Athlete of the Week: Kayla Ketcheson

Athlete of the Week: Kayla Ketcheson

By Angelique Fiske, QBSN Publishing Editor

It took only 79 strokes at the Brown Invitational on April 8 for junior Kayla Ketcheson (St. Andrews, Manitoba) to break the Quinnipiac women’s golf program’s single-round record.  Ketcheson essentially outshot herself, having broken her own record of 80 shots in a single-round.  She set the initial record at the ECAC Championship on Oct. 3, 2011.  The slim limbo below her previous score earns Ketcheson the QBSN Athlete of the Week honors. 

courtesy: quinnipiacbobcats.com

Ketcheson’s performance at the Brown Invitational led the way not only in the second day, but combined with her first day score of 88, she shot for 167.  This makes for a Quinnipiac tournament record and earned her a tie for 30^th place on the weekend. 

The team also saw significant improvements from the first to second day of the tournament, cutting 27 shots for the biggest day-to-day drop among the nine competing teams.  The Bobcats finished in ninth place, shooting 733 between the two days. 

The women’s golf team next hits the green on April 13 and 14 as part of the Roar-EE Invitational and again April 16 and 17 at the Hartford Invitational.  The amount of upcoming action not only gives the Bobcats an opportunity to lower their scores as a team but also for Ketcheson to take on her biggest competitor – herself.