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Junior Worlds Round 2 Recap

Thursday, July 17, 2025 - 12:00

One of the MJ12 cards posing for a photo after their round on Wednesday

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It was another 95°F high on Wednesday. The pace kicked up in Round 2 at the 2025 PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships and most of the leaderboards shuffled dramatically through the day.

In MJ18, Bennett Doemland of Emporia, Kansas shot a 1029-rated, -9 hot round at Jones East to move him up 11 spots to tied with Gabriel Von Aschen for second. Caleb Tucker was right behind Bennett with a -7, moving up to solo first. Zeb Kaylor rounds out the lead card, which are all within two strokes of each other.

In FJ18, there was a three-way tie for hot round with Virginia Polkinghorne, Allison Menchaca, and Kayla Hess. Virginia stayed up top, Allison moved up five spots to solo second, and Kayla moved up nine spots to tied with Shelby Cowen to round out the lead card going into Thursday.

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MJ15 had a four way tie for hot round with a 999 rated -5. Colton Lawless used the hot round to go up two spots to solo first. Bryson Little went up 6 spots to tie Dylan Bryant in third. Andrew Garsin and Hyrum Hart (2022 MJ10 junior world champion) went up 28 and 38 spots with their hot rounds to sixth and eight place, respectively. Rounding out the lead card with Colton, Bryson, and Dylan is Finn Etter (leader going into Round 2) in solo second. 

In FJ15, Brooklyn O'Krafka shot the -4 hot round, moving up three spots to solo second. Hailey Huber shot a -1 and went up to solo first, ahead of Brooklyn by one throw. Alison Tweedie, the previous leader from New Zealand, went down two spots to solo third after shooting a +4. Eden Fletcher also went down one spot to fourth, maintaining her spot on the lead card. Evie Lou Ramey moved up six spots with her -3 round, putting her tied for fifth.

Cole Kresge in MJ12 shot a scorching -9, 1003-rated (unofficial) round to move up eight spots to solo first (with two throws to spare). Isaac Crawford and Marcelino Cisneros shot -5, and moved up to tied for second and solar fourth, respectively. Jaxton Taylor (previous leader) went down a spot to tied for second. 

In FJ12, the leaderboard, as far as places go, stayed almost identical to after round one, with just Piper Robbins moving up two spots to tie for seventh. Eva Lutsenko shot a -6, growing her lead to eight throws. Madison Stubbs shot a -2, closing the gap to third place. 

In MJ10, Rylan Haag shot the hot round of -9 at Peter Pan Park. Hudson Kasper maintained his lead with a -7. Jai Singh went up three spots to fourth, and Preston Hunt stayed on the lead card in solo third. 

No surprise that our Kiwi friend Sarah Wadsworth (highest ever rated FJ10, and one of only five players to have a 100% win rate at junior worlds with 2 or more events) grew her lead during round two. She shot a bogey-free -1 at Peter Pan. Chloe Lohmeyer went up two spots to join the lead card for round three.

In MJ08 Rohan Kiser shot the hot round at Peter Pan with a +1. He moved up two spots to tied with second with James Alldritt and Marky LaValley. James Read maintained his position at the top of the leaderboard.

Finally, FJ08 maintained their same leaderboard after round two. Nora De Jong grew her lead, with Ellie Lohmeyer, Evelyn Tabor, and Harper Sieniarecki following.

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