Nanette ("Nan") Doak-Davis (born March 7, 1962) is a former American long-distance runner who is a United States national champion in the

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. Doak-Davis attended

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where she was a six-time

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and cross country. She won the 1989 California International Marathon in a time of 2:33:11. Doak-Davis married Olympian Barry Davis in 1986.Nan Doak davis and Barry Davis. University of Iowa
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at www.runcim.org 1962 births Living people American female long-distance runners Iowa Hawkeyes women's track and field athletes Iowa Hawkeyes women's cross country runners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub