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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Devon Davey

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Elkhorn, Wis.
  • Previous School Elkhorn Area
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Neuroscience and Behavior

Biography

2022-23 (Junior): (ITF) Earned 4th place in the 200m with time of 22.51 at the TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational (Jan. 14) … Posted the top finish at Dartmouth v. Columbia v. Yale in the 4x400m with time of 3:18.48 (Jan. 21) … Competed at the Ivy League Heps in the 500m and finished sixth with a time of 1:04.20 (Feb. 25-26) … (OTF): Ran a PR 200m time of 21.45, placing 2nd at the Mets Outdoor TF Championships (Apr. 8) … Finished 2nd in the 400m with a PR time of 46.76 at the Ivy League TF Championships (May 6-7) … Participated in the NCAA East Preliminaries 400m, placing 39th with time of 47.81 (May 25-27)

High School: Lettered in Track, Soccer and Basketball at Elkhorn High School in Elkhorn, Wisconsin ... Named 2019 Southern Lakes Conference Track Athlete of the Year ... Helped track team earn two Conference Championships, two Regional Championships and a Sectional Championship ... Holder of the school record in both the 400-Meter and the 1,600-Meter Relay ... Named two-time Southern Lakes First Team All-Conference in soccer ... Earned 2020 Southern Lakes Soccer Conference Player of the Year ... Three-time Southern Lakes Honorable Mention All-Conference in basketball ... WIAA Scholar Athlete Finalist.

Personal: Born, Devon Jay Davey, on Aug. 5, 2001 in Elkhorn, Wisconsin ... Son of Kathy and Dodd Davey ... Has two siblings, Derek (20) and Drew (16) ... Comes from an athletic family, with brother, Derek currently a member of the Brown Track & Field team, mother Kathy having competed in Track & Field at UW-LaCrosse ('92) and father Dodd having played basketball at UW-Whitewater ('91) ... Has spent time volunteering for many organizations ... Enjoys playing soccer in free time ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program Brown, along with Marquette ... Went with Columbia because "of its tremendous academic reputation and its location that will allow me to network with others" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior.

High School Personal Bests:
400m
- 49.16
200m - 21.99

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints