The no smiling Jon Davis is always in battle mode (Itai Epstein photo)
Jon Davis (Sr., Oakwood)
Regional Finish: 1st- 14:57
Moments after last weekend's 22nd place at the Nike Cross Nationals that left Jon Davis one spot out of an All-American medal much less in the victory chair, he was already touting redemption. "Well, I've let you all down and I've also let myself down," Davis notated on his twitter feed. "But now is not the time for self pity. Now is the time to prepare for redemption."
Davis had steamrolled his way through each and every race this season which included breaking 14:00 at state and cracking the 15:00 barriers at NXN MW and Footlocker Midwest. He has been hell bent on getting back to San Diego and improving on the massively disappointing 37th place. Redemption will be in Davis' favor because he knows he has one last opportunity to do his best and show the nation that he is truly among the elite.
The University of Illinois commit is one of the best to ever come along in terms of harrier workmanship and with a top five finish, he will add to his legacy.
Jon Davis pre footlocker interview:
