcus Smith at 1:30 Saturday in the triple jump. The meet ends Saturday.
The Warhawk men have finished among the top ten in the outdoor championship six times in the last seven years.
For additional information: UW-W coach Darren Schneider