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Rocky Mountain College’s Natasza Klimko set a program record at the Carroll College Classic, shooting -7 (137) over 36 holes at Bill Roberts Golf Course in Helena on October 5-6. The result eclipsed the program’s 36-hole record and gave Klimko her second victory of the season. The freshman, who is originally from Poland, recorded 12 birdies and won medalist honors by 13 strokes.
The 25th-ranked Battlin’ Bears also won the women’s team title, finishing three strokes ahead of Bellevue with a cumulative score of +27 (603). Carroll College took third at +59 (635). The women’s teams played two rounds.
Women’s Individual Results
Rocky Mountain placed three more 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).
Montana Tech’s Casha Corder took fifth place at +9 (153). Carroll College’s Allie Stastny also 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 took second at -22 (842), and Montana Tech finished third at -21 (843), one stroke behind the Battlin’ Bears. The men’s teams played three rounds.
Men’s Individual Results
Montana Tech’s Tyler Avery won the individual title by one stroke and set a program record. He carded 18 birdies over three rounds and finished at -12 (204), the lowest score under par in Oredigger history.
Two more Oredigger golfers placed in the top ten. Hudson Goroski finished sixth at -8 (208), and Chase Choquette tied for tenth with Providence’s Peyton Toney at -3 (213).
Rocky Mountain also had three 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).
