by Rocky Mountain College freshman Natasza Klimko won the women’s individual title at the Carroll College Classic, her second victory of the season, after setting a program record for 36-hole play. Klimko finished at -7 (137) and won medalist honors by 13 strokes. Originally from Poland, she recorded 12 birdies on the day.
The Carroll College Classic was held October 5-6 at Bill Roberts Golf Course in Helena. Frontier Conference teams took part, with men’s teams playing three rounds and women’s teams playing two.
Women’s Team Results
The 25th-ranked Battlin’ Bears won the women’s team title by three strokes over Bellevue, finishing at +27 (603). Carroll College took third place at +59 (635).
Rocky Mountain placed three other golfers in the top ten alongside Klimko. Carlee Verdugo finished seventh at +11 (155), Alivia Webinger tied for eighth at +12 (156), and Kirsten Smith tied for tenth at +13 (157).
Two other players also cracked the individual top ten. Montana Tech’s Casha Corder finished fifth at +9 (153), and Carroll College’s Allie Stastny tied for tenth at +13 (157).
Men’s Team Results
Bellevue captured the men’s team title by 14 strokes, finishing at -36 (828). The 18th-ranked Rocky Mountain team placed second at -22 (842), and Montana Tech took third at -21 (843), one stroke behind Rocky Mountain.
Montana Tech’s Tyler Avery also made program history. He won by one stroke at -12 (204), highlighted by 18 birdies over three rounds. That score is now the lowest under par in Oredigger history.
Two more Montana Tech 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 had three more golfers in the men’s top ten. Braxton McDonald tied for second at -11 (205), Kristjan Burkelca finished eighth at -5 (211), and Sam Norman took ninth at -4 (212).
