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Campbell University

2007 Cross Country

Liza Davis

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Stantonsburg, N.C.
  • Highschool Aycock HS

Biography

2007 Track & Field: Earned A-Sun All-Academic Team spot...Set a personal best in the 3000m portion of the Carolina FT with a 11:58.86, placing her in 16th...Also recorded a personal low at the Winthrop Invitational when she ran the 5000m in 20:38.35 for 13th place...

 

2006 Cross Country: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team honors...Finished 21st at the Campbell Invitational (4K, 17:52)...Also had a 27th place finish at the UNCW Invitational (5K) with a 21:53.77... 

2006 Track & Field: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team honors...during the outdoor season set two career best in the 800m and the 1500m...Her career record performance in the 800m took place at Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 2:43.91...career record of 1500m came at the Duke Invitational with a time of 5:36.61... she raced in all of the camels meets in the 800m and 1500m. 

2005 Cross Country: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team honors...help the team to win the Furman Invitational and the Winthrop Invitational with a time of 25:45.00...her season best in the 4k is 19:54.60 came during the Winthrop Fall Classic.

2005 Track and Field: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team honors as a freshman... Competed in two events for the Camels... turned in a ninth place finish in the 5000 meters at the North Carolina Fast Times... Turned a 22:00.19, the fifth fastest time for a Campbell runner in the indoor 5000m all season... Also ran the 1500m at Coastal Carolina 6:05.52

2004 Cross Country: Named to the A-Sun All-Academic team as a freshman... competed in six races for the Camels recording four top-50 finishes including the A-Sun Championships where she finished No. 49 overall... Recorded best 5K time at the NCIC where she went 20:28 to finish 23rd... Highest placing came at the Campbell invitational (14)... other top-50 finish came at the UNCW Invitational (41).

Prep: Recipient of Campbell University Presidential Scholarship ... earned berths to the Cross Country State Championships four consecutive years and to the Track & Field State Championships in the 3,200 meters ... four-time all-conference selection for cross country ... two-time member of the All-Wayne County Cross Country team ... three-time team MVP (2001-04) ... cross country rookie of the year (2000) ... helped the Golden Falcons to an Eastern Regional Championship title (2000), two regional third-place finishes (2002, 2003) and one fourth-place finish (2001) ... freshman year helped squad to a 12th-place finish at the state championships (highest during her career) ... named to the all-regional team her senior season ... ran a personal-best 20:02 in the 5K ... also enjoyed an outstanding track career ... earned All-Eastern Carolina Conference honors after winning the 1,600 meter and 3,200 meter championships ... finished second in the Eastern Regional 3,200 meters and eighth at the state championships ... ran career-bests in the 800 meters (2:37), 1,600 meters (5:49), and the 3,200 meters (12:33) ... holds school records in the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters ... track rookie of the year in 2001 ... also played basketball and was a North Carolina Scholar.

Personal: Full name is Liza Rae Davis ... born March 18, 1986 in Goldsboro, N.C. ... daughter of Gary and Kathy Davis ... has two siblings: Sarah (twin) and Jordan ... plans to major in pre-physical therapy at Campbell ... picked up her interest in physical therapy after suffering hip injury during sophomore track season, undergoing twice-a-week visits to a physical therapists.

Historical Player Information

  • 2004Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2005Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2006Senior

    5'4"
  • 2007Senior

    DISTANCE
    5'4"