UTICA, N.Y. – The Castleton women's track and field team finished eighth in Saturday's Utica Holiday Classic, shattering five more program records in their last meet before winter break.
 
The first record to fall for the Spartans was the mile, with Amber Cuthbert breaking her own record from a week ago by crossing the line in fourth with a time of 5:42.46. Freshman Bethany Davis finished first in her heat and ninth overall in the event with a time of 5:55.94.
 
Cuthbert and Davis both competed in the 800-meter race as well, finishing in third and ninth respectively with times of 2:35.46 and 2:46.65.
 
In the afternoon's sprints, it was Shay Lawrence breaking a trio of records in the 60, 200, and 300-meter races. The senior got things started with a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter, crossing the line at 8.20, followed by a fifteenth-place finish in the 200-meter with a time of 28.12, and ending her day finishing the 300 in fourth in a program-best 44.78.
 
The final record Lawrence broke was also the 100^th Castleton has set since head coach Jay Condon took over the team five seasons ago.
 
Elsewhere in the meet, Taylor Ross finished 11^th in the long jump before breaking the school's triple jump record with a leap of 9.91 meters, good enough for seventh place. The field events concluded with a fifth-place finish by freshman Jenna Schott in the shot put, throwing the weight 10.21 meters. Freshman Isabell Lanfear and Layne Cronin's throws of 8.38 and 8.20 meters respectively also earned them spots in the top-30.
 
SUNY Cortland finished first as a team with 210.5 points, with Utica (105) and Westfield State (72.5) rounding out the top three scorers.
 
Castleton will break for the holidays before returning to action Saturday, January 14 at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational.