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Jess Savner, a former Central Connecticut State University women’s track and field athlete, competed on Aug. 10 in the summer Olympic Games in Paris. Savner finished 14th in Group A of the semifinals with 1310 points.
Watch footage and an interview with Savner here!
Davis competed in the pole vault on Central’s women’s track and field team for two seasons and scored points for the Blue Devils at a pair of Northeast Conference Championships. The standout vaulter still holds the program record in the outdoor pole vault (2.90m) set in 2011, along with the indoor pole vault mark (2.99m) set in 2012. Davis placed sixth in the 2012 NEC indoor championships by clearing 2.90m and helped the women’s team place fifth at the 2012 outdoor championships with a height of 2.75m.
"She was a very focused athlete," says cross country and track and field head coach Eric Blake. “Even then you could tell that she was driven to maximize her potential as an athlete in whatever event that might be. We are very excited for her and look forward to watching her compete and cheering her on!”
A Connecticut native who graduated from Nonnewaug High School, Davis holds a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Central.