It was a noteworthy day on Friday for Colorado teams and individuals at conference championship tournaments.
Three Colorado residents broke par at the men’s Mountain West Championship in Tucson, Ariz.
And the University of Northern Colorado women are just two strokes out of the lead and hold down third place after round 1 of the Big Sky Championship in Boulder City, Nev.
Tanner Jenson (pictured) of Parker, a senior at Utah State, shot a 3-under-par 69 and shares fourth place — three behind leader John Oda of UNLV — after round 1 in Tucson. And Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village and Colorado State teammate AJ Ott of Fort Collins managed 1-under 71s, good for a share of 12th place.
Staiano and Ott were joined under par by teammate Blake Cannon (70, eighth place) and Colton Yates (71) as CSU holds down fourth place in the 11-team field. The Rams fired a 5-under-par 283 as a team and trail leader San Diego State by four.
The Air Force Academy (296) shares eighth place.
Meanwhile, at the women’s Big Sky meet, UNC is very much in the hunt as a 23-over-par 311 leaves the Bears just two back of leader Portland State. Junior Christina Ferreira leads the way individually for UNC, shooting a 74, good for third place, two strokes behind leader Sofia Anokhina of Northern Arizona.
Men’s Mountain West Conference Championship
April 21-23, 2017 in Tucson, Ariz.
4. (out of 11 teams) Colorado State 283
8. Blake Cannon 70
12. Jake Staiano 71
12. AJ Ott 71
12. Colton Yates 71
32. Max Oelfke 74
8. Air Force Academy 296
19. Sunwoo Choi 72
19. Joshua Wu 72
26. Andy Germann 73
53. Dane Hankamer 79
54. Brenden Bone 80
Also
4. Coloradan Tanner Jenson, Utah State 69
19. Coloradan Glenn Workman, Wyoming 72
Women’s Big Sky Championship
April 21-23, 2017 in Boulder City, Nev.
3. Northern Colorado 311
3. Christina Ferrreira 74
7. Baile Winslow 77
11. Morgan Sahm 78
32. Marisa Hisaki 82
44. Kala Keltz 85
Also
23. Coloradan Jaylee Tait, Montana State 81
23. Coloradan Delaney Elliott, Montana State 81
Women’s Big 12 Conference Championship
April 21-23, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas
41. Coloradan Hannah Wood, Oklahoma 80
