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Reilly Flanders running in the LEC Indoor Championship meet

Men’s Track & Field Takes Seventh at LEC Indoor Championships

2/18/2023 8:42:00 PM

PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The Castleton men's track and field team competed in the Little East Conference Indoor Championship Saturday afternoon, placing seventh as a team with several top-five individual finishes.

David Harvey had a strong meet for the Spartans, claiming a pair of fourth-place finishes in the long jump and 60-meter hurdles. The senior leapt 6.59 meters in the pit before finishing as the highest-placing Castleton athlete in the hurdles, crossing the line in 8.83 seconds.

In the triple jump, Britain Goodemote and Zach Durr both claimed top-10 finishes, with Goodemote clearing 12.40 meters while Durr was close behind with a jump of 12.25 meters.

Three Spartans finished in the top-10 of the shot put, with Ben Reid leading the way by finishing third with a throw of 13.75 meters. Close behind were Harrison Leombruno-Nicholson and Cody York, who finished in eighth and ninth with throws of 11.79 and 11.31 meters. In his main event, the weight toss, York set a new program record and claimed fifth with a toss of 14.96 meters.

In Saturday's track events, Macalyster Perry joined Harvey in the top-seven of the 60-meter hurdles, crossing the line in sixth with a time of 9.28 seconds. Wrapping up the afternoon's individual sprints was Reilly Flanders, who finished the 200 in eighth with a time of 23.84, before Wayne Alexander claimed a fourth-place finish in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:26.49.

The day concluded with the relays, in which the Spartans team of Flanders, Taylor Bourn. Charles Govan, and Perry finished in third in the 4x200 in a new program-best time of 1:35.05.

UMass Dartmouth claimed first overall at the meet with 118points, with Eastern Connecticut (106) and Southern Maine (99) rounding out the top three scoring teams. Castleton finished with 28 points.

Next up for Castleton is the New England DIII Indoor Championships, which take place on February 24 and 25.

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