Tuseday, April 16, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team competed at the Gettysburg Spring Invitational in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania and found great success in preparation for the Landmark Conference Championships in the first week of May.

Junior Garrett Leib stood out as one out of only three players at the event to score a birdie on the 13th, as well as clearing his first three holes and ending with +11 (82). Leib tied for 21st place with two other competitors, earning the highest spot for Etown that day.

Right behind Leib was first-year Evan Kreiser who came out with +14 (85), tying for 30th place.

Kreiser also recorded one birdie on the round and found two on the second hole.

Sophomore Caleb Clements made his way to an even score after playing both par fives in the front nine, as well as playing par on the eighth hole.
After playing a birdie on the 13th hole, Clements ended up at +17 and tied for 41st place.

Elizabethtown will compete and host the Landmark Conference Championship at Dauphin Highlands golf course in Hershey, Pennsylvania on May 4 and 5.

The women’s golf team traveled to Branchburg, New Jersey to compete in the Landmark Conference Championships and placed eighth place in the first and second rounds.

Junior Helen Rodefeld was the top competitor for the Blue and Gray because she began the first round with an equal 100 and earned 13th place going into the next round.

Here, Rodefeld improved upon her previous score, finishing with 95 shots. This was enough to tie for fourteenth place at +51.

First-year Chloe Lantz started out with 151 shots on the first day, but lowered that number to 118 shots on the second. This earned her 36th place. Overall, the Jays had a wonderful season and look forward to what next year has to bring.