Colin was a passionate runner and coach and will be missed by many of his friends here in the Sonoma County Running Community.
A gathering and celebration of our friend’s life will be on Sunday, April 10th at 10AM on the SRJC track.
Colin Davidson SRJC track & Field Fund
1987 NCAC Conference Champion for Sonoma State in Steeple and earned All-American honors.
In 1987 Colin broke the SSU schools records in the Steeple 8:57.47, 5000m 14:43.6 and the 10,000m 31:26.4. Still holds the steeple & 10K records.
Men’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track Championships May 20- 23, 1987
3,000-meter steeplechase
1. Pedro Caceres, Southeast Mo. St., 8:46.57
2. Tim Dunthorne, Edinboro, 8:47.40
3. Brian Radle, Southeast Mo St., 8:49 57
4. Jay Valentine, Northern Colo., 8:54.99
5. Paul Morgan, South Dak. St., 8:56.12
6. Colin Davidson, Sonoma State, 8:57.47
7. James Lauck, East Stroudsburg, 8:59.43
8. Phil Alban, Mankato St., 9:02.55.
Redwood Empire 3000m Steeplechase
8:48.20 Steve Guerrini, Wake Forest (Santa Rosa H.S. ’91) at Madisom, WI 5/94
8:54.84+ Kevin Jones, Cal Poly (SRJC ’80) 1981
8:50.75 Hugh Dowdy, Colorado (Petaluma ’10) at PAC 12 Champioships 5/2013
8:57.60 Todd Trask, Kansas State (Healdsburg ‘87) Big Eight Championship 1992
8:57.47 Colin Davidson, Sonoma State (SSU ’87) at 1987 NCAA II Championship
8:58.24+ Greg Fogg, Alabama (RC ‘79 SRJC ’81) Domino Relays at Florida State 1984
9:04.39 Forrest Shaffer, Washington St. (Petaluma ’11) at PAC 12 Champioships 5/2013
9:09.68 Phil Cox, SSU 1991
9:15.87 Calvin Thigpen, Davis (Maria Carrillo ’04) at Steve Scott Inv. (UC Irvine) 5/3/08
9:19.51 Luis Luna, American River (Piner ’12) 3/29 Stanford
