Meet Our Staff
95% of our camp staff are former Gaar Mountain Running Camp campers and alumni of high schools in attendance! Our staff have high school and collegiate level running experience, and some have continued to train and compete post-collegiately. Our staff stay in cabins with campers and facilitate all runs and activities for the week. We pride ourselves on our staff’s ability to connect on an individual level with our campers and ensure the same quality experience that kept them coming back as campers and now as staff!
Gaar Mountain Running Camp Summer Camp - About Us
Nick Tuck
Denver Davis
Denver Davis
Nick Tuck is the assistant director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Nick has been working at running camp since 2013 and was a camper from 2011 to 2012 while running cross country and track at Lake Braddock. Nick is a 5x Ivy League Champion and 4xmile Penn Relays Champion while running for the University of Pennsylvania. Nick does data an
Nick Tuck is the assistant director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Nick has been working at running camp since 2013 and was a camper from 2011 to 2012 while running cross country and track at Lake Braddock. Nick is a 5x Ivy League Champion and 4xmile Penn Relays Champion while running for the University of Pennsylvania. Nick does data analytics work with various government agencies and also has been coaching cross country and track at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School since 2021. Nick and his wife, Emma, live in Mechanicsville, VA with their son.
Denver Davis
Denver Davis
Denver Davis
Denver has been the owner and director of Gaar Mountain Running Camp since 2024. Denver has been working at running camp since 2008 and was a camper from 1998 to 2000 while running cross country and track at Lake Braddock. Outside of camp Denver has been coaching cross country and track and field for 20 years, having spent 5 years at L
Denver has been the owner and director of Gaar Mountain Running Camp since 2024. Denver has been working at running camp since 2008 and was a camper from 1998 to 2000 while running cross country and track at Lake Braddock. Outside of camp Denver has been coaching cross country and track and field for 20 years, having spent 5 years at Lake Braddock and currently serving as the director of cross country and track and field at Bridgewater College. Denver ran competitively for Lake Braddock and the University of Lynchburg. Denver and his wife, Ashley, live in Waynesboro, VA with their son.
Rick Crump
Denver Davis
Rick Crump
Rick Crump is the running director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Rick has been working at running camp since 1983 when it was founded as the George Mason Running Camp by then GMU coach George Watts. Rick ran competitively at Edison High School and Virginia Tech. Rick is a physical education teacher coach and race director in Redondo Beach, CA where he lives with his wife, Connie.