Frontier Conference golfers gathered in Helena recently for the Carroll College Classic, held October 5-6 at Bill Roberts Golf Course. Men’s teams played three rounds, while women’s teams competed over two.
Women’s Division
Rocky Mountain College freshman Natasza Klimko earned her second victory of the season in record-breaking fashion. She finished at -7 (137), eclipsing the programme’s 36-hole record. Originally from Poland, Klimko recorded 12 birdies on the day and won medalist honours by 13 strokes.
The 25th-ranked Battlin’ Bears also claimed the women’s team title, finishing three strokes ahead of Bellevue with a cumulative score of +27 (603). Carroll College secured third place at +59 (635).
Rocky Mountain placed three other golfers in the individual top ten alongside Klimko. Carlee Verdugo took 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), while Carroll College’s Allie Stastny tied for tenth at +13 (157).
Men’s Division
Bellevue captured the men’s team title by fourteen strokes at -36 (828). The 18th-ranked Rocky Mountain side finished second at -22 (842), and Montana Tech was one stroke further back in third at -21 (843).
Montana Tech’s Tyler Avery also made the programme’s record books. He won by one stroke with a score of -12 (204), highlighted by 18 birdies over three rounds. That total is now the lowest score under par in Oredigger history.
Avery was joined in the top ten by two more Oredigger teammates. Hudson Goroski finished sixth at -8 (208), and Chase Choquette tied for tenth with Providence’s Peyton Toney at -3 (213).
Rocky Mountain had three more golfers in the 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).
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