Oklahoma State University Athletics
2019-20 Men’s Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Juan Diego Castro
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- High School:
- La Salle HS
For an updated list of personal bests, visit the link below:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6990064/Oklahoma_State/Juan_Diego_Castro.html
Personal Records
600 Yards - 1:12.43
800 Meters – 1:48.06
1,000 Meters – 2:23.04
1,500 Meters – 3:42.66
Mile – 3:57.78
Honors and Awards
2022 Academic First-Team All-Big 12
2022 Indoor First-Team All-American (DMR)
2022 Indoor All-Big 12 (1,000 Meters)
2021 Outdoor All-Big 12
2020 NCAA Honorable Mention Indoor All-America
2021 Indoor Big 12 Championship – DMR
2021 Indoor All-Big 12 (2)
2020 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Indoor All-Big 12
2022 Indoors
Competed seven times for the Cowboys during the indoor campaign... Opened up at the Razorback Invitational, where he helped the Cowboy DMR squad to their first victory of the season... At the Arkansas Qualifier, he helped the same squad become the 5th-fastest DMR team in NCAA history with their time of 9:22.70, which also broke the school record by almost four seconds overall... Earned an All-Big 12 honor in the 1,000 Meters with a third-place finish with his personal-best time of 2:23.04... Became a first-team All-American at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships in the DMR as they finished fifth overall with a time of 9:28.11.
2021 Outdoors
Joined his Oklahoma State teammates in the latter half of the 2021 outdoor season… kicked things off at the Joe Walker Invitational, where he finished 19th in the 1,500 meters… earned a sixth-place finish in the Drake Relays 1,500 meters in a personal record pace: 3:42.66… also contributed to the Cowboys’ fourth-place performance in the DMR at Drake… earned All-Big 12 honors at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with his sixth-place performance in the 800 meters.
2021 Indoors
Placed no lower than fifth in any of the three regular season meets he appeared in… tabbed in at fifth place in the 800 meters in a time of 1:50.34 at the Texas Tech Invitational… was invited to American Track League No. 3 and clocked in at 3:57.78 in the mile, good for fourth place… earned the first event win of his collegiate career in the Texas Tech Shootout 800 meters with a 1:48.29 pace… helped the Cowboys claim a Big 12 DMR title at the Big 12 Indoor Championships… also finished third in the open 800 meters at the indoor conference meet… ended his season on the national stage with second-team All-America honors on account of his 14th-place, 1:50.09 pace in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
2020 Indoors
Finished in the top eight at each of the six meets he competed… claimed 1,000m titles at the Bob Timmons Challenge (2:28.07) and the Arkansas Invitational (2:24.05)… was third in the 1,000m at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 2:28.15… finished second in the 800m at the Alex Wilson Invitational.
2019 Cross Country
Ran in three meets … finished second in the 4 Miles at the Hurricane Preview with a time of 20:18.
2019 Outdoors
Ran four races, three of them in the 800 meters… Picked up wins in the 800 meters at the Arkansas Spring Invitational and the John McDonnell Invitational where he ran a season-best time of 1:49.58.
2019 Indoors
Competed three times for the Cowboys in his debut season… Kicked off his season with a third-place finish in the 600-yards at the Bob Timmons Challenge… Ran a time of 1:49.48 in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Championships to finish fourth and earn his first career All-Big 12 honors.
High School
Ran under Marvin Ramirez at La Salle High School in San Jose, Costa Rica… Set the U20 800 meters Costa Rica record.
Personal
Son of Hugo and Carla Castro… Born May 17, 2000.
