LANGLEY, British Columbia –Trinity Western fourth-year Jacob Visser (St. Catharines, Ont.) is the Spartans' Male Athlete of the Week, winning the DII national disc golf championship this past weekend at the Collegiate Disc Golf National Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Visser won the singles championship by three strokes with a round rating of 1045, the highest rating of his career on a very technical course at the national championship.
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The humanities student also helped lead the Spartans team to a sixth-place DII finish at the championship.
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About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the NAIA in track and field, cross country, and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 15 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
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About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
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