MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Castleton men's track and field took the short drive north to take part in the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational Saturday afternoon, breaking a pair of program records en route to a fifth place team finish.
 
The meet began with the mile run in which Jon Hendley broke his first record of the afternoon, finishing in 17^th with a time of 4:41.89. The junior ended his day by breaking his own record in the 3000 meter, crossing the line in 9:39.44, good enough for another 17^th-place finish.
 
In the men's 60-meter hurdles it was freshman Macalyster Perry earning the Spartans their first podium of the day in a track event with a third-place finish after crossing the line in 9.03. Junior Joe LaFarge finished close behind in eighth with a time of 10.74.
 
Wayne Alexander continued his solid start to the indoor season, finishing in 7^th in the 500 meter with a time of 1:11.72 before four Spartans earned top-20 finishes in the 60-meter sprint, with Perry, Reilly Flanders, Taylor Bourn and David Harvey all finishing in under 7.6 seconds.
 
Flanders and Harvey also claimed top-10 finishes in the 200 meters, finishing in 9^th and 10^th with times of 24.21 and 24.44 respectively, with Bourn, Alexander, Charles Govan, and Kaleb Swett rounding out the top 20 for Castleton.
 
The day's track events concluded with the 4x400 relay, in which Flanders, Harvey, Perry, and Alexander combined for a fifth-place finish, crossing the line in 3:46.81.
 
Saturday's field events kicked off with the men's weight throw in which Cody York claimed fourth place with a throw of 13.12 meters. The senior also earned a ninth-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 11.25 meters, followed close behind by Harrison Leombruno-Nicholson and Miles Mitchell, who finished in 11^th and 13^th respectively.
 
The Spartans' success in field events carried into the jumps, where Harvey earned a second-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.07 meters. Durr claimed fifth place in the event with a jump of 5.72 meters, with Govan rounding out Castleton's three top-10 finishers with an eight-place leap of 5.66 meters.
 
Saving their best for last, it was Britain Goodemote claiming first place in the triple jump for the Spartans, leaping 12.65 meters on his third jump to secure the top spot.
 
Middlebury won Saturday's meet overall with a team score of 181 points, with Vermont (176) and Franklin Pierce (118) rounding out the top three.
 
Castleton will head back to Middlebury next weekend to take part in their Winter Classic meet, with the day's events beginning at 12 p.m.