HAYS – TMP-Marian’s Shannen Chin fired a four-over 76 to win the 3-2-1A Girls’ State Golf Tournament Monday at Smoky Hill Country Club in Hays.

Chin out-dueled Rylie Cook of Johnson-Stanton County who was 2nd with 81. Kerrigan Rudolph of Goodland finished 3rd with an 88.

Down by 1 stroke after 10 holes, Chin passed Cook with pars at #11 and #12 to take a one shot lead heading to the signature 13th hole. Chin made a routine par while Cook found the water leading to a double bogey. Chin increased her lead to 4 strokes with a par at #14.

The tourney was decided on #15. Cook played an excellent 2nd shot to the par 4 15th leading to what would be a tap-in birdie. Chin then rolled in a birdie of her own from 70 feet behind the cup to maintain her 4 stroke advantage.

Chin, a junior, won her 8th tourney title of the season and set a new school record for lowest score at a state tourney for TMP. The previous record was set by Karee Dinkel with 85 at Cheney in 2015.

Syracuse won the team title with a combined score of 393 followed by Stanton County 405, while Goodland won a 6th man tiebreaker with Hoisington to finish 3rd at 406. TMP finished 6th with a score of 421.

For TMP, Jenna Romme shot 109, Avin Inlow 117, Haleigh Spray 119, Katy Walters 120 and Abby Heimerman 144.