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Dave Marks
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Year:
RS-Sophomore |
Hometown:
Lake
Oswego,
Ore. |
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Date of
Birth:
03-06-90 |
Previous
School:
University
of
Portland |
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LCSC CAREER:
In his first year as a
Warrior, Marks finished
first in the first two races
of the season…broke the 6k
course record by 19 seconds
(19:07) en route to victory
at the Whitman
Invitational…won Erik
Anderson Invitational with a
time of 25:53.70, helping
the team to its second
consecutive win…broke 8k
school record with a
personal-best time of 24:16
at the Charles Bowles
Invitational, earning a
fifth place finish…finished
12th overall at the Inland
Northwest Cross Country
Challenge and seventh
overall at the LCSC
Invite…returned from injury
to compete at the NAIA
National Championships,
where he finished 161st
overall in 27:37…in outdoor
track, qualified for NAIA
Nationals in the 5,000m with
a personal-best time
of14:37.13, which stands as
a LC record-best and No. 7
on the NAIA National
list…earned fourth in 5000m
at NAIA Nationals…became
11th Warrior to receive
All-American
honors…redshirted his
freshman season at the
University of Portland.
HIGH SCHOOL:
As a senior in cross country
at Lakeridge High School,
Marks won six of his nine
races and ended up finishing
12th in the Class 6A state
championship race; a huge
leap from his junior year
where he was No. 79…Three
Rivers League district
champion...in track, he
finished fifth at the 6A
state track championships in
the 1,500 meters in a time
of 4:00.75 and second in the
3,000 with a time of 8:37.59
(more than 10 seconds faster
than the LCSC school
record)…that race also was
the only 3,000 run he didn’t
win that year…set two meet
records in the 3K that
season.
PERSONAL: Born
March 6, 1990…parents are
Robert and Rebecca Marks,
and he has four brothers,
Will, Tom, Dan, and Joe, and
two sisters, Ellie and
Neena…hobbies include
running, eating and
sleeping…majoring in Sport
Administration.
NICKNAME: Marks, Davestrong,
Howie
FAVORITE MOVIE: The
Notebook
FAVORITE FOOD:
Ain’t nothin’ but a peanut!
FAVORITE BOOK: The Five
People You Meet in Heaven
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The
Office, Family Guy, ESPN,
Modern Family
FAVORITE
RESTAURANT: McDonalds
FAVORITE MUSICIAN: Taylor
Swift, Tom Petty..
MOST
MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENT:
All-American in 5k last
season
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM
JOB: CEO of Nike
WHERE DO
YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10
YEARS: Married, eating and
playing lots of golf
WHAT
DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE
LCSC CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK
PROGRAMS: Coach Collins and
his super cool fanny pack
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