COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Davis breaks Eastern Oregon University record in 60 hurdles
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 10 months AGO
Sandpoint's TJ Davis sits ready in his starting block before competing in the 100-meter dash at an invitational earlier in his career. The Eastern Oregon graduate student currently holds eight records among the all-time Top 10 list for the Mountaineers.
Eastern Oregon University Athletics
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | February 7, 2024 1:00 AM
TJ Davis, Eastern Oregon Track & Field
Sandpoint’s TJ Davis, now a graduate student at Eastern Oregon University, recently broke the EOU school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.13 seconds at the EOU Lew Thorne Invite held Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Eastern Oregon Field House.
Previously, Davis held the second-best time in the record books (8.24), a time he ran at the 2022 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships where he was crowned the national champion in the heptathlon. His performance that year of 5,439 points is currently the second-best performance in EOU history.
In addition, Davis also currently holds records in six other events for the Mountaineers. In EOU history he holds the sixth-best indoor long jump (22-3.5), tenth-best 60-meter dash (7.21), second-best 110-meter hurdles (14.52), fourth-best 400-meter hurdles (53.46), second-best decathlon (7,101) which won the Cascade Collegiate Conference in 2022, and is part of the best 4x100 meter relay in school history (41.23) as well as the third-best (41.82).
Davis, who is already a four-time All-American and has countless individual title wins in the decathlon and heptathlon, will look to add to his already impressive resume in the following months.
Eastern Oregon will compete at the Whitworth Invitational at The Podium in Spokane Feb. 9-10.
Jantzen Lucas, Lewis-Clark State College Baseball
Priest River’s Jantzen Lucas, a left-handed pitcher, started off his junior campaign in the win column Thursday, Feb. 1, as No. 3 Lewis-Clark State College took on No. 6 Tennessee Wesleyan.
Lucas played a big role in the 13-7 season-opening victory at the East/West Challenge in Mesa, Airz., throwing 2 1/3 innings in relief, striking out four while giving up two hits, two walks, and two earned runs. According to a report by Lewis-Clark State Athletics, Lucas took over with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, and then struck out the side in the sixth before giving up two runs in the seventh inning.
The Warriors will travel to the College of Idaho for four games against the Coyotes between Feb. 23 and 25.
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