Nazareth College Athletics

Math Education major…son of Gary and Karyn Castor, East Syracuse, N.Y… Castor plans to return to the Golden Flyers for an additional season after suffering injuries earlier in his collegiate career. . . Castor continued to be one of Nazareth's top runners during the 2008-09 cross country and track and field seasons. . . earned second-team all-conference honors and was named Nazareth's Sportsman of the Year. . . top performances include finishing as the Golden Flyers' top runner at the Buffalo State Invitational as he finished ninth in 27:01. . . placed 38th in the Western Ontario 10-K Invitational (35:32), 46th in the 8-K Conference Championship meet (26:40), and 38th at the 8-K Atlantic Regional Championships (26:55). . .named team MVP during the outdoor track and field season. . . placed first in the 800-meter run at the Empire 8 Conference Championship meet and earned first-team all-conference honors with a career-best time of 1:55.59. . . won the 800-meter run (1:55.99) and placed second in the 1,500-meter run (4:01.59) at the NYSCTC championship meet then placed 15th in the 1,500-meter event at the ECAC championship meet (4:10). . .  2007-08: Castor was a strong competitor  on the cross country and track and field teams in 2007-08. . . top cross country performances include a sixth place finish at the Utica 8-K Invitational (29:08) and finishing 20th at the Colgate 6-K Invitational (21:24). . . during the indoor season, Castor set the school record in the 500-meter dash (1:09.07) at RIT and was a member of four relays that each set school records. . . earned second-team all-conference honors for the 1-mile run and first-team honors for the 1,600-meter relay. . . during the outdoor season, Castor broke the school record in the 400-meter hurdles (:56.21) at Springfield and was a member of the 4x800 relay team that broke the school record with a time of 7:53.01. . .  2006-07: was a member of the school-record 4x400 (3:21.80) and 4x800-meter (7:56.17) relay teams. . 2005: finished 34th at Penn State Behrend Invitational, 24th at Nazareth's Short Course Invitational and 26th in the Empire 8 Conference meet. . .  Scholastic: a graduate of East Syracuse-Minoa High School, Castor competed in both cross country and track…achieved honors as 12th in the state when competing in the 4 x 800 event (8:12).