Ken and Emelda Dahms- 1995

• Ken graduated form Oklahoma State University and Harvard Law                                                     School, he started running as an US Army Attaché, carrying the                                                 “pentagon Papers” for Daniel Ellsburg
• He was a former high school state champion in Maryland
• He ran National class marathon times in his late ‘30’s:
  1. In 1983 at the age of 37 he ran a 2:28:14 in the Boston Marathon and placed 77^th overall in the 1985 Boston Marathon at the age of 39
  2. He also ran a 2:33 in the New York City Marathon

• Ken and Emelda served as race directors during the 1980’s for Dayton’s Cystic Fibrosis 10K. They have both given many years of service on the race committee for the Dayton River Corridor
• Ken’s “legal expertise” and Emelda’s “organizational and personnel management skills” were the glue that kept the Dayton River Corridor as a viable runner’s event