Wayne Dowd // Adaptive Athlete
Wayne Dowd is the Advance Systems Manager for Ball Aerospace and a 22-year Veteran of the Navy. While in the Navy, Wayne served as SEAL lead sniper and regional survey team member, planning and conducting special operations missions in various locations worldwide, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia, Albania, and Kuwait, as well as supporting counter-narcotics operations with government organizations in and outside the United States.
Wayne was both a record-setting athlete and served as the President and Chairman of the Board of Team4Mil, a non-profit organization that raised awareness of wounded veterans. Wayne has competed in three Race Across Americas (RAAM), in addition to multiple 24-hour ultra-cycling races, and ultra-trail races ranging from 26.2 to 78 miles. In 2012 Team4Mil set a RAAM world record for combined wounded and non-wounded teams, before merging that program with USMES in 2013. Wayne and his team held the record for over five years until it was broken last year by a mere three minutes.
In 2020 Wayne plans to enjoy time with his four children and four grandchildren. He can be found running in the mountains of Erie Colorado as well as cycling, skiing, camping and stand up paddleboarding, all with the goal of earning a coveted spot in the 2020 Leadville 100 Trail Run.