Tiburon eighth grader is one of fastest middle-distance runners in the nation

Tiburon 13-year-old Dash Keffer won big at two Amateur Athletic Union competitions last year, taking home first in the 1,500-meter race for 13-year-old boys at the Junior Olympics last summer and winning the 4-kilometer race for 13- and 14-year-old boys at the Cross Country National Championship in December. (Francisco Martinez / For The Ark)

Tiburon teen Dash Keffer first became interested in running when he was just 5 years old and saw a poster advertising a 5K race in his hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut.

He recalls it sounded exciting that people could run that far.

“I wanted to try running as fast as I can for as far as I could, so it seemed like a way to do that,” Dash says.

Since then, the 13-year-old has lived up to his name, becoming one of the fastest middle-distance runners his age in the U.S. and setting the Amateur Athletic Union circuit ablaze with his performances last year.

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