2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Thames, Davis

Davis Thames
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- St. John's School
Bio
Thames' TFRRS Results
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 AAC Outdoor - 11th, 800m, 1:53.21
2024 AAC Indoor - 3000m, 33rd, 8:38.68
2024 AAC indoor - DMR, 2nd, 9:53.47
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 10k, 80th, 31:57.4
2023 AAC Championships (XC) - 8k, 32nd, 24;06.6
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 16th, 800m, 2:00.92
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 12th, 1500m, 3:55.01
2023 C-USA Indoor - 10th, Mile, 4:17.75
2022 NCAA South Central (XC) - 74th, 10k, 33:18.3
2022 C-USA Championships (XC) - 32nd, 8k, 26:27.9
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 8th, 4x400, 3:25.03
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 18th, 800m, 1:56.18
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 2nd, DMR, 10:01.21
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 12th, 3000m, 8:27.70
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 12th, mile, 4:17.43
2021 NCAA South Central (XC) - 93rd, 10k, 33:39.2
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 41st, 8k, 26:09.0
2020 C-USA Championships (XC) - 37th, 8k, 26:05.09
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2024 AAC Indoor DMR (2nd)
2022 C-USA Indoor DMR (2nd)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Mile - 4:12.16, C-USA Championships (2/19/23)
3000m - 8:27.70, C-USA Championships (2/20/22)
Outdoor
800m - 1:52.93, Victor Lopez (3/22/24)
1500m - 3:49.72, Arkansas Twilight (5/5/23)
2023-24
XC: Ran in five meets...Finished 32nd at the AAC Championships, running a personal best time for an 8k race...Later finished 80th at the NCAA South Central Regional...Indoor: Competed at two meets...Earned All-Conference honors after finishing second in the DMR at the AAC Championships...Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Set a personal best time in the 800m at the Victor Lopez Classic, finishing 11th.
2022-23
XC: Ran in six meets...Finished 32nd at the C-USA Championships while qualifying for the NCAA South-Central Region Championships...Ran a season best time for a 10k race at the NCAA South-Central meet for a 74th-place finish...Indoor: Competed in three meets...Ran a personal best time in the C-USA mile prelims while finishing 10th in the mile finals...Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Ran the 1500m (12th) and the 800m (16th) at the C-USA Championships.
2021-22
Cross Country: Raced in five meets...ran a season-best 8k time of 24:41 to place 28th at the Texas A&M Invitational...finished 41st at the C-USA Championships. Indoor: Competed at four meets...was member of DMR team that placed 2nd overall and earned All-Conference honors at the C-USA Championships...placed third in the mile at the Howie Ryan Invitational. Outdoor: Saw action at six meets...helped earn a team point at the C-USA Championships as a member of 4x400 relay squad that placed 8th....finished 3rd in the 800m at the Houston Spring Break Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. John's School (Houston, Texas) where he competed for the Mavericks under head coach Richie Mercado...All-SPC in 2019 and 2018 in cross country...in track, was a captain his senior year and won the Stephen Kaestner Award...best times: 5k XC (16:16), 400m (52.06), 4x400m, 800m (1:58.93), 4x800m, 1600m (4:28.7).
PERSONAL
Parents: Davis and Katherine Thames (one brother, one sister)...Rice College: Will Rice.
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 AAC Outdoor - 11th, 800m, 1:53.21
2024 AAC Indoor - 3000m, 33rd, 8:38.68
2024 AAC indoor - DMR, 2nd, 9:53.47
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 10k, 80th, 31:57.4
2023 AAC Championships (XC) - 8k, 32nd, 24;06.6
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 16th, 800m, 2:00.92
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 12th, 1500m, 3:55.01
2023 C-USA Indoor - 10th, Mile, 4:17.75
2022 NCAA South Central (XC) - 74th, 10k, 33:18.3
2022 C-USA Championships (XC) - 32nd, 8k, 26:27.9
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 8th, 4x400, 3:25.03
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships - 18th, 800m, 1:56.18
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 2nd, DMR, 10:01.21
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 12th, 3000m, 8:27.70
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships - 12th, mile, 4:17.43
2021 NCAA South Central (XC) - 93rd, 10k, 33:39.2
2021 C-USA Championships (XC) - 41st, 8k, 26:09.0
2020 C-USA Championships (XC) - 37th, 8k, 26:05.09
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2024 AAC Indoor DMR (2nd)
2022 C-USA Indoor DMR (2nd)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2024 Rice Honor Athlete
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Mile - 4:12.16, C-USA Championships (2/19/23)
3000m - 8:27.70, C-USA Championships (2/20/22)
Outdoor
800m - 1:52.93, Victor Lopez (3/22/24)
1500m - 3:49.72, Arkansas Twilight (5/5/23)
2023-24
XC: Ran in five meets...Finished 32nd at the AAC Championships, running a personal best time for an 8k race...Later finished 80th at the NCAA South Central Regional...Indoor: Competed at two meets...Earned All-Conference honors after finishing second in the DMR at the AAC Championships...Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Set a personal best time in the 800m at the Victor Lopez Classic, finishing 11th.
2022-23
XC: Ran in six meets...Finished 32nd at the C-USA Championships while qualifying for the NCAA South-Central Region Championships...Ran a season best time for a 10k race at the NCAA South-Central meet for a 74th-place finish...Indoor: Competed in three meets...Ran a personal best time in the C-USA mile prelims while finishing 10th in the mile finals...Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Ran the 1500m (12th) and the 800m (16th) at the C-USA Championships.
2021-22
Cross Country: Raced in five meets...ran a season-best 8k time of 24:41 to place 28th at the Texas A&M Invitational...finished 41st at the C-USA Championships. Indoor: Competed at four meets...was member of DMR team that placed 2nd overall and earned All-Conference honors at the C-USA Championships...placed third in the mile at the Howie Ryan Invitational. Outdoor: Saw action at six meets...helped earn a team point at the C-USA Championships as a member of 4x400 relay squad that placed 8th....finished 3rd in the 800m at the Houston Spring Break Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. John's School (Houston, Texas) where he competed for the Mavericks under head coach Richie Mercado...All-SPC in 2019 and 2018 in cross country...in track, was a captain his senior year and won the Stephen Kaestner Award...best times: 5k XC (16:16), 400m (52.06), 4x400m, 800m (1:58.93), 4x800m, 1600m (4:28.7).
PERSONAL
Parents: Davis and Katherine Thames (one brother, one sister)...Rice College: Will Rice.

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