UTICA, N.Y. – The Castleton men's track and field team finished in seventh in the Utica Holiday Classic Saturday afternoon, earning four top-five finishes and breaking three records in their final meet of 2022.
 
Junior Jon Hendley continued his strong start to the season with a pair of program records in the mile and 3000-meter races, both of which he set a week ago. In the mile, the Hendley finished 18^th in a program-best 4:44.10 before concluding his day with a third-place finish in the 3000-meter, crossing the line in 9:44.46, also setting a new program record. Finishing behind Hendley in fourth place in the 3000 was sophomore Nate Forgan, who put together a time of 10:55.11.
 
In the 300-meter race, it was David Harvey setting a new program record, finishing in fifth with a time of 38.49, with Reilly Flanders (38.87) and Wayne Alexander (38.90) also claiming top-10 finishes.
 
Freshman Macalyster Perry finished in sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.05 before the day's track events concluded with the 4x200 in which Charles Govan, Kaleb Swett, Perry and Taylor Bourn combined for a fifth-place finish, crossing the line in 1:37.88
 
In the field events, Cody York finished in 10^th in the weight throw with a 12.54-meter toss while Ben Reid claimed seventh place in the shot put in his first action of the season with a throw of 12.78 meters.
 
The day concluded in the pits where Harvey earned a fifth-place finish in the long jump before freshman Britain Goodemote claimed second in the triple jump with a leap of 12.80 meters.
 
Castleton will break for the holidays before returning to action Saturday, January 14 at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational.