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April 24, 2003
BEND, Ore. - Snow resulted in a four-hour delay and change of venue for the first round of the Mountain West Conference Women's Golf Championship and likely did not help San Diego State's cause. Playing on an unfamiliar course at the Awbrey Glen Golf Club in Bend, Ore., after playing its practice round at original site Meadows Course at Sunriver Resort, the Aztecs shot a 33-over total of 321 and stand in fifth place after the first 18 holes of the conference championship.
UNLV holds the first-round lead at 305, four shots in front of second-place Colorado State. BYU is third at 314 while New Mexico (316), the highest-ranked team in the conference, is five shots ahead of SDSU in fourth place. Wyoming is sixth at 335.
Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) did her best to overcome the day's adversity, shooting a 4-over round of 76 that is tied for third place with 2002 MWC champion Lynette Duran of Colorado State and Hwanhee Lee of UNLV. The trio is three shots back of first-round leader Sunny Oh of UNLV (73), who has a one-shot advantage over second-place Katrina Leckovic of New Mexico (74).
Junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS) shares 12th place after a first-round 79. Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) shot 82 and is tied for 21st place, while senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) is another stroke back at 83 and shares 23rd. Freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) shot 87 and is 29th.
The MWC Championship shifts back to its scheduled site at the Sunriver Resort's Meadows Course tomorrow, with play beginning at 10 a.m.
2003 Mountain West Conference ChampionshipFirst Round Played At Awbrey Glen Golf Club,Bend, Ore. (par 72, 6,110 yards)April 24-26, 2003
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 UNLV 305 2 Colorado State Univ. 309 3 Brigham Young Univ. 314 4 New Mexico, U. of 316 5 San Diego State Univ 321 6 Wyoming, U. of 335
Fin. Top 20 Golfers School Scores 1 Sunny Oh UNLV 38- 35 73 2 Katrina Leckovic New Mexico 37- 37 74 3 Lynette Duran Col. St. 36- 40 76 Sandy Kim S.Diego St 36- 40 76 Hwanhee Lee UNLV 39- 37 76 6 Mayumi Motoyama Col. St. 38- 39 77 Symantha Mendenhall BYU 37- 40 77 Danielle von Arnim BYU 39- 38 77 Stephanie Linnell Col. St. 40- 37 77 10 Erin Borcherts UNLV 42- 36 78 Christine Hentzner UNLV 38- 40 78 12 Kailin Downs New Mexico 40- 39 79 Shayna Miyajima S.Diego St 41- 38 79 Shala Hanson Wyoming 39- 40 79 Trisha Quick Col. St. 39- 40 79 Elena Kurokawa UNLV 38- 41 79 17 Margaret Gibby BYU 37- 43 80 Natalie Newren BYU 40- 40 80 19 Catalina Guacaneme BYU 40- 41 81 Kellyn Newman New Mexico 41- 40 81
SDSU Individuals T-3 Sandy Kim S.Diego St 36- 40 76 +4 T-12 Shayna Miyajima S.Diego St 41- 38 79 +7 T-21 Jennifer Hoene S.Diego St 41- 41 82 +10 T-23 Claire Riley S.Diego St 43- 41 84 +12 29 Toni Lutz S.Diego St 47- 40 87 +15