Fifty-one teams officially renewed Spring at Swope Park on Saturday when light breezes and a sunny temperature nudging 80° made it a beautiful day for tossing frisbees at Kansas City's oldest course. None threw better than the winning Open Division team of Jose Ossa and Arturo Villarreal whose opening round of 37 (all deuces and a 3 on #13) powered them to a 4-throw win over Thomas Davis and Ken "Tank" Franks, who shot 81. Veterans Mike Thomas and Danny Knox, utiilizing over 50 years of playing experience shot 87 for a 6-throw win in the 100-Year Division over another seasoned veteran group of Jay Rivard and David Zentz.
The Am 1 field of 12 was the tournament's largest where Matt Dixon and Anthony Martella, powered in part by Matt's second-round ace, were six better that Scott Oswalt and Ian Ray. In the Am 2 Division, Brian Egan and Alex Wegman prevailed in the second round to take the two-throw over the fatther-son team of Mike and Connor Allison.
Everyone was stoked that there were a total of 10 mixed teams of men and woman on Saturday. In the Mixed 1, Slim Belcher and April Jenkins overcame a second-round, late-arrival penalty to prevail for the win over Brian Swezy and Chris Bonhanon in a playoff. Alexandre Viveros partnerd with Rodney Beagle to win the Mixed 2 Division by one throw over Sarah and Joe Hammontree. And last, but for from least, was the Parent-Child Division, where Ben and Steve Dresser successfully defended their title, besting the teams of Carly and Cecil Cameron and Dylan and Jerry Patterson.
There were a total of three aces that split the ace pool of $225. Josh Lawson first throw of the day found the bottom of hole #8's basket. Billy Nelson got the same hole about 45 minutes later. Matt Dixon's ace came on #5 from the short pad, the course's shortest hole, measuring under 150 feet.
A big thanks to the Kansas City Flying Disc Club's Swope Disc Golf Course Coordinator Patrick Smith for ensuring that the baskets were moved, and to Gary Birge, who works with Patrick, and was a great assistant all day long. Gary also took these photos:
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2014 Swope Spring Renewal Pairs Championships May 3 * Swope Park Disc Golf Course • Kansas City, Missouri
Open 1 Jose Ossa Arturo Villarreal 37 40 77
2 Thomas Davis Tank Franks 41 40 81
3 Billy Nelson Brian Guthrie 41 43 84
4 Greg Utz Frank Weaver 47 42 89
5 Matt Eklund Zeke Henry 47 44 91
6 BJ Font Andy Lewis 49 53 102
7 Pat McCavana Todd Marquez 52 51 103
100-Year 1 Mike Thomas Danny Knox 43 44 87
2 Jay Rivard Dave Zentz 46 47 93
3 Bob Ward Dennis Smith 49 47 96
4 Mike O'Rourke Dan Howard 48 49 97
5 Steve Keithley Joe Teater 49 49 98
6 Thommy Lukowski Erik Lukowskit 54 48 102
7 Jeff Kelley Scott Howard 52 50 102
8 Lynn Calcote Lynn Calcott 52 51 103
Mixed 1 1 April Jenkins Slim Belcher 48 50 98
2 Chris Bohannon Brian Swezy 48 50 98
3 Lou Dembecki Brandon Deerr 50 59 109
4 Jennifer Brockman Jace Edgar 56 55 111
Mixed 2 1 Alex Viveros Rodney Beagle 50 51 101
2 Sarah Hammontree Joe Hammontree 51 51 102
3 Susan Taylor Ben Taylor 52 53 105
4 Stephanie Gavin Harrison Moss 53 53 106
5 Michael Krueger Liz Borg Bowman 54 53 107
6 Stephanie Connell Chris Connell 58 56 114
Am 1 1 Matt Dixon Anthony Martella 45 39 84
2 Scott Oswalt Ian Ray 44 46 90
3 Josh Lawson Paul Salierno 46 46 92
T4 Beau Waters Matt Brock 48 44 92
T4 Jason Pennington John Davis 45 48 93
5 Tyler Mattoon Greg Mattoon 48 46 94
6 Josh Seymour Lance Holler 49 46 95
7 Clint Bourne Greg Pomering 49 48 97
8 Mark Mills Mike Quiroga 49 50 99
9 Neal Bell Will Heitschmidt 52 48 100
10 TJ Barnes Tom Mollenkamp 52 48 100
11 Chris Newburg Chris Mehl 51 52 103
Am 2 1 Brian Egan Alex Wegman 50 46 96
2 Mike Alliosn Connor Allison 50 48 98
3 Brett Main Mike Hendrix 54 48 102
4 Johnny Harrison Marty Lammers 52 51 103
5 Dylan Isbell Zack Saavedra 54 50 104
T6 Steve Channell Ryan Woods 56 52 108
T6 Alex Griffith Maria Aiono 55 53 108
8 Jeff Sellers Jeremy Thomas 55 55 110
9 Toby Wheeler Ray Stallings 57 54 111
10 Colby Lynn Riley Anderson 58 55 113
11 Dan Lorenz Mike Miller 55 999 1054
Adult-Child 1 Ben Dresser Steve Dresser 48 46 94
2 Carly Cameron Cecil Cameron 50 52 102
3 Dylan Patterson Jerry Patterson 56 54 110
