Ella Kozak has wrapped up her top collegiate performance with the Western Carolina Catamounts.
The Yorkton product was at Mimosa Hills Country Club in Morganton, North Carolina on March 31 and April 1 competing in the Mimosa Hills Invitational. Kozak opened the 54 hole event with a 78, she shot 80 in the second round, and 79 in the final round to tie for 16th, her best finish yet. The Catamounts were fourth out of 10 teams.
Their next event is the SoCon Championship in West Columbia, South Carolina at Solina Golf Club starting April 14.
Holly Knudsen of Chaplin continued her final spring season with the Minot State University (MSU) Beavers at Paradise Pointe Golf Club on March 31 and April 1. She shot 82 and 85 while in Smithville, Missouri for the 36 hole event and placed 34th. The Beavers were 13th in the team race.
MSU is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the NSIC Conference Preview at Elmwood Golf Course starting April 7.
Will Danielson tied for his team’s lead in 11th place and helped the Milsaps Majors to a third place performance this week in Bullard, Texas at the Eagle’s Bluff Intercollegiate. Danielson carded rounds of 79, 70, and 76 on March 31 and April 1 finishing at 12-over par.
The event was the lowest score for the Majors this season which will be Danielson’s last. Next up is the SAA Golf Championships at Greystone Golf Club in Dickson, Tennessee from April 25 to 27.
Two Saskatoon student-athletes were in the same field in Maryville, Missouri at the Mozingo Lake Golf Course. Caden Loeppky and Justin Miller were competing for the Waldorf Warriors and Southwestern Community College respectively on March 28 and 29 in the Graceland University Spring Invitational. Playing on Waldorf’s ‘B’ team, Loeppky shot 86 and 84, he was 39th, his team was eighth. Miller fired an 83 and an 82, he was 24th playing as an individual.
Waldorf will travel to Marshall, Missouri for the Missouri Valley Invitational starting April 7, Miller and Southwestern begin the Kishwaukee Intercollegiate at Kishwaukee Country Club in Dekalb, Illinois Saturday (April 5).
Alex Swinnerton and fellow Waskesiu Golf Course junior graduate Guillermo Salazar were in Old Hickory, Tennessee on March 31 and April 1 for the 54 hole Trevecca Men’s Spring Music City Invitational played at Hermitage Golf Club General’s Retreat Golf Course. Swinnerton added another top 10 finish to his record with Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) after rounds of 72, 69, and 68 to lead the Crimson Hawks team in a tie for 10th. Salazar, from Calgary but spend his summers in Waskesiu and competing on the Saskatchewan junior circuit shot 75, 70, and 75, he was tied for 48th.
IUP placed 11th out of 17 schools in the event. The Crimson Hawks reload and prepare for the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational in West Chester, Pennsylvania at Penn Oaks Golf Club starting April 7.
Cole Taylor of Nipawin and the Park University Gilbert Buccaneers hosted a small four school event from April 2 and 3 in San Tan Valley, Arizona. Taylor shot 78 and 74, he was tied for 13th.
The Bucs won the event being the only school under par shooting 10-under par on route to the win. The GSAC Conference Championships are next for Park, that begins on April 14 in Prescott, Arizona at Antelope Hills Golf Course.