John Davis has run and competed in the Space Coast Runners Runner of the Year (ROY) series for 10 consecutive years. John has won 1st overall in the series 7 times including the most recent 2015-2016 series that is yet to be finalized but he has enough point’s accumulated heading into the last race to win. This puts him 2nd only to Doug Butler who has 8 OA titles and I see no sign of him stopping any time soon.
In addition to winning ROY 7 times he has amassed a very impressive list of other running accomplishments:
- ROY – 1 st OA seven time champion (08-09,09-10,10-11,11-12,13- 14,14-15,15-16)
- ROY – 3 rd OA (2007-2008)
- ROY – 1 st Age Group (2006-2007)
- ROY Age Graded – 2 nd place (2014-2015)
- ROY Age Graded – 3 rd place (2013-2014)
- Personal Bests of:
- 5K: 16:07
- 10K: 34:44
- 15K: 53:12
- Half Marathon: 1:15:35
- Marathon: 2:42:21
He has won virtually every local race at least once and most several times. The following is a partial list but as you can see, many victories have been in SCR ROY events:
- Space Coast Half Marathon
- Excalibur 10 Miler
- Space Coast Classic 15k
- Eye of the Dragon 10k
- Space Walk of Fame 8k
- Sun N Fun 4 miler
- Downtown Melbourne 5k
- Tooth Trot 5k
- Reindeer Run 5k
- Running on Island Time 5k
- Witch Way 5k
- Pumpkins in the Park 5k
- Long Doggers Beach 5k
- Fall Into Winter 5k
- Brevard Zoo Cheetah Chase 3k
In the Rock `n Roll St. Pete Half Marathon he captured a 3rd Overall finish in 2013. In the local Running Zone Race Series, he has placed 1st Overall, 2nd OA twice and 3rd OA twice. Based on this extensive list of running accomplishments I believe John should be inducted into the Space Coast Runners Hall of Fame. — Submitted by Shane Streufert