April 12, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Paced by even par 71's from sophomore Tom Johnson (Fair Oaks, Calif./Del Campo) and junior Scott Harrington (Portland, Ore./Jesuit), Northwestern's men's golf team is off to a strong start at the 33rd Kepler Intercollegiate, sitting one stroke behind first-place UNLV.
The Wildcats, who shot a 5-over-par 289 on the 7,229-yard OSU Scarlet Course, have finished first or second in this tournament the past four years.
The 17-team tournament field includes nine Big Ten schools. Northwestern is four strokes ahead of third-place Purdue.
Besides the strong rounds from Harrington and Johnson, junior Bjorn Widerstedt (Vasteras, Sweden/Flagler College) and senior Chris Thayer (Richmond, Va./Godwin) posted respective first-round scores of 73 and 74.
Second-round play resumes Saturday morning.
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate OSU Scarlet Course Columbus, OH Dates: 04/12 - 04/14 (Today:04-12-2002) Par: 71 Yardage: 7229Fin. School Scores 1 UNLV 288 +4 2 Northwestern 289 +5 3 Purdue University 293 +9 4 Colorado, U. of 295 +11 5 Toledo, U. of 296 +12 6 Auburn University 297 +13 7 Miami (Ohio) 298 +14 8 Ohio State Univ. 299 +15 Illinois, U. of 299 +15 Indiana University 299 +15 11 Michigan State U. 300 +16 12 Michigan, U. of 303 +19 13 Texas A&M University 305 +21 14 Wisconsin, U. of 308 +24 15 Kent State 311 +27 Marshall University 311 +27 17 Iowa, U. of 314 +30
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate * Individual OSU Scarlet Course Columbus, OH Dates: 04/12 - 04/14 (Today:04-12-2002) Par: 71 Yardage: 7229
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Scott Miller Ohio State 33- 35 68 -3
2 Tom Johnson N'western 37- 34 71 E Lee Williamson Purdue 35- 36 71 E Lee Williams Auburn 37- 34 71 E Sean McTernan Toledo 34- 37 71 E Brandon Askew UNLV 34- 37 71 E Scott Harrington N'western 37- 34 71 E J.C. Deacon UNLV 37- 34 71 E
9 Ryan Moore UNLV 36- 36 72 +1 Ben Davidson Indiana 37- 35 72 +1 J.J. Beckstrom Mich. St. 36- 36 72 +1
12 Kevin Haefner Auburn 38- 35 73 +2 Mike Sabo Miami (OH) 37- 36 73 +2 Andrew Chapman Michigan 38- 35 73 +2 Ben Portie Colorado 39- 34 73 +2 Aaron Williams Marshall 39- 34 73 +2 James Lepp Illinois 36- 37 73 +2 Eric Phipps Miami (OH) 36- 37 73 +2 Joe Liley Colorado 37- 36 73 +2 Heath Peters Indiana 37- 36 73 +2 Bjorn Widerstedt N'western 36- 37 73 +2 Dustin Cone Purdue 37- 36 73 +2 Mark Weghorst Miami (OH) 36- 37 73 +2 *Zach Doran Ohio State 36- 37 73 +2
25 Chris Thayer N'western 36- 38 74 +3 Clark Corbett UNLV 39- 35 74 +3 Garrett Chaussard Illinois 36- 38 74 +3 Shiv Kapur Purdue 38- 36 74 +3 Kane Webber Colorado 38- 36 74 +3
30 Geoff Lound Illinois 40- 35 75 +4 Eric Jorgensen Mich. St. 37- 38 75 +4 Doug Wade Ohio State 37- 38 75 +4 Jon Turcott Wisconsin 37- 38 75 +4 Tyler Stith Iowa 35- 40 75 +4 Chris Mayson Purdue 39- 36 75 +4 Alan Murray Toledo 37- 38 75 +4 Aldo Jordan Indiana 35- 40 75 +4 Nathan Clark Mich. St. 38- 37 75 +4 David Jones Toledo 38- 37 75 +4 Tyler Garrett Texas A&M 37- 38 75 +4 Kevin Kornowa Toledo 38- 37 75 +4 Stephen Carroll Colorado 39- 36 75 +4 *Scott Anderson Ohio State 36- 39 75 +4
44 Stephen Reed Texas A&M 38- 38 76 +5 Joe Hurtuk Kent State 40- 36 76 +5 David Nichols Michigan 38- 38 76 +5 Brien Davis UNLV 38- 38 76 +5 Manuel Offermanns Auburn 36- 40 76 +5 *Matt Boudreau Ohio State 38- 38 76 +5
50 Steve Lohmeyer Kent State 37- 40 77 +6 Scott Carlton Michigan 37- 40 77 +6 Justin Collins Ohio State 40- 37 77 +6 Dylan Esterling Wisconsin 39- 38 77 +6 Sean Gilliland Texas A&M 39- 38 77 +6 Matthew Zions Colorado 39- 38 77 +6 Will Claxton Auburn 39- 38 77 +6 Mike O'Neal Illinois 40- 37 77 +6 Andrew Matthews Michigan 38- 39 77 +6 Parker Briley Texas A&M 40- 37 77 +6 *Kevin Hall Ohio State 38- 39 77 +6
61 John Koskinen Mich. St. 39- 39 78 +7 Kyle Kilcherman Michigan 40- 38 78 +7 Joel Rechlicz Wisconsin 40- 38 78 +7 Steve Sisson Marshall 42- 36 78 +7 Kevin Tassistro Wisconsin 40- 38 78 +7
66 Jeff Overton Indiana 37- 42 79 +8 Bo Anderson Iowa 38- 41 79 +8 Brad Heaven Toledo 39- 40 79 +8 Peter Laws Kent State 40- 39 79 +8 Ryan Dennis Ohio State 42- 37 79 +8 Eric Reno Wisconsin 41- 38 79 +8 Rand Arbuckle Texas A&M 40- 39 79 +8 Sean Howell Kent State 38- 41 79 +8 Scott Strickland Miami (OH) 39- 40 79 +8 Andrew Ruthkoski Mich. St. 38- 41 79 +8
76 Burke Spensky Marshall 38- 42 80 +9 Jay Mundy Auburn 38- 42 80 +9 Brian Perry Marshall 40- 40 80 +9 Aaron Krueger Iowa 40- 40 80 +9 Mike Slaven Miami (OH) 39- 41 80 +9 Erik Feldick Iowa 39- 41 80 +9 Kevin Kotyk Kent State 41- 39 80 +9 Jason Bukowski Purdue 41- 39 80 +9
84 Mike Tapper Iowa 42- 39 81 +10 Darren Lundgren Ohio State 38- 43 81 +10 *Michael Baldwin Wisconsin 38- 43 81 +10
87 Ryan Tendall Illinois 41- 41 82 +11 Casey Strunk N'western 43- 39 82 +11
89 Drew Whitten Marshall 43- 42 85 +14 *Jason Oien Ohio State 42- 43 85 +14
91 Rob Ockenfuss Indiana 43- 43 86 +15