TROY, N.Y. – The Union College women's outdoor track & field team had its final tuneup before the conference championships on Friday, as the Garnet Chargers placed eighth out of 13 teams at the RPI Capital District Classic, hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Ned Harkness Field and Track.
 
Union finished the day with 21 points to finish fifth among seven Division III teams and eighth overall at the meet, which featured Division I, III and NJCAA programs. The Garnet Chargers finished the day with eight season-bests and two personal-bests on the day.
 
Junior Ashley Sheldon picked up an easy win in the high jump, needing just one leap to take first place. After passing through the first seven heights, no other competitor was able to clear her initial height of 1.53 meters, which the junior cleared on her first try. Sheldon jumped over the 1.58-meter and 1.63-meter bars on her first try as well but fell short three times at 1.68 meters.
 
The women earned their first six points of the day in the 4x100 relay thanks to the quartet of Sheldon, senior Kat Doran, and first-years Ava Gasson and Kate Nielsen and their third-place time of 51.25 seconds.
 
Junior Annabel Dobash took fourth place with a time of 4:51.59 in the seeded portion of the 1,500 meters, while first-year Josephine Withbroe placed ninth in the unseeded section with a season-best time of 5:20.56. Gasson added a top-10 finish in the 100-meter dash, crossing the line in 13.81 seconds.
 
In the throwing events, junior Maggie Buckley just missed a top-eight finish with a season-best mark of 22.87 meters that placed her ninth, while junior Epephanie LaBoy threw the hammer a season-best 31.58 meters
 
Union will head to St. Lawrence University for the Liberty League Championships next Friday and Saturday.