MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Castleton women's track and field team traveled in state to take part in the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational Saturday afternoon, claiming four top-five finishes en route to a fifth-place team finish.
 
The morning began with field events, where Layne Cronin and Isabell Lanfear earned seventh and eighth place with throws of 9.14 and 9.09 meters respectively. In the long jump it was Taylor Ross finishing in 13^th with a jump of 4.13 meters before Ross claimed second in the triple jump, leaping 9.58 meters on her fifth attempt.
 
Danielle Solomon earned four points in the day's final field event, finishing in fifth in the pole vault clearing a height of 2.35 meters.
 
Starting things off in the track events was Bethany Davis, who finished in seventh place in in the mile with a time of 5:57.34. Davis also earned five points for the Spartans in the 800 meter run, claiming fourth place with a time of 2:47.04.
 
Shay Lawrence also had a strong day on the track, finishing in third place in the 500 meter with a time of 1:26.44 and 13^th in the 60-meter sprint with a time of 8.59, before ending the day with a 15^th place finish in the 200 meter, crossing the line at 28.47. Sophomore Kiera Pipeling also earned a pair of top-20 finishes in both the 60 and 200 meter races, finishing in 19^th and 20 in each respective race.
 
Middlebury claimed the team title with a score of 234.5, with Vermont (158.5) and Franklin Pierce (116) rounding out the top three schools.
 
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.