2016-17 Barton Men's Cross Country News

  • Piddon makes school history, Barton Women's Golf with fifth straight Top-14 national finish
    May 18, 2017
    School history was made Thursday at the Chateau Elan Resort Golf Course in Braselton, Georgia, as Peerada Piddon of the Barton Community College women’s golf team finished runner-up at the NJCAA Women’s Golf National Championship. Leading the Lady Cougars to a 14th place finish, Piddon followed up her then-school record seventh placing last year as a freshman to wrap up her career by also recording the lowest four-round score of 10-over for the championship. As a team the Lady Cougars improved for the fourth straight day carding a combined 339 to place amongst the nation’s top fourteen for the fifth straight year.
  • Lady Cougars shoot ninth best round to move up leaderboard; Piddon with two-stroke lead to final day
    May 17, 2017
    As the week has gone on, the Barton Community College women’s golf team has improved each round of the NJCAA Women’s Golf National Championship. Wednesday, the Lady Cougars improved their team score by seventeen strokes from Tuesday’s round to post the ninth best third round score of 342. The improvement enabled Barton to move a slot up the leaderboard to 14th overall to the final round as the Lady Cougars will look to protect their two stroke lead over Snead. With the tee times set for the final day of competition, Barton will be paired with Snead along with Spartanburg Methodist whom the Lady Cougars trail by thirty strokes. The trio will have the final tee times beginning at 12:00 p.m. central time with tournament leader Peerada Piddon set to begin her championship quest thirty-six minutes later.
  • Piddon increases championship lead, Lady Cougars remain in fifteenth place
    May 16, 2017
    Despite its improved play in the second round of the NJCAA Women’s Golf National Championship, the Barton Community College women’s golf team remained in fifteenth place carding a five stroke improvement 359. Teeing off in the second wave of participants, the Lady Cougars had a rough start to the opening two holes going a combined 20-over par for nearly a fifth of their score before settling in finishing the round at 108-over. Barton looks to make a climb up the leaderboard in Wednesday’s 11:54 a.m. central time tee off being paired by the most immediate teams in their path as Snead leads by four strokes and Wallace State at a more distant thirty-four strokes ahead.
  • Piddon leads national championship field after day one, Barton women's golf team in fifteenth place
    May 15, 2017
    The Barton Community College women’s golf team began play today at the NJCAA Women’s Golf National Championship held at the Chateau Elan Resort Golf Course in Braselton, Georgia. Leading the 120 participant field by two strokes was Barton sophomore Peerada Piddon firing an even-par 71 score as the Lady Cougars sit in fifteenth place at 364 after first day of competition. Having the morning tee times on Monday, the Lady Cougars will begin the second round in the second wave of tee times beginning at 11:51 a.m. central time with Piddon set to tee off a little over thirty minutes later.
  • Piddon defends title, Barton women's golf earns seventh straight national bid
    April 23, 2017
    The Barton Community College women’s golf team earned the program’s seventh straight trip to the national championships as five Lady Cougars finished in the Region VI’s top ten this past weekend at Hutchinson's Carey Park Golf Course.
  • Piddon wins fourth conference meet, Barton women's golf runner-up in regular season finale in Dodge City
    April 15, 2017
    Having their four conference meet victory stretch snapped the last time the Barton Community College women’s golf team visited Mariah Hills Golf Course, the Lady Cougars couldn’t avenge the loss in coming up second at the sixth and final KJCCC meet of the season. Shooting their worst team score since 2014 last October at the course, the Lady Cougars improved by twelve strokes despite sustained 20mph wind gusting up to forty-five but trailed host Dodge City Community College by four strokes after the opening eighteen holes. Returning to the somewhat settled down course on Saturday with 15mph wind, the field played much better but the Lady Cougars were unable to climb back as the Conquistadors widen the lead by eight on the final nine holes to win with a total score of 538 to Barton’s 550. The Dodge City victory evened the conference matchups with Barton at three victories each with the next meeting coming next Friday and Saturday in the Region VI Championship held at Hutchinson’s Carey Park Golf Course.
