Jamestown (VCSU) – Four Valley City State golfers finished in the Top 10 at the University of Jamestown Fall Invite played Monday and Tuesday at the Jamestown Country Club.

Vikings Hayley Shanks, Sydney Carlson, Rory Gentzkow and Grant Inniger each finished in the Top 10 individually. The field played 36 holes on Monday followed by 18 holes on Tuesday to make up the 54-hole tournament. VCSU’s women placed third and the men’s team placed fifth in the meet.

Hayley Shanks and Sydney Carlson each fired a 277 to finished in a tie for ninth place. Shanks carded rounds of 96-87-94 while Carlson went 97-89-91 in the tournament. Kathleen Vetter, who finished in a tie for 11th place, fired a 280 (91-97-92).

Nevaeh Davis placed 16th (99-97-92), followed by Winter Oldrock in 17th (97-98-94) and Sydney Staus in 18th (97-111-106). Megan Haugrud carded a 365 (121-111-133) and finished in 22nd place.

The Viking women finished in third place of four teams with a 1122 team score (383-370-369) and 44 strokes ahead of NSAA foe Dickinson State. University of Jamestown’s Orange team took the title with a 1046 team score (345-346-355).

Dickinson State’s Elly Leblanc won individual medalist honors with a 246 (85-81-80).

On the men’s side, Gentzkow finished in a tie for seventh place in the field of 45 golfers to lead the way for the Vikings. He fired a tournament total 235 (78-75-77). Inniger finished one stroke behind Gentzkow with a 236 (78-78-80) to place 10th.

Jayden Ewoniuk finished in 20th place with a 249 (80-80-89), followed by Derek Bear who carded a 265 (87-86-92) and tied for 34th place. Freshman Wyatt Meisch rounded out the Vikings with a 271 (85-97-89) and a 39th place finish.

The Viking men’s team placed fifth out of eight teams competing at the UJ Fall Invite. VCSU totaled a 980 team score (325-320-335). University of Jamestown’s Orange team took first place with a 914 (299-304-311). UJ’s Jackson Worner earned the individual medalist title after firing a 222 (69-76-77).

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UP NEXT: VCSU competes at the UMary Invite on Sept. 19-20 in Bismarck. The two-day tournament will be played at Hawktree Golf Club on Monday and Riverwood Golf Course on Tuesday.

Monday

Day 1

Men

5 of 8

Women

3rd of 4

Tuesday

Day 2

Men

5 of 8

Women

3 of 4