Tom Johnson shot a 72 Saturday at The Nelson.Tom Johnson shot a 72 Saturday at The Nelson.

Northwestern Drops to 11th in Second Day of The Nelson

Oct. 26, 2002

STANFORD, Calif. - No. 5 Northwestern fell to 11th after day two of The Nelson, hosted by Stanford University. The Wildcats carded a 293 on the day and were led by Tom Johnson's (Sacramento Calif./Del Campo) 72. NU (582) is 17 shots off the pace set by Georgia Tech and Duke's two-day 565 (-3).

Bjorn Widerstedt (Vasteras, Sweden/Flagler College) leads the 'Cats with a two-day 143 (70-73). He is 17th (+1) and trails the leader, Nicholas Thompson of Georgia Tech, by eight shots.

Johnson, the second-ranked player in the nation, is tied for 23rd. Scott Harrington (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) is at +5, Casey Strunk (Phoenix, Ariz./Thunderbird) is at +6 and T.C. Ford (Covington, La./Covington) is at +13.

Northwestern wraps up The Nelson, as well as its fall season, on Sunday with play beginning at 8 a.m.

The Nelson
Stanford G.C. Stanford, CA
Dates: 10/25 - 10/27 (Today:10-26-2002)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6786

Fin. School Scores 1 Georgia Tech 283 282 565 -3 Duke University 278 287 565 -3 3 Colorado State Univ. 281 290 571 +3 4 North Carolina State 293 279 572 +4 5 Kansas, U. of 288 287 575 +7 6 Washington, U. of 274 303 577 +9 7 Toledo, U. of 291 287 578 +10 Stanford University 285 293 578 +10 9 Miami (Ohio) 292 288 580 +12 10 Notre Dame, U. of 285 296 581 +13 11 Northwestern 289 293 582 +14 12 Oregon State U. 292 292 584 +16 13 Colorado, U. of 294 291 585 +17 14 Missouri, U. of 292 296 588 +20 15 Texas Tech Univ. 296 296 592 +24 16 Florida Southern Col 296 298 594 +26 17 Idaho, Univ. of 304 297 601 +33 18 Hawaii-Hilo, U. of 308 299 607 +39

INDIVIDUAL

1 Nicholas Thompson Ga. Tech 66 69 135 -7

2 Justin Walters NC State 70 66 136 -6 Leif Olson Duke 70 66 136 -6

4 Brock Mackenzie Washington 67 70 137 -5

5 Chris Marshall Kansas 69 70 139 -3 Ron Won Stanford 68 71 139 -3 Tyler Hall Kansas 69 70 139 -3 Mark Baldwin Notre Dame 67 72 139 -3

9 Brad Heaven Toledo 73 67 140 -2 Jim Seki Stanford 70 70 140 -2

11 Steve Paramore Fl. South 70 71 141 -1 Mike Castleforte Duke 68 73 141 -1

13 Martin Laird Col. St. 65 77 142 E Jason Moon NC State 73 69 142 E Dan Potter Washington 64 78 142 E Thomas Jordan Ga. Tech 72 70 142 E

17 Troy Matteson Ga. Tech 71 72 143 +1 Edward McGlasson Colorado 72 71 143 +1 Nolan Martin Col. St. 72 71 143 +1 Richard Kilpatrick Toledo 71 72 143 +1 Michael Jurgensen Oregon St. 71 72 143 +1 Bjorn Widerstedt N'western 70 73 143 +1

23 Tom Johnson N'western 72 72 144 +2 Brandon Lunke Notre Dame 73 71 144 +2 Brett Tobyne Col. St. 68 76 144 +2 Ryan Blaum Duke 70 74 144 +2 Jeff Hanson Colorado 75 69 144 +2 Mike Slaven Miami (OH) 74 70 144 +2

29 Eric Phipps Miami (OH) 75 70 145 +3 Sean Deacon Oregon St. 72 73 145 +3 Chan Wongluekiet Ga. Tech 74 71 145 +3 Mark Weghorst Miami (OH) 71 74 145 +3 Kenny Coakley Oregon St. 71 74 145 +3 Chris Happ Missouri 69 76 145 +3 35 Nick Mason Haw.-Hilo 74 72 146 +4 Brian Smith Texas Tech 74 72 146 +4 *Ryan Marshall Notre Dame 74 72 146 +4 *George Downing Stanford 73 73 146 +4

39 Sean McTernan Toledo 74 73 147 +5 Stephen Carroll Colorado 74 73 147 +5 Scott Harrington N'western 73 74 147 +5 Andrew Price Kansas 76 71 147 +5 Rodney Thomas NC State 74 73 147 +5 Brett Blondell Fl. South 73 74 147 +5 Thomas Strange NC State 76 71 147 +5

46 Geoff Nuwash Col. St. 76 72 148 +6 David Jones Toledo 73 75 148 +6 Rick Doerr Washington 73 75 148 +6 Casey Strunk N'western 74 74 148 +6

50 Brad Jacobson Texas Tech 74 75 149 +7 Ryan Swelin Miami (OH) 72 77 149 +7 Andrew Dresser Texas Tech 74 75 149 +7 Del de Windt Stanford 74 75 149 +7 David Jenkins Missouri 76 73 149 +7 Tom Lefebvre Duke 70 79 149 +7 Kevin McAlpine Col. St. 78 71 149 +7 Jason Bideganeta Idaho 74 75 149 +7 Tom Balderston Notre Dame 71 78 149 +7

59 Brooks Kelly Texas Tech 76 74 150 +8 Michael Radek Missouri 76 74 150 +8 Eric Deutsch Notre Dame 75 75 150 +8 Cory Ewert Missouri 71 79 150 +8 Corey Prugh Washington 70 80 150 +8 Rob Beasley Duke 76 74 150 +8 Kellan Anderson Haw.-Hilo 72 78 150 +8

66 Brandon Knaub Missouri 78 73 151 +9 Travis Inlow Idaho 78 73 151 +9 Daren Grieg Oregon St. 78 73 151 +9 Drew Hackler Texas Tech 74 77 151 +9 Ryan Davis Fl. South 74 77 151 +9 Derek O'Neill Colorado 73 78 151 +9

72 Jarrod Batchelder Idaho 79 73 152 +10 72 Scott Gustafson Notre Dame 74 78 152 +10 Christian Akau Idaho 76 76 152 +10 Kyle Tucker NC State 79 73 152 +10 Bill Witte Idaho 76 76 152 +10 Chance Holmes Oregon St. 78 74 152 +10

78 Pat Phillips Stanford 76 77 153 +11 Justin Kruse Miami (OH) 79 74 153 +11 Kevin Ward Kansas 74 79 153 +11

81 *Blake Mastalir Stanford 76 78 154 +12

82 Brian Okumura Haw.-Hilo 82 73 155 +13 T.C. Ford N'western 78 77 155 +13 Michael Barbosa Ga. Tech 76 79 155 +13

85 Austin Jones Fl. South 80 76 156 +14 Ryan Rainer Kansas 80 76 156 +14 Brad Stainsby Fl. South 79 77 156 +14

88 Phil Trueblood Toledo 77 80 157 +15 *Kyle Gentry Stanford 75 82 157 +15

90 *Scott MacDonald Stanford 76 83 159 +17

91 Kevin Shimomura Haw.-Hilo 84 76 160 +18 Dustin Frontis Washington 80 80 160 +18

93 Ryan Anderson Colorado 77 84 161 +19 Brian Fowler Haw.-Hilo 80 81 161 +19

WD *Brian Sinay Stanford WD WD DQ Kevin Blue Stanford 73 DQ