Jlike Caswell became the first winner of the ‘non-binary’ category in the New York marathon. The athlete was one of 59 participants in this new category and ran alongside 29,993 men and 23,752 women. Of the “non-binary” athletes, 45 finished the test and Caswell was the first of them with a time of 2:45:12.
in general finished in 172nd placebut that did not stop him from winning a great economic prize, as the 25-year-old athlete residing in New York was the first in his category at The winner received $ 5,000. In addition, not only did the top 5 get a prize, but the top 5 also got a good amount of money. Zackary Harris (3:09:31, 1,237th place and $ 4,000), Justin Solle (3:14:48, 1,654th place and $ 3,000), Nicholas Dill (3:27:30, 2,977th place and $ 2,000) and Erin Anthony (3:29:33, rank 3,263 and $ 1,000), completed the list.
First year with awards
already last year 16 “non-binary” athletes participated. in the race but that time there were no financial allocations for this new category, so this year was the prizes are awarded for the first time for this category.
Some awards that are far from the male or female category, they give $ 100,000 to the test winner, $ 60,000 to second place and $ 40,000 to third. You have to move up to eighth place in the men’s and women’s races to see the same prize as the winner of the “non-binary” races. The decision to award prizes to this category has generated controversy, as several brokers consider this distribution to be unfair. As most of the runners who reached the finish line before Jack Caswell did not receive any kind of financial compensation.
Male and female category awards
- First place: 00.000
- Second place: $ 60,000
- Third place: $ 40,000
- Fourth place: $ 25,000
- Fifth place: 5,000
- Sixth place: 0.000
- 7th place: $ 7,500
- Eighth place: $ 5,000
- 9th place: $ 2,500
- 10th place: $ 2,000
