Mike Davidson

personal account for Mike Davidson, Ben Davis HS Computer Science Teacher and Track Coach

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Congrats to Debbie this morning!
Debbie took 3rd in her age group (out of 40 runners) at the Gluhwein Gallop Holiday 5K, winning a nice holiday mug! It was very windy and chilly, but we toughed it out with Christmas spirited smiles!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Debbie and I ran in the 10th annual Gateway Gallop at Ben Davis HS on this beautiful Saturday morning! This race supports the westside B&O Trail completion. We both placed 2nd in our age group, each winning a $25 gift card! Debbie was 50th overall, 17th female, I was 21st overall

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Saw SpaceX launch last night. Pretty cool!

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Our 2024 ELITE FLEET!
Congrats Suggs, Sofolahan, Craan, Ogungbanbe, Burns, Oyesigi, Brown, Carnell, Lane, Ibrahim and Awoyungbo!

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Here are our Event Leader award winners for 2024. Congrats J Suggs, R Burns, S Sofolahan, T Lane, D Carnell, S China, A Ibrahim, A Awadi, K Finkton, and N Brown.

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

A W E S O M E...Always Will Effectively Sacrifice Or Maintain Excellence!
That is what the AWESOME Award represents-the most coveted BD Track honor.
Congrats Israel Awoyungbo,Travon Lane,Toreeq Oyesigi,David Carnell, Charles Pittman,Sam Sofolahan, Aboubakar Ibrahim& Nylan Brown

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Indoor All-State:
Jamehl Suggs, Travon Lane, Nylan Brown, and David Carnell

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Our BD Track Special awards!
Congrats to our BD Purple Heart Award winner Israel Awoyungbo & BD Mental Attitude Award winner Ali Awadi!
David Carnell carried the workload this season, earning the Most Points Award.
Charles Pittman earns the BD Track Student-Athlete award!

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Our State Meet qualifiers, Toreeq Jimoh-Oyesigi- discus, Travon Lane-400m, Aboubakar Ibrahim-800m, David Carnell-110HH and state Shot Put Champion Nylan Brown!

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Congrats to our sophomore Academic Athlete award winner Aboubakar Ibrahim and Senior Academic Athlete award winner Toreeq Jimoh-Oyesigi! Both are IHSAA State qualifiers and carry a GPA above 4.5!

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

To make the Ben Davis Top Ten in your event is an outstanding achievement. Congrats to David Carnell- 4th best HH ever at BD, Travon Lane-2nd best in the 400m, Aboubakar Ibrahim-9th best 800m race ever, and Sam Sofolahan-10th best 200m and 2nd best 100m runner ever at BD!

[Mike Davidson @BDtrack]

Congrats co-Runners of the Year David Carnell and Aboubakar Ibrahim!
Congrats Field Event Man of the year Toreeq Jimoh-Oyesigi!
And Already off to college, Congrats to Nylan Brown, 2024 BD Trackman of the Year!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Eclipse Day! We got a good run in and then watched the sun disappear! Full totality was awesome! Pretty cool phenomenon.

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

It's always fun looking forward to my birthday knowing my awesome wife will take care of me with the triple layer, 10 inch tall triple chocolate birthday cake!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

It's a dogs life!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Happy New Year!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Debbie gets her second place medal at the Cheers to the New Year 5K! Way to go Speedy!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Debbie and I started off 2024 by running the fastest 5Ks of the year!🤣😂😆
We DID have good runs, I was 5th out 30 in my age group, Debbie was 2nd out of 22 in her age group! Great way to kickoff the new year!

[Mike Davidson @DavidsonMLD1]

Gracie's favorite game! She loves her yellow football and gravity! I think she's flipped our roles, I'm the retriever! Woof! Woof!