Three Colorado-based teams and three individuals from other Colorado schools were selected on Friday for the NCAA Division II men’s golf regional tournaments that will be held May 2-4.
The results of those regional tourneys will determine the field for the DII national finals, which will be played May 17-21 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver.
The NCAA announced on Friday that the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Christian and Regis will advance teams to the South Central/West Regional that will be contested in Las Cruces, N.M., May 2-4. Out of the 10 teams from the South Central Region, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferernce champion CU-Colorado Springs is seeded first, Colorado Christian second and Regis 10th.
Also at that site will be individual qualifiers Jacob Allenback, a junior from Colorado State-Pueblo, and freshman George Markham and senior Nick Berry of Colorado School of Mines.
The top five team finishers and the top two individuals not on those teams from each regional will earn spots in the finals in Denver.
In all, 80 teams and 32 individuals will compete in one of the the four combined regionals.
For the all the regional qualifiers, CLICK HERE.
Meanwhile, in men’s NCAA Division I conference tournaments, Colorado State stands in fourth place and the Air Force Academy in XXX after Friday’s opening round of the 54-hole Mountain West tournament in Tucson, Ariz.
The Rams shot a 7-under-par 281 and trails leader Fresno State by six strokes with two rounds left. Max Oelfke set the pace for CSU with a 3-under-par 69, which left him in sixth place, four out of the lead.
Air Force checked in at 287. The Falcons are being led by Brenden Bone, who shares fourth place at 68.
Men’s Mountain West Conference Championship
April 22-24, 2016 in Tucson, Ariz.
4. (out of 11 teams) Colorado State 281
6. Max Oelfke 69; 12. Kyler Dunkle 70; 13. Dominic Kieffer 71; 13. Jimmy Makloski 71; 33. Blake Cannon 73.
7. Air Force Academy 287
4. Brenden Bone 68; 13. Sunwoo Choi 71; 23. Tate Tatom 72; 4. Bryant Falconello 76; 51. Michael Fan 77.
