TROY, N.Y. – The Castleton men's track and field team traveled south to take part in RPI's Under the Lights meet Friday afternoon, nabbing multiple top-three finishes as well as a new program best time in the 4x100 meter relay.
 
Friday's meet started off with the field events, in which several Spartans claimed podium spots. Cody York was the first to achieve the feat with a third-place finish in the hammer throw, clearing 42.31 meters. The senior also finished eighth in the discus and sixth in the shot put with throws of 34.07 and 12.05 meters respectively.
 
Next to finish in the top three was Ben Reid, who placed third in the shot put, throwing the weight 13.22 meters. The meet's throwing events ended on a high note for Castleton, as Harrison Leombruno-Nicholson claimed the top spot in the javelin, clearing 55.34 meters to take first. In the jumping events, David Harvey and Zack Durr finished in seventh and eighth in the long jump before Carter Mackey finished third in the high jump with a height of 1.75 meters.
 
On the track, a team of Durr, Taylor Bourn, Charles Govan, and Macalyster Perry got things going on the track with a new program best 4x100 relay mark, crossing the line in second place with a time of 44.44. They four sprinters broke the previous record, set five years ago to the day, by over one second.
 
Shortly after the relay, Harvey secured the fifth and final top-three finish for the Spartans in the 110-meter hurdles, placing third with a time of 15.66. Finishing close behind was Perry who crossed the line in 15.92 to claim fifth before ending his day with another top-five finish in the 400-meter hurdles.
 
Wrapping up Friday's individual events was Govan, who finished in a team-best sixth and ninth place in the 100 and 200-meter sprints, crossing the line in 11.50 and 23.62 seconds respectively. Castleton ended their day with Wayne Alexander, Govan, Bardellini, and Cuthbert claiming a 12^th-place finish in the 4x400 mixed relay, finishing in 4:06.17.
 
Next up for the Spartans is the Middlebury College Outdoor Invitational, which is set for Saturday, April 22 at 10 a.m. The meet will serve as a final tune-up before the LEC Championship takes place at the end of the month.