DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Castleton women's track and field team concluded its 2023 outdoor season at UMass Dartmouth Saturday afternoon, competing in the Little East Conference Outdoor Championships.
Gwyn Tatton was the highest-placing Spartan in Saturday's meet, opening up the day with a third-place finish in the javelin throw clearing 35.22 meters. Also finished in the top 10 but out of the points in the event was
Luna Perry-St. Peter, who finished in 10
th with a throw of 29.04 meters.
Elsewhere,
Danielle Solomon claimed sixth in the pole vault, clearing 2.35 meters before
Taylor Ross earned a fifth-place finish and set a new program record in the triple jump, leaping 10.29 meters to end the scoring for Castleton in the field events.
On the track, a group of
Rachel Doty-Snay,
Shay Lawrence, Solomon, and
Kaitlin Bardellini finished fourth in the 4x100-meter relay, crossing the line in 55.35. Lawrence had a strong day individually, but just missed out on points finishing seventh in both the 100 and 200, with times of 13.45 and 27.71 respectively.
The final point-getter for the Spartans was
Amber Cuthbert, who finished in fifth in the 1500, crossing the line in 5:15.89 before earning a second fifth-place finish in the 800 with a time of 2:33.57.
Southern Maine won Saturday's meet with 210 points, with Eastern Connecticut (117) and UMass Dartmouth (95) rounding out the top three. Castleton finished in eighth with 17 points.