The former Running Devil runs the 5000 meter
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Davonte Jett-Reynolds, a 2017 graduate of Page High School has been chosen as a 2018 National Junior College Athletic Association- Division I Track and Field All American.
Jett-Reynolds ran the 5000-meter with the Central Arizona College track and field team where he placed fifth with a time of 15:15.77 in the national collegiate competition held in El Dorado, Kansas two weeks ago. There was a total 34 colleges competing.
“I am honored and thankful that I had a good coach to push me all season and thankful I had a good ground base from Page High School with MacArthur Lane. I am still honored to be representing the Running Devils.” he said about his recent victory.
“Honestly, I was really surprised because I wasn’t in the fast heat,” said Jett-Reynolds. “I was in the slow heat based on the time I ran during the season. I didn’t expect to make All American or make the podium. I was standing in the bleachers when a couple of my friends told me I made All-American. I was like, ‘What the heck?’ I ran down [to the podium]. It was a really big shock to me.”
Jett-Reynolds moved to Arizona from Florida to attend the Christian Academy High School in Phoenix. He’d been having a tough time adjusting when he met Allen Fowler during their sophomore year. Fowler introduced him to long distance running and Jett-Reynolds soon discovered running helped find some peace of mind and balance in his life.
During their junior year Fowler had moved back to Page and invited Jett-Reynolds to try out for the team at Page High School. After asking his family in Florida and meeting with the Fowler family, Jett-Reynolds relocated to Page.
“There is a whole back story of how I got here,” he said. “I asked if I could move up here not knowing anybody except Allen. We actually lived in Coppermine. People used to ask me where I lived and I would say, ‘On the rez.’ They didn’t believe me and I would say, ‘Yeah for real bro. I live on the rez. I’m out here!”