Columbia University Athletics

2019-20 (Senior): (XC) Clocked a personal record time of 26:58.4 (205th) in the 8K at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 19). (Indoor) Ran the opening leg on the 4x800-Meter Relay squad that opened the season with a first place time of 7:47.74 at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Posted a sixth place finish in the 800-Meter Run at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 1) with a time of 1:53.05 ... Crossed the line in second place with a time of 1:52.49 in the 800m at the Armory Last Chance (Feb. 21) ... Carried the second leg of the 4x800m Relay that came in second place at Heps with a time of 7:36.16. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

2018-19 (Junior): (XC) Completed the 6K in a personal best time of 20:33.6 at the Marist Season Opener (Sept. 1). (Indoor) Had seven top 10 finishes and five top five finishes ... A member of the 4x800-Meter Relay team that finished first in 7:40.49 at the Fastrack Metro Season Opener (Dec. 1) ... Racked up two top five finishes at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia (Jan. 18) meet, finishing fifth in the 800m (1:56.92) and was a part of the 4x800m Relay team that came in fourth with a time of 7:56.45 ... Member of the Distance Melody Relay team that came in second (9:54.92) at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & field Championships (Mar. 1-3). (Outdoor) Finished inside the top 10 with an eighth place time of 1:52.83 in the 800m at the 2019 Colonial Relays (Apr. 4-6) ... Helped lock up a seventh place finish in the DMR (10:01.04) at the 125th Penn Relays (Apr. 28) ... Came in 10th place in the prelims of the 800m at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 4-5).   

2017-18 (Sophomore): (XC) Ran a season best 27:46 in the 8K at the Paul Short Run. (Indoor) Ran a season best 1:55.24 in the 800m at the Fastrack National Invite ... Went 2:28.40 in the 1K during the Metropolitan Championships for a career best. (Outdoor) Clocked a career best 1:51.75 in the 800m during Outdoor Heps … Ran a season best 4:01.27 in the 1,500m.

2016-17 (First Year): Posted a season best 1:55.06 in the 800m during the indoor season at the Columbia East-West Challenge ... Ran 2:31.31 at the Dartmouth/Yale/Columbia tri-meet in the 1,000m ... Clocked a 4:02.41 in the 1,500m during the Colonial Relays ... Went 4:25.21 in the 1 Mile at the Metro Season Opener.

Personal: Competed in cross country and track & field at Berlin High School in Wisconsin … Posted career bests of 1:53.94 in the 800m, and 4:19 in the 1 Mile … The son of Micki Kastenschmidt and Von Caswell … Will attend Columbia College.

Career Bests

5 Mile (XC) - 28:40.9
Columbia Cross Country Invite - Sep. 8, 2017
8K (XC) - 26:58.4
Princeton Cross Country Invitational - 26:58.4
6K (XC) - 20:33.6
Marist Season Opener - Sept. 1, 2018
4x1609 (Indoor) - 17:34.87
Artie O'Connor Invitational - Feb. 17, 2017
4x1500 (Indoor) - 16:39.79
2017 Colonial Relays - Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2017
DMR (Indoor) - 9:54.92
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 1-3, 2019
DMR (Outdoor) - 10:01.04
125th Penn Relays - Apr. 25-27, 2019
4x800 (Indoor) - 7:33.09
ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships - Mar. 2, 2018
4x800 (Outdoor) - 7:43.62
IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships - May 12-13
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 4:25.21
Metro Season Opener - Dec. 2, 2016
1,500m (Outdoor) - 4:01.27
Penn Challenge - March 24, 2018
1,000m (Indoor) - 2:28.40
Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships - Feb. 1, 2018
800m (Outdoor) - 1:51.75
Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps - May 5, 2018
800m (Indoor) - 1:52.79
Armory Last Chance - Feb. 21, 2020