University of Oregon
Hilo Invitational
Hawaiian Maekawa Leads Ducks in the Islands
02/07/08 | Men's Golf
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii ? Native Hawaiian Sean Maekawa shot a 3-under 67 Wednesday to lead Oregon to eighth place following the first round of the UH-Hilo Intercollegiate, being played at the par-72, 6,971-yard Waikoloa Village Golf Course.
Oregon's first round total of 1-under 279 was eight strokes off the lead of 9-under 271, set by both Arizona State and No. 16 Texas Tech. Oregon State was third at 273, with No. 8 USC (274), No. 4 Georgia Tech (275), No. 10 Stanford (275) and Oklahoma (277) ahead of the Ducks.
Maekawa, one of three freshmen in the line-up for Oregon, was tied for eighth. The Ducks also counted a 70 from freshman Jack Dukeminier and 71s from Derek Sipe and Isaiah Telles.
Arizona State's Stephan Gross led the individual race at 6-under 64, a stroke better than Rob Grube of Stanford and Cameron Tringle of Georgia Tech.
UH Hilo Intercollegiate
Waikoloa Village Golf Course
6,971-yards, par-70
First Round
Team Scores
T1, Arizona State, 271; Texas Tech, 271. 3, Oregon State, 273. 4, USC, 274. T5, Stanford, 275; Georgia Tech, 275. 7, Oklahoma, 277. 8, Oregon 279. 9, Washington, 280. 10, Hawaii-Hilo, 282. 11, Cal-State Bakersfield, 283. 12, Texas Christian, 284. 13, Colorado, 284. 14, Kansas, 285. T15, UC Davis, 288; Santa Clara, 288. 17, Pacific, 291. 18, Hawaii, 292.
Top Individuals
1, Stephan Gross, Arizona State, 64. T2, Rob Grube, Stanford, 65; Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech, 65. T4, Brad Hopfinger, Kansas, 66; Jamie Lovemark, USC, 66; Santiago Rivas, Texas Tech, 66; Chris Ward, Texas Tech, 66.
Oregon Individuals
T8, Sean Maekawa, 67. T29, Jack Dukeminier, 70. T36, Derek Sipe, 71; Isaiah Telles, 71. T81, Joey Benedetti, 75.
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