The 20th ranked Barton Community College men's golf team placed 5th Tuesday at the KJCCC Championships held at Newton's Sand Creek Station Golf Course.
The eight Jayhawk teams battled high wind conditions in the two days of competition, forcing the cancellation of Monday afternoon's second round to shortened the Championship to just two rounds.
Barton's opening round of 36-over 324 left the Cougars tied for 4th place headed into Tuesday morning's final round. Despite shooting a much improved 9-over 297, Hesston College was three strokes better to pull ahead of the Cougars' combined 45-over 621.
Taking the event's bragging rights, 8th ranked Dodge City shot a combined 12-under round on Tuesday to win the Championship with a 12-over two-day score while overall KJCCC Champion 5th ranked Hutchinson finished fourteen strokes back at 26-over. Ranked 21st, Garden City placed third at 40-over with Hesston at 42-over and three strokes ahead of the Cougars.
National tournament bids are on the line next time on the course April 29-30 as Barton and fellow Region VI members head to Kansas City, Missouri, for the Region VI/Central District Championships held at the Tiffany Greens Golf Club.
Kaleb Lambert led the Cougars by holding steady in 8th place of the 56-man leaderboard through the two rounds, posting a 79 and even par 72 for a 7-over 151 score.
Barton's leading golfer on the season Axel Bolander got off to a rough opening round start of 10-over 82 but bounced back with a 1-over 73 in climbing five spots to a 17th final standing at 11-over 155.
Through their body of work in the three conference meets, Bolander's pair of previous 4th place finishes earned 2nd Team All-KJCCC honors with Lambert's most recent placing climbing up the standings in a tie for 16th to miss Honorable Mention distinction by .25 points.
In the top ten following a Monday 8-over 80, despite a three-stroke improvement on Tuesday, Worathan Thammachokecharoen fell ten spots on the leaderboard in hanging on for 20th place at 13-over 157.
Also making an improvement but slipping down the final positioning, Martin Chevallier followed his 11-over 83 card with a four stroke improvement 7-over 79 to slide three spots to 29th at 18-over 162.
Three Cougars finished in a tie for 38th at 23-over 167, Tanapoom Kaewjoey making the Cougars' biggest climb up the board of ten spots closing with a 3-over 75 after posting a 20-over 92 card on Monday. Individualists Anthony Arriola carded 8-over 80 and 15-over 87 rounds as Thantup Saengvut posted a 16-over 88 and 7-over 79 rounds.
Keegan O'Shea rounded out Barton's entries in 46th after 90 and 82 rounds for a combined 28-over 172. Eston Moore competed in just Monday's action carding a 19-over 91.
Barton Results:
T-8th Kaleb Lambert +7, 151 (79-72)
T-17th Axel Bolander +11, 155 (82-73)
T-20th Worathan Thammachokecharoen +13, 157 (82-73)
T-29th Martin Chevallier +18, 162 (83-79)
T-38th Tanapoom Kaewjoey +23, 167 (92-75)
T-38th Anthony Arriola (Individual) +23, 167 (80-87)
T-38th Thantup Saengvut (Individual) +23 (88-79)
46th Keegan O'Shea (Individual) +28, 172 (90-82)
WD Eston Moore (Individual) +19, 91 *1st Round only