Southwestern College Collegian

Issue date: 4/2/08 Section: Sports

A jam-packed schedule has been keeping the men's and women's golf teams very busy lately. Both teams competed in separate tournaments this past weekend. The men traveled to Newton and Hesston to participate in the Spring Invitational at the Hesston Golf Course and the Sand Creek Station. Bethel College was the host. The women competed in the Bluebonnet Classic in Granbury, Texas at the Harbor Lakes Golf Course. The tournament was hosted by Northwood University. Scores were unavailable at press time. The men's and women's teams hosted the South Central Kansas Spring Invitational March 24 and 25 at Quail Ridge Golf Course. Tyler Lytton, business senior, and Kenneth Wright, business sophomore, finished in a three way tie for first out of 67 golfers. Lytton finished with 77-72-149 and Wright finished with 76-73-149. There was a playoff to determine the winner of the tournament and Wright won it. Andrew Manley, accounting junior, placed sixth with 76-75-151. Pat Fulton, business senior, took 12th with 76-78-154. Levi Moreland, business senior, placed 19th with 83-75-158. Jared Paul, business sophomore, finished 21st with 83-76-159. Westin Weeast, business junior, placed 35th with 87-79-166. The teams finished first out of 12 teams. Other teams that competed were Arkansas-Fort Smith, Bethany College, Missouri Valley, Seminole State Community College, Northeast Oklahoma A&M Community College, Friends University, Bethel College, Sterling College, Ottawa University, Western Oklahoma Community College, and Kansas Wesleyan University. Lytton said, "The home tournament was very important for our national and conference standings. It was good that we performed the way we did on that big of a stage because we haven't performed up to our standards so far this season." He knows that they cannot let up after this win and that the team must continue to perform well. Wright would agree. He said, "We are still going to have to continue to work hard to achieve our goals, but it was a good start." Leading the way for the women's team was Blair Koehn, business junior. She finished third out of 33 golfers with 84-89-173. Rachael Locke, business senior, placed eighth with 96-88-184. Kaydee Johnson, business freshman, finished 13th with 100-90-190. Kenna Corley, digital arts junior, finished 18th 99-95-194. Amy Kellner, graduate student, placed 31st with 114-103-217. The women placed second as a team behind Park University. Other teams that competed were Arkansas-Fort Smith, Oklahoma Baptist University, Seminole State Community College, and Ottawa University. Koehn said, "The tournament played really hard the first day because of the wind. It was our first look at Park University, which is going to be our competition to get to nationals." On March 16 and 17 the men's team competed in the UST Texas Intercollegiate tournament at the Hawks Creek Golf Course in Fort Worth, Texas. The tournament was hosted by Texas Wesleyan University. Leading the Builders was Manley with 72-75-147. He finished 10th out of 66 golfers. Wright finished 20th with 75-76-151. Moreland placed 37th with 70-86-156. Paul finished 57th with 79-85-164. Lytton placed 61st 84-81-165. The team finished sixth out of nine teams. Both teams will be traveling to Shawnee, Okla., to play in the Bison Invitational at the Shawnee Country Club on Apr 7 and 8. The tournament will be hosted by Oklahoma Baptist University. Cameron Siefkes is a sophomore majoring in communication. You may e-mail her at cameron.siefkes@sckans.edu.

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