TROY, N.Y. – The Castleton women's track and field team had one of its strongest performances of the season at the RPI Under the Lights meet Friday afternoon, grabbing two top overall finishes as well as several other top-five finishes against impressive competition.
 
Gwyn Tatton put on a show in Friday's throwing events, setting a new program record and finishing second in the shot put with a throw of 11.23 meters, before clearing 34.15 meters en route to a first-place finish in the javelin throw.
 
Tatton was one of four Spartans to finish in the top 10 in the shot put, with Isabell Lanfear (4^th), Layne Cronin (6^th) and Luna Perry-St. Peter (8^th) also performing well. Perry-St. Peter and Lanfear also added fourth and fifth-place finishes in the javelin, clearing 30.26 and 28.82 meters respectively.
 
Taylor Ross continued Castleton's stretch of top-five finishes at the pit, claiming fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 10.18 meters.
 
On the track, Amber Cuthbert got things started with a ninth-place finish in the 1500, also adding a seventh-place finish in the 800 later. In the 4x100 meter relay, meanwhile, the quartet of Rachel Doty-Snay, Kaitlin Bardellini, Keegan Tedd, and Shay Lawrence finished in fourth with a time of 55.95.
 
In Friday's individual sprints, Lawrence continued her incredible start to the season, earning her second straight win in the 100-meter sprint — the senior finished in 13.15 seconds — before crossing the line in fifth in the 200 with a time of 27.89.
 
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.