  • Barton women's golf rolls to third conference victory of season; Piddon wins third title by ten strokes
    April 08, 2017
    The Barton Community College women's golf team protected their home course the past two days by nearly doubling their first round advantage to win their fifth KJCCC meet of the season. Building a fifteen stroke advantage through eighteen holes on a 20-30 mph windy Friday, the Lady Cougars returned to the much calmer StoneRidge Golf Course on Saturday tacking on another fourteen strokes to run away with the title with a 518 team score to No. 12 ranked Dodge City Community College’s 547.
  • Piddon's title not enough as Barton women's golf comes up short to begin spring season
    April 01, 2017
    For the second straight conference meet, the Barton Community College women’s golf team couldn’t hold on to its first day lead in finishing runner-up at the KJCCC No. 4 Meet held at Emporia’s Municipal Golf Course. Clinging to a three stroke advantage after Friday’s first eighteen holes, Dodge City Community College turned the tide during Saturday’s final nine holes with an eight stroke advantage to win by five strokes. The Conquistadors finished with a combined 519 with the Lady Cougars at 524 to draw even with Barton in team conference victories while easily outdistancing Coffeyville Community College’s 633.
  • Streak broken, Barton women's golf finishes runner-up in Dodge City
    October 07, 2016
    The Barton Community College women’s golf team couldn’t quite hold off the charge of host Dodge City Community College as the Conquistadors erased a four-stroke deficit for a one-stroke victory Friday at Mariah Hills Golf Course in the third and final KJCCC Women's Golf Meet of the fall season. Dodge City finished with a 559 twenty-seven hole score to Barton’s 560 while Coffeyville Community College carded a 593.
  • Fabrizius leads Barton women's golf to day one lead in Dodge City
    October 06, 2016
    In what started as a beautiful day for the third KJCCC Women’s Golf Meet of the season, three holes into the afternoon Mother Nature came riding into Dodge City bringing cold and windy conditions across the Mariah Hills Golf Course. Surviving the day at the top was the Lady Cougars of Barton Community College carding a season high 381 score in holding a slim four stroke edge over host Dodge City Community College and a twenty stroke lead over Coffeyville Community College. The teams will return to the course bright and early on Friday teeing off with expected low-40s temperature and 10mph wind at 9:00 a.m. for the final nine holes of the meet.
  • Barton women's golf pulls away for second conference victory
    October 01, 2016
    The Barton Community College women's golf team pulled away for its second straight team title of the conference season this past Saturday at Coffeyville’s Country Club Golf Course. The Lady Cougars led by just fifteen strokes after the first eighteen holes on Friday before blitzing the course for the final nine in a forty-one stroke victory posting a combined 525 score to Dodge City Community College’s runner-up 566.
  • Big first day powers Barton women's golf team to second victory of season
    September 21, 2016
    The Barton Community College women's golf team built a nineteen stroke lead after day one of the Coffeyville Invitational cruising to a fifteen stroke victory. Played at Adams Municipal Golf Course in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the Lady Cougars and the field endured extreme hot and humid temperatures to post a combined 701 through 36 holes to distance Seminole State College’s 716.
  • Lady Cougars keep rolling, capture first conference meet of season, Piddon wins individual honors
    September 17, 2016
    Picking up where they left off from last season, the Barton Community College women's golf team increased their day one lead to run away with the team title at the first KJCCC Meet of the season. Protecting their home StoneRidge Golf Club course for the past two days, the Lady Cougars built an eight stroke lead in Friday’s opening eighteen hole round before tacking on another fourteen in Saturday’s final nine holes to win by twenty-two strokes. Barton finished with a team twenty-seven hole total of 519 while Dodge City Community College finished at 541 with Coffeyville Community College carding a 566.