Frontier Conference golfers competed in Helena on October 5-6 at the Carroll College Classic, held at Bill Roberts Golf Course. Men’s teams played three rounds, while women’s teams played two.
Women’s Results
Rocky Mountain College freshman Natasza Klimko won her second tournament of the season in record-breaking fashion. She finished at -7 (137), which eclipsed the program’s 36-hole record, and she won medalist honors by 13 strokes. Klimko, who is originally from Poland, recorded 12 birdies on the day.
The 25th-ranked Battlin’ Bears also won the team title, edging Bellevue by three strokes with a cumulative score of +27 (603). Carroll College took third place at +59 (635).
Three other Rocky Mountain golfers finished in the top ten alongside Klimko. Carlee Verdugo placed seventh at +11 (155), Alivia Webinger tied for eighth at +12 (156), and Kirsten Smith tied for tenth at +13 (157).
Montana Tech’s Casha Corder finished fifth at +9 (153). Carroll College’s Allie Stastny also tied for tenth at +13 (157).
Men’s Results
Bellevue captured the men’s team title by fourteen strokes with a score of -36 (828). The 18th-ranked Rocky Mountain team finished second at -22 (842), and Montana Tech placed third at -21 (843), one stroke behind Rocky Mountain.
Montana Tech’s Tyler Avery set a program record in the process. He won the individual title by one stroke and recorded 18 birdies over three rounds. His -12 (204) is now the lowest score under par in Oredigger history.
Two more Oredigger golfers finished in the top ten. Hudson Goroski took sixth at -8 (208), and Chase Choquette tied for tenth with Providence’s Peyton Toney at -3 (213).
Rocky Mountain placed three more golfers in the men’s top ten. Braxton McDonald tied for second at -11 (205), Kristjan Burkelca took eighth at -5 (211), and Sam Norman finished ninth at -4 (212).