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2024-25 Track & Field

Cooper Hurst

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • Highschool Western Branch

Biography

8:55.18 ODAC Record in Steeplechase (Lynchburg Record)
2025 ODAC Outdoor Champion; Steeplechase 
2025 ODAC Indoor Scholar Athlete Of The Year
2024 ODAC/VAFB Scholar-Athlete
2024 ODAC Outdoor All-Conference: 1500m, Steeplechase 
2024 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-South Region: Steeplechase
2024 VaSID Outdoor Second-Team All-State: Distance
2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-South Region: Steeplechase
2023 ODAC Outdoor All-Conference: Steeplechase
2022 ODAC Outdoor Champion: 5,000m

Sophomore Year: Raced in four meets during indoor, finishing 8th in the mile and 9th in the 800 at the ODAC Indoor Championships … Set a PR in the 3,000 at the Finn Pincus Invitational (8:57.98) … Propelled his way to finding success in five separate events during the outdoor season, including four personal bests … Earned PRs in the 1,500 (4:00.31), 800 (1:58.31), mile (4:16.59), and steeplechase (9:32.28) … Finished 2nd in steeplechase and 4th in the 1,500 at the ODAC Outdoor Championships.

Before Lynchburg: Team captain for the Bruins ... Honor student.

Personal

Parents: Shannon and Neal Davis

Siblings: Cambel

Career Aspirations: Pediatric gastroenterologist

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Distance
    5'11"

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    5'11"

  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    5'11"

  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance