Oct. 21, 2002
LAKESIDE, Calif. - Behind senior John Lepak's 7-under 65, the San Diego State men's golf team holds the lead after the first round of the Barona Collegiate Cup. The host Aztecs stand at 12-under 276, one shot ahead of second place Denver (277, -11) and six shots in front of California and Colorado State (283).
The host Aztecs, who finished second in their tournament last season, got off to fast start and ranked among the leaders throughout the first round thanks to the play of Lepak. The La Habra Heights, Calif., native blistered the front nine of the 7,088-yard course with a 5-under 31, then followed up with a score of 34 coming in to take a one-shot lead over Peter Tomasulo of California (66). Tied for third are Denver's Shawn Wills and BYU's Ron Harvey, Jr. at 5-under 67.
Among the Aztecs' other scores, freshman Andrew Scott and senior John Lieber share 14th place with eight other players at 2-under 70, while senior Charlie Smith is tied for 24th at 1-under 71 and junior Mark Warman shares 41st place at 1-over 73.
The San Diego State Red Team registered a first-round total of six-over 294, as senior Lars Johansson and sophomore Aaron Choi each shot 73, junior Gilberto Rodriguez and senior Chris Galeski both carded 74s and senior Brian Miller shot an 80.
First round scores with relation to par Oct. 21 at the Barona Collegiate Cup, played at the par-72, 7,088-yard Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, Calif.
Fin. School Scores 1 San Diego State U. 276 (-12) 2 Denver, U. of 277 (-11) 3 California, U. of 283 (-5) Colorado State Univ. 283 (-5) 5 New Mexico, U. of 284 (-4) Brigham Young Univ. 284 (-4) 7 Nevada, Univ. of 285 (-3) 8 Fresno State Univ. 286 (-2) 9 Louisville, U. of 287 (-1) Ohio State Univ. 287 (-1) 11 N. Car.- Greensboro 289 (+1) Washington State U. 289 (+1) 13 Texas El Paso, U. of 290 (+2) 14 Texas A&M University 291 (+3) 15 SDSU Red Team 294 (+6) 16 Texas-San Antonio 295 (+7) 17 Hawaii, Univ. of 296 (+8)
Top 20 Individuals Fin. Name School Scores 1 John Lepak SanDiegoSt 31- 34 65 -7
2 Peter Tomasulo California 34- 32 66 -6
3 Shawn Wills Denver 33- 34 67 -5 Ron Harvey, Jr. BYU 33- 34 67 -5
5 Dustin White Wash. St. 36- 32 68 -4 Brett Tobyne Col. St. 36- 32 68 -4 Ben Douglas Hawaii 33- 35 68 -4
8 Michael Letzig New Mexico 34- 35 69 -3 Nick Watney Fresno St. 35- 34 69 -3 David Tasker Texas A&M 35- 34 69 -3 Sprague Kolp Nevada 35- 34 69 -3 Ian Medlock New Mexico 33- 36 69 -3 James Love Denver 34- 35 69 -3
14 Zach Doran Ohio State 35- 35 70 -2 Greg Machtaler BYU 34- 36 70 -2 Nolan Martin Col. St. 33- 37 70 -2 Ian Hagen Nevada 36- 34 70 -2 Jimmy Cunningham Denver 36- 34 70 -2 Mark Anderson Louisville 36- 34 70 -2 Andrew Scott SanDiegoSt 33- 37 70 -2 John Lieber SanDiegoSt 36- 34 70 -2 Harry Diamond NC Greensb 37- 33 70 -2 Martin Laird Col. St. 36- 34 70 -2
San Diego State Scores Fin. School Scores 1 San Diego State U. 276 1 John Lepak 31- 34 65 T 14 Andrew Scott 33- 37 70 T 14 John Lieber 36- 34 70 T 24 Charlie Smith 35- 36 71 T 41 Mark Warman 37- 36 73
SDSU Red Team Scores 15 SDSU Red Team 294 T 41 Aaron Choi 40- 33 73 T 41 Lars Johansson 37- 36 73 T 56 Gilberto Rodriguez 36- 38 74 T 56 Chris Galeski 38- 36 74 T 87 Brian Miller 38- 42 80