Lewis-Clark State College Athletics

2018-19 - FRESHMAN: Cross Country: Placed 101st (18:44.6) at the NAIA Cross Country National Championship ... top finisher for the Warriors and top freshman finisher at the Frontier Conference Championship (third, 19:08.5) ... career-best 5K time at the Master's Invitational (18:27.8) ... Indoor: Career-fastest mile (5:33.14) to place fifth at WSU Indoor Meet (1/19/19) ... was a member of the 4x800m relay team that placed fourth at Indoor Nationals with a school-record time of 9:21.23 ... Outdoor: Fastest 800m (2:19.03) to place second at the Bucs Scoring Meet (3/16/19) ... best 1,500m (5:05.44) to place seventh at the Pelluer Open (4/11/19) ... member of the 4x800m relay team that placed 10th at Outdoor Natinoals (9:26.25) ... voted Freshman/Newcomer of the Year at the inaugural LCSPYs 

All-Frontier Conference (Cross Country)
National Qualifier: Indoor 4x800m Relay, Outdoor 4x800m Relay
All-American: Indoor 4x800m Relay 
LCSPYs Freshman/Newcomer of the Year

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Sunnyside HS...Ran varsity track and cross country for the Grizzlies for four years...Most Valuable Runner for cross country as a sophomore, junior and senior...Most Improved in track as a sophomore...Most Outstanding Track Performer as a senior...First Team All-Conference in cross country as a sophomore, junior and senior...First Team All-Conference in the 4x400 meter relay freshman and sophomore year...Second Team All-Conference in the 800 meter run as a Sophomore...Earned Academic Excellence Award in cross country and track three times...Named NECA Big 9 Conference Fall Student Athlete in 2016 and 2017...Also played basketball

PERSONAL: Born on July 2, 2000 to Dolores Partida and Mike Castilleja...Had four sibling: Gilbert, Zaiah, Goliath and Calix...Favorite food is Chicken Alfredo...Favorite book is Into the Wild...Majoring in Biology