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U.S. long-distance runner

Jacob Caswell
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born1997 or 1998
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Medal record
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2022 New York City Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chicago Marathon

Jacob Caswell is an American long-distance runner and clinical analyst. They won the non-binary division of the 2022 New York City Marathon and the 2023 Chicago Marathon.

Early life and education

Caswell was born to Micki Kastenschmidt and Von Caswell, and grew up in Berlin, Wisconsin. They competed in track and field as well as cross country events as a student of Berlin High School, and, at the time, had a personal best time of 4:19 for the mile run.

Caswell matriculated at Columbia College in Columbia University as a member of the class of 2020. They studied biology at the university, and competed in middle-distance races during all four years there. Caswell later obtained a master's degree in public health.

Career

Caswell competed in the New York City Half Marathon in 2022, the first year it had a non-binary division, which they won with a time of 1:12:20. They then made their marathon debut at the 2022 Brooklyn Marathon, winning its first non-binary division with a time of 2:35:17. They also won the Brooklyn Half Marathon organized by New York Road Runners (NYRR), competing in its inaugural non-binary division. Caswell then competed in the 2022 New York City Marathon's non-binary division, winning it with a time of 2:45:12. On February 2, 2023, NYRR honored Caswell as one of the Fred Lebow Runners of the Year. It was the first year NYRR awarded the honor to a male runner, a female runner, and a non-binary runner.

Caswell won the non-binary division of the 2023 Chicago Marathon with a finish time of 2:38:05.

Notes

  1. The first year the New York City Marathon had a non-binary division was in 2021. In 2022, the New York City Marathon became the first of the races in the World Marathon Majors to award cash prizes to runners in the non-binary division.

References

  1. ^ Jacob Caswell is 1st ever nonbinary runner of the year losangelesblade.com February 3, 2021
  2. Event results results.nyrr.org
  3. ^ ‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’ The New York Times April 30, 2022
  4. ^ New York City Marathon Nonbinary thepinknews.com November 14, 2022
  5. ^ Results runnersworld.com
  6. ^ Results runnersworld.com
  7. This queer runner just made history, and knows how to rock a harness Querty November 7, 2022
  8. ^ Ireland Announces Incoming Track & Field/Cross Country Class gocolumbialions.com
  9. ^ Roster. Jacob Caswell gocolumbialions.com
  10. Jake Caswell is Outsports 2022 Non-Binary Athlete of the Year outsports.com/ December 28, 2022
  11. ^ Nonbinary divisions in road races runnersworld.com
  12. Overview results.nyrr.org
  13. ^ "Runners of The Year Honored at New York Road Runners Club Night". www.runningusa.org. February 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023.
  14. "Results". Brooklyn Half Maraton. January 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023.
  15. ^ "Jacob Caswell Wins Nonbinary Division in NYC Marathon". www.advocate.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  16. Inspiring moments outsideonline.com
  17. Nonbinary winner Pop Sugar
  18. Record-breaking highlights from Bank of America Chicago Marathon Chicago Star

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