Congrats to Jordan Davis...

[gdbrown]

He ran 4:05.93 today at Penn State. Great effort, Jordan!

Link: gopsusports.cstv.com/livestats/c-track/nationals09/index.htm

Once there, scroll down to "Session 11" and event #25.

[frojoe23]

Penn State was doing a webcast of this meet. I missed it - I was wondering if anybody got to tune in and watch Jordan's fantastic race.

[jordan]

thanks coach brown! I appreciate your words.

Jaron, please do not watch this race.... unless you want a perfect example of "the wheels coming off" 2:59 at 1200. need I say more?

[frojoe23]

Wheels coming off? At least you have wheels to begin with - everytime I watch one of your races, I feel like I've been tied down with cinder blocks for legs.

Keep up all of the good work!

[gdbrown]

Keep your head high, Jordan. Keep working and keep the dream alive! I think it's safe to say many people in this area respect what you have accomplished as a runner, and, as important, many people respect you for the young man you are.

Good luck!

[dan]

media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2009/02/11/Sports/Syracuse.Runners.Close.In.On.Elusive.4Minute.Mile-3623833.shtml

Here is an article about Syracuse's two current runners who are shooting for sub-4. It mentions Jordan in the article only to say he is part of the intense training group, but one can pretty much guess that Jordan's name could be substituted throughout the entire article.

Good luck in the rest of the season!

[dan]

www.lancertiming.com/results/winter09/valentinem.htm

Men 3000 Meter Run
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Name Year Team Finals
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1 2419 f*gan, martin Unattached 7:57.85
2 2134 Korir, Jacob Riadha 7:58.30
3 2380 Clark, Chris Unat-California 7:58.83
4 2119 Channon, Dominic Providence 7:58.85
5 2081 Fennelly, Ryan Philadelphia Run 7:59.64
6 1632 True, Ben Dartmouth 7:59.87
7 2266 Davis, Jordan Syracuse Elite 8:04.69
8 2392 Ashe, Eric Unattached 8:04.97
9 2476 Slosky, Thomas Unattached 8:09.24

This is a very good race for Jordan. I am glad to see him run a 3k, as this time has to make him feel very good about the rest of the season and spring, too!

Great job, Jordan- keep up the amazing work!

DAN

[gdbrown]

Thanks for the update, Dan.

That's approximately 8:40 for two miles indoors - very impressive!

[Justin]

I personally believe Jordan's ideal distance is the 3k. It's a shame it's only really run indoors, but it seems like the mixture of endurance and speed just matches him. Ultimately he'll be a great 5k-10k guy, but for right now I'd like to see just what he could do at 3k. I had a college roommate that was very similar to Jordan in this respect, but just down in distance a notch, his "sweet spot" was the 1000. He was royally screwed because the 1000 is really only an indoor race and no one ever knew what a great time was.

[frojoe23]

Looks like he was right there late in the race with some very good guys. I believe Chris Clark broke the PSAC indoor 5k record last year, running 14:00.32.

Ryan Fennelly ran for LaSalle and clocked 13:59 for 5k in 2005.

He is right there with those guys, and I think that he is probably better than those guys if he would bump up to the 5k. But the goal is sub-4 first and he is soooo very close. Hopefully, a great 3k will get him under. This is a 2 second PR for Jordan, so he is inching ever closer. The next few weeks will be great to watch!

[frojoe23]

Check the race out at www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234643/147710