Disc golf
October 1, 2026
Disc Golf hosts first home meet
Goshen College’s new men’s and women’s disc golf teams competed at home Saturday, Sept. 19 in the Dash Bash at Ox Bow Park. This is the first full varsity season for the Maple Leafs. The tournament brought collegiate disc golf teams to Goshen as the new program continues to build its place in GC athletics. Ox Bow Park serves as the home course for Goshen’s disc golf teams. The women’s team finished third in the Collegiate Division 1. Goshen also had a team compete in the mixed Collegiate Division 2, with the Leafs B team finishing fourth. The competition was...
October 30, 2025
Disc golf teams confirmed
Jason Samuel, director of WGCS FM and Globe Media, confirmed his new role as coach for the Goshen College men’s and women’s disc golf teams on Tuesday. This puts GC at a total of athletic programs. They will be the first GC teams to regularly compete against NCAA schools. “The time is right. There are signposts instead of speed bumps that are telling me that we’re headed in the right direction,” Samuel said. The GC athletic department began talks of establishing a disc golf team back in 2022. Erica Albertin, former athletic director, asked Samuel to do some research on...
October 3, 2024
Disc golf grows in Goshen
Jason Samuel, associate professor of communication at Goshen College and general manager of 91.1 the Globe, spent his summer at Ox Bow County Park, overseeing the installation of a new disc golf course that is professional enough to host the world championships. In April, The Record covered the announcement of renovations coming to the disc golf course in Ox Bow Park being overseen by Samuel, followed by a grand reopening weekend full of live music, food trucks, vendors and, of course, disc golf. From Friday to Sunday, over the third week in August, new and old fans of the sport...