Jacob Caswell
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born1997 or 1998[1][2]
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.[3][4][5] They won the non-binary division of the 2022 New York City Marathon and the 2023 Chicago Marathon.[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Caswell 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

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.[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][lower-alpha 1] 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 2023 Chicago Marathon with a finish time of 2:38:05.[18][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 3 Jacob Caswell is 1st ever nonbinary runner of the year losangelesblade.com Febryary 3, 2021
  2. ↑ Event results results.nyrr.org
  3. 1 2 3 ‘Nonbinary Runners Have Been Here the Whole Time’ The New York Times April 30, 2022
  4. 1 2 New York City Marathon Nonbinary thepinknews.com November 14, 2022
  5. 1 2 3 Results runnersworld.com
  6. 1 2 Results runnersworld.com
  7. ↑ This queer runner just made history, and knows how to rock a harness Querty November 7, 2022
  8. 1 2 Ireland Announces Incoming Track & Field/Cross Country Class gocolumbialions.com
  9. 1 2 3 Roster. Jacob Caswell gocolumbialions.com
  10. ↑ Jake Caswell is Outsports 2022 Non-Binary Athlete of the Year outsports.com/ December 28, 2022
  11. 1 2 Nonbinary divisions in road races runnersworld.com
  12. ↑ Overview esults.nyrr.org
  13. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 "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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