M45 Kevin Castille’s busy weekend nets USATF Athlete of the Week
Kevin (shown elsewhere) ruled on Michigan roads.
Here’s what USATF said:
Masters athlete Kevin Castille (Nicholasville, Kentucky) enjoyed a dominant weekend in Masters LDR in Flint, Michigan, winning both the USATF Masters 1 Mile Road Championships and Crim 10 Miler, setting an American record and world best in his age division.
On Friday evening, Castille won both the Overall Masters Championship and the Age-Grading contest in the USATF Masters 1 Mile Road Championships, hosted by the Michigan Mile of the HAP Crim Festival of Races. Castille won the Overall Men’s title in 4:24 on a challenging out, over and back road course with elevation changes. The dominance of the win is exemplified by an almost unheard of victory margin of 13 seconds. In a rare event, he also won the Men’s Age-Grading crown, emblematic of the best relative performance over all age groups.
The following morning, Castillo competed in the Crim 10 Miler, one of the premier road races in America. Not only did he conquer the Masters field again, winning in a time of 49:03 with a 6-minute victory margin, but he also finished 8th overall behind runners like Nathan Ritzenhein and Scott Fauble, but ahead of top Open runners like Noah Droddy.
The current U.S. Masters 45-49 record listed for the 10 mile is a 52:22 run by Bill Rodgers in 1997. Castille, 45, lowered that mark by over 3 minutes on a USATF certified, record-eligible course. He also dipped under the world best — 49:36 — by over half a minute.
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Very inspirational! Keep on truckin’ Kevin!
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