Personal Record

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2007: Finished 42nd at the Commodore Classic, 217th at the Greater Louisville Classic, 132nd at the Chile Pepper Festival, and 91st at the SEC Championship. Kasten won the Best Newcomer award at the cross country postseason banquet.

High School/Prep:

Earned four varsity letters … Also played tennis … Salutatorian of his class.

Personal:

James Douglas Kasten … Born May 31, 1988 … Parents are Jim and Susan … Has an older and younger sister … majoring in economics and computer science … Enjoys aviation, tennis and table tennis … Sister played volleyball at Brown University.

Off the Course with James:

Favorite class: CS 201 Programming Design and Data Structure

My dream job: CEO of a major airline

Not many people know that I: am a private pilot.

Dream vacation: Italy

Favorite restaurant: Maggiano[apos]s Little Italy

First job I had: Working at a plastics recycling company

Favorite ‘non-school’ related reading material: ‘Flying’ magazine