Palos Verdes High School

He was the first All-state Cross Country runner from Palos Verdes High School

Palos Verdes High School

Palos Verdes High School is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California, USA...

 in Palos Verdes

Palos Verdes

Palos Verdes is a name often used to refer to a group of coastal cities in the Palos Verdes Hills on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, within southwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S...

, CA in 1987,.

Leland Stanford University

Dave is a 2 time All-Pac 10 Academic Honoree at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 in 1990 and 1991.

Professional running

Later he graduated and ran for the Nike Farm team in Palo Alto, CA. He won the Pittsburgh Marathon in 1997, and in the 2000 United States Olympic Marathon Trials he finished 6th in a world class field. In the 2002 World championship Marathon he finished 13th.

Achievements

Representing the
1997	World Championships 1997 World Championships in Athletics The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...	Athens, Greece	13th	Marathon