Sports
Davis has stated that she was not an athlete growing up, and that her introduction to archery was in 1997, two years prior to her tryouts.
In July 1999, Davis was one of 300 women who vied for a semifinals berth in the US Olympic archery team to participate in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. She placed 24th of 300 and did not qualify for the team, but participated as a wild-card entry in the Sydney International Golden Arrow competition.
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