Deena Drossin-Kastor, a native of Waltham, Massachusetts took the Bronze at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. In high school Deena won three California cross country state titles, two track state titles,…
+ See More +Deena Drossin-Kastor, a native of Waltham, Massachusetts took the Bronze at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. In high school Deena won three California cross country state titles, two track state titles,…
+ See More - See Less -Deena Drossin-Kastor, a native of Waltham, Massachusetts took the Bronze at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
In high school Deena won three California cross country state titles, two track state titles, and she made the finals of the Kinney (Foot Locker) national cross country championships four times.
Deena graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1996 as a 4-time SEC Champion and an 8-time All-American. As a post collegiate Deena experienced a great amount of success under distance coach Dr. Joe Vigil. Under Coach Vigil's tutelage Deena captured many American Records including: 30:50.32 for the 10k, 2:21:16 for the marathon, 1:07:53 for the half-marathon, 24:36 for the 8k on the road, 47:15 for the 15k on the road. Currently Deena Kastor lives in Mammoth Lakes, California and is training under Coach Terence Mahon.
I like that she said :" I felt flat in the beginning miles, 4:50 and 5:00", there are like probably 30 or so guys in that race that could do that inf the first two miles. Kastor is a machine!