PATRICK CASTAGNO – a 1983 graduate of Salesianum high school and a 1988 graduate of The University of Delaware where he ran cross country and track. He served as Team Captain at the U of D both in 1987 and 1988. Upon his graduation from U of D, he was ranked #2 all time in the 1500 meters.

He continued his education at U of D with a graduate degree in Biomechanics and performed high level re-search of some of the world’s fastest milers, Olympic bobsledders, professional baseball pitchers, and Olympic figure skaters. After graduate school, his work as the Director of the Gait Analysis Laboratory at the duPont Hospital for Children focused on gait analysis studies on children with cerebral palsy. He has 26 publications on research in the field of Biomechanics, Gait Analysis, and Sports Science. Castagno taught Biomechanics at the University of Delaware for 10 years.

In 2000, Castagno was employed by the Tatnall School to teach computer science and energized the cross country and track programs. Since then, his teams have won 64 team state championships, with 283 individual and relay titles. Eight Tatnall Girls Cross Country teams and five individual runners have qualified for the Nike Cross Country National Championship in Oregon. Two of those teams placed 3rd in the Nation. Four Tatnall relay quartets were crowned national champions in the 4 x mile relay, including his 2025 boys.

Nearly 80 of his athletes have competed at the college level, including an NCAA 10K champion, Juliet Bottorff.

Castagno has been named U.S. Track and Field Coaches Association Coach of the Year five times and Delaware Coach of the Year 15 times. He received the Tubby Raymond Award as state Coach of the Year from the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association in 2005. In 2025, Castagno was inducted into the prestigious New York Armory Coaches Track and Field Hall of Fame and was awarded the 2025 NASF Coaching Legacy Award. In 2026, he was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.

He currently serves on the Delaware High School Athletic Association Cross Country and Track & Field Committees as well as the Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame Committee.

Kevin Kelly was elected to the Delaware Track and Field Hall Board of Governors in 2016 and continues to serve the organization.

Kevin is a graduate of Salesianum where he continued as a Cross Country and Track athlete and in his senior year he had the privilege to captain an indoor team that won the State championship meet. Kevin went on to Mount Saint Mary’s and as an athlete he played soccer, ran and officiate National Decathlon championships.

Kevin began his coaching career in 1974 as a Track & Field Coach and in 1984 became an assistant coach in Track & Field at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He worked with the Governor’s Council in sports and as a manager of the TAC National Championships in Track & Field.

Kevin returned to Delaware and coached Track & Field at William Penn High, was an assistant coach at the University of Delaware. In 1999 he started and coached the cross country program at Charter School of Wilmington until 2005 where he became the athletic director for the school.

In 2009 Kevin took a position with the Penn State University, Brandywine Campus in Media, PA. There he established a cross country program on campus and for the next four years coached both men’s and women’ programs. He also continues his coaching experience at the University of Delaware until 2011 when the program was discontinued.

In 2012 Kevin also came out of retirement in to become the Athletic Director at the Newark Charter School and in its first two years of existence as a high school – developing 22 sports; hiring new coaches, and seeing athletes gain necessary recognition for their sportsmanship and their academic success.

Kevin also has served as Chair of the DIAA State Track & Field committee from 2006 to 2016 and helped to create necessary changes with the cooperation of coaches and administrators around the State of Delaware.

Michelle Flanagan was elected to the Delaware Track and Field Hall Board of Governors in 2015 and continues to serve the organization.

Michelle is a graduate of Padua Academy and University of Delaware where she competed in Cross country and Track & Field. At Padua Michelle was First Team All State XC & a Catholic Conference Champion in 1600 meters. At the University of Delaware she was a member of the Distance Medley Conference Champion Team.

She was the head Track & Field Coach at Brandywine High School from 1990 to 2009 and is still actively coaching at the school as the head Cross Country Coach from 1990 to present.

Michelle has served as an Officer of N5CTA (New Castle County Cross Country & Track Coaches’ Association) since 1994 and is the current president of the association and has been since 2013. Michelle has been a member of DIAA Cross Country/Track Committee since 1992 and has been a Board Member of the Delaware Running Club since 2011.

Jim Fischer founded the Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1994 and served as president of the organization until 2016. Jim is currently on the Board of Governors and continues to serve the organization.

Jim has been Head Coach of the highly successful University of Delaware men’s cross country and outdoor track and field programs for over 25 years. He also currently serves as the Director of University of Delaware Running Programs in which he oversees the administrative responsibilities of both the men’s and women’s track & field and cross country programs and assists the women’s track and field team.

Jim has been named America East Conference Coach of the Year five times, winning the award for indoor track in 1993 and 1999 and for outdoor track in 1993, 1994, and 2000. Jim also serves as an advisor to the Leukemia Society and Delaware Special Olympics.