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Vaughn Davis began coaching at the University of Dayton when the Flyer track program began in 1996, but his outstanding career in track and field goes back almost 40 years. A native of Alliance, Ohio, Davis was a three-time All-American thrower for Mt. Union College, and is a member of that school's Athletic Hall of Fame. From 1969 to 1975, he was ranked among the top 30 throwers in the United States. Since coming to UD, Davis has coached 16 Atlantic 10 Champions. More recently, Davis coached current student-athletes Johnna Zaccari, Sarah Allen, and Mallory Barnes to gold medals at the Atlantic 10 Championships. Zaccari repeated as a gold medalist in the A-10 Indoor shot put in 2008-09. She also captured the title in the 2007-08 season and was a member of the All-Conference First Team both seasons. Mallory Barnes earned gold at the Conference Indoor Championships in the weight throw in 2008 after breaking the school record five times throughout the season. Barnes throw of 62-02.25 at the Championships was a new conference record. She placed third in the shot put. Behind Coach Davis, Barnes continued a successful season during the outdoor portion of the year. The Flyer sophomore qualified for the NCAA Regionals in the hammer throw recording a school record toss of 178-05 at the All-Ohio Championships. In 2007-08, First team selection Sarah Allen captured the A-10 Outdoor Shot Put title. Under his direction, seven Flyers have won A-10 indoor shot put titles including Zaccari in (`07-08 and `08-09), Kelly Pohlman in '06, '05 and '04 and Jodi Borges in '00, '02, and'03. In addition, a Flyer has won six of the last eight outdoor shot put titles. Davis also helped lead Borges to two A-10 discus titles in 1999 and 2000. Davis began his coaching career at the high school level, and coached two prep All-Americans in the late 1970's. He coached at Ohio State from 1983 to 1995, and had six All-Americans and nine Big 10 champions, including Kevin Adkins, who was ranked #1 in the world at one time. Davis now lives in Cincinnati, where he is an attorney. |
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