About
Dave Dunham, 43, Bradford, MA, enters
his second year as Manager for the Teva
U.S. Mountain Running Junior Team. Under
Dunham’s direction in 2006, the junior men
had their best finish ever as a team (finishing
8th out of 17 teams) and a top performance
by junior Andrew Benford who finished 12th
overall. “We had a dedicated group of runners
and it was a pleasure to be part of the U.S. contingent.
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Experience
Dunham has competed for the U.S. at seven World Mountain Running Trophy events finishing on the podium in 1993 as a silver medalist and as the top U.S. finisher six times. He has also been a manager of the men’s team. He is a race director for both mountain and snowshoe races and was the founder and organizer of the USATF New England Mountain Running Circuit for seven years (1996-2002). Diversified as an athlete, Dunham has also been on two 100km World Cup Teams, and a World Cup marathon team. He was an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier in 1992 and 2000, and was a national 24-hour Rogaining Champion. Dunham was the U.S. National Snowshoe champion in 2001 and runner-up in 2002. Although he has slowed in recent years, Dunham continues to compete as a master (40+) runner. In 2006 he Dunham competed in all of the National championships for USATF - MUT (Mountain Ultra Trail). He finished fourth (17th overall) at the Mountain championships, second (7th overall) at the Trail Marathon Championships, and fourth (13th overall) at the 50km trail championships.
“I look forward to bringing together talented and motivated young men and women and helping them to perform at their highest level at the 2007 World Trophy in Switzerland,” said Dunham.
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