Dave is a 2 time All-Pac-10 Academic Honoree at Stanford University in 1990 and 1991. He was a 2 time NCAA All-American at 10,000m in 1992 and 1993.
Professional running
Later he graduated and ran for the Nike Farm team in Palo Alto, CA. He won the Pittsburgh Marathon in 1997,[5] and in the 2000 United States Olympic Marathon Trials he finished 6th in a world class field.[6] In the 1997 World championship Marathon, he finished 13th overall.[7]
Honors
After suffering an injury to his achilles in 1995, normally a career ending injury, he came back after surgery to win the National Marathon Championships two years later. His training of cycles between 120 miles a week and 105 miles a week, never exceeding 25 miles on a long run were considered conservative for a marathoner.[8] He was named to the Rehab and Sports Medicine Hall of Fame in 2008.[9]