Natasza Klimko and Tyler Avery Set Program Records at Carroll College Classic

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 Division

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. Originally from Poland, Klimko recorded 12 birdies on the day and won medalist honors by 13 strokes.

The 25th-ranked Battlin’ Bears also claimed the team title, defeating Bellevue by three strokes with a cumulative score of +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).

Montana Tech’s Casha Corder finished fifth at +9 (153). Carroll College’s Allie Stastny also tied for tenth at +13 (157).

Men’s Division

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), just one stroke behind Rocky Mountain.

Montana Tech’s Tyler Avery set a program record. He won by one stroke with 18 birdies over three rounds and posted a -12 (204). That total 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 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 placed ninth at -4 (212).