Jacob Caswell is an American long-distance runner and clinical analyst.[3][4][5] They won the non-binary division of the 2022 New York City Marathon and the 2023 Chicago Marathon.[5][6][7]
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Early life and education
editCaswell was born to Micki Kastenschmidt and Von Caswell, and grew up in Berlin, Wisconsin.[8] 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.[9]
Caswell matriculated at Columbia College in Columbia University as a member of the class of 2020.[9][8] They studied biology at the university, and competed in middle-distance races during all four years there.[9][3] Caswell later obtained a master's degree in public health.[10][11]
Career
editCaswell 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.[12][13] They then made their marathon debut at the 2022 Brooklyn Marathon, winning its first non-binary division with a time of 2:35:17.[14][3][11] They also won the Brooklyn Half Marathon organized by New York Road Runners (NYRR), competing in its inaugural non-binary division.[13] Caswell then competed in the 2022 New York City Marathon's non-binary division, winning it with a time of 2:45:12.[15][16][4][6][a] On February 2, 2023, NYRR honored Caswell as one of the Fred Lebow Runners of the Year.[1][13] It was the first year NYRR awarded the honor to a male runner, a female runner, and a non-binary runner.[1][13]
Caswell won the non-binary division of the 2023 Chicago Marathon with a finish time of 2:38:05.[18][5]
Notes
edit- ^ The first year the New York City Marathon had a non-binary division was in 2021.[15][17] 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.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jacob Caswell is 1st ever nonbinary runner of the year losangelesblade.com February 3, 2021
- ^ Event results results.nyrr.org
- ^ a b c ‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’ The New York Times April 30, 2022
- ^ a b New York City Marathon Nonbinary thepinknews.com November 14, 2022
- ^ a b c Results runnersworld.com
- ^ a b Results runnersworld.com
- ^ This queer runner just made history, and knows how to rock a harness Querty November 7, 2022
- ^ a b Ireland Announces Incoming Track & Field/Cross Country Class gocolumbialions.com
- ^ a b c Roster. Jacob Caswell gocolumbialions.com
- ^ Jake Caswell is Outsports 2022 Non-Binary Athlete of the Year outsports.com/ December 28, 2022
- ^ a b Nonbinary divisions in road races runnersworld.com
- ^ Overview results.nyrr.org
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Results". Brooklyn Half Maraton. January 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Jacob Caswell Wins Nonbinary Division in NYC Marathon". www.advocate.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Inspiring moments outsideonline.com
- ^ Nonbinary winner Pop Sugar
- ^ Record-breaking highlights from Bank of America Chicago Marathon Chicago Star