Joe Davis

  • Joe
  • Davis

  • Event
    Pole Vault
  • Class
    r-Senior
  • High School/Other
    Riverview
  • Hometown
    Sarasota, Fla.

2012 Outdoor: Earned first team All-America for the second time with a seventh place finish and personal best clearance of 17-8.5 (5.40m) at the NCAA Championship … Notched a mark of 17-5.5 (5.32m) at the NCAA East Prelims to tie for sixth place and qualify for the NCAA Championship ... Finished runner-up in the pole vault at the ACC Championships with a mark of 17-4.5 (5.30m), helping the Hokies sweep the podium in the event ... Won the pole vault at the NC A&T Aggie Classic (16-8, 5.08m) ... Runner-up at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Invite (17-3, 5.26m) ... Cleared 17-4.5 (5.30m) to finish eighth at the Texas Relays ... Placed fifth at Tennessee’s Sea Ray Relays (17-0.75, 5.20m).

2012 Indoor: Won the pole vault at the Hokie Invitational with an indoor personal best vault of 17-7 (5.36m) … Took first at the Liberty Kickoff (16-8.75, 5.10m) … Tied for sixth at the ACC Championship in the pole vault (16-6.75, 5.05m) … Was runner-up in three other competitions: the VT Invitational (17-1.5, 5.22m), VT Elite Meet (16-8.75, 5.10m), and VT Challenge (17-2.25, 5.24m).

2011 Outdoor: Earned first team All-America honors in the pole vault, placing eighth at the national meet with a season best height of 17-2.5 (5.25m) … Finished second in the pole vault at the ACC Championships, earning All-ACC accolades (16-10.75, 5.15m).

2011 Indoor: Set a season-best in the pole vault, clearing 17-4.5 (5.30m) to win the pole vault at the Penn State Meet ... Won the pole vault event at the VT Invite (17-0.75, 5.21m) ... Placed fifth at the ACC Championships (16-9.25, 5.11m).

2010 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2010 Indoor: Placed fifth at the ACC Championships in the Pole Vault, hitting a season-high mark of 16-8.75 (5.10m) … Took third at the Liberty Kick Off in the Pole Vault, competing unattached (16-2.75, 4.95m).

2009 Outdoor: Earned fourth-place finish in the pole vault at the ACC Championships with a vault of 16-6.75 ... Tied for ninth in the pole vault at the NCAA East Regional meet with an outdoor season best of 16-7.25 ... Won the pole vault at the HP Vertklasse Meet and the Fred Hardy Invitational.

2009 Indoor: Redshirted.

2008 Outdoor: Racked up another sixth-place effort in the pole vault at the ACC Championships, vaulting 16-2.75 ... Won the Wake Forest Open’s pole vault with a clearance of 16-6.75 ... Tied for 12th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Regional.

2008 Indoor: Cleared a season-best 16-10.75 in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... Collected a sixth-place finish at the ACC Championships ... Vaulted 16-6.75 at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet for ninth place.

High School: Set Florida’s state high school pole vault record twice ... Won state championship with a then-state record of 4.75m (15-7) during junior year ... Repeated as state champion with new state record of 4.83m (15-10) ... Team MVP during final two seasons ... Served as team captain during senior season ... Also lettered in golf for four years ... Scholar-Athlete all four years of high school.

Personal: Born December 1, 1988 in Winter Park, Fla. ... Son of Robert and Amy Davis ... Has a sister, Caroline ... Majoring in conservation and recreation management.

Davis' Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
PV: 17-7 (5.36m) PV: 17-8.5 (5.40m)