Five more Coloradans punched their tickets to the prestigious IMG Academy Junior World Championships on Wednesday, bringing the number of Centennial State residents who have qualified over the last two weeks to 16.
The Junior World Championships will be held in and around San Diego from July 11-14.
Advancing from Wednesday’s nine-hole qualifiers at South Suburban’s Family Sports Center in Littleton were Gavin Amella of Pueblo and Andre Dumonteil of Centennial (boys 9-10); Caitlyn Chin of Greenwood Village (girls 9-10); Ashton Edwards of Boulder (boys 7-8); and Maddie Makino of Parker, who prevailed in a playoff over Taylor Wilson of Highlands Ranch.
Besides Wednesday’s qualifiers, another Coloradan, Hadley Ashton, has an exemption into the Junior Worlds girls 9-10 division by virtue of finishing fifth in the 7-8 tournament in San Diego last year.
Here are the scores of Wednesday’s qualifiers:
7-8 BOYS
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Ashton Edwards, Boulder 41
7-8 GIRLS
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Maddie Makino, Parker 41
BOYS 9-10
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Gavin Amella, Pueblo 29
Andre Dumonteil, Centennial 31
GIRLS 9-10
At Par-31 South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial
Caitlyn Chin, Greenwood Village 33
Here are the Junior World qualifiers from last week’s tournaments in Colorado:
15-18 BOYS
At Par-72 Coal Creek GC and Par-72 Broadlands GC
Dillon Stewart, Fort Collins 69-73–142
Calvin McCoy, Highlands Ranch 73-69–142
15-18 GIRLS
At Par-72 Broadlands GC and Par-72 Coal Creek GC
Lauren Lehigh, Loveland 78-72–150
Hailey Schalk, Erie 75-75–150
13-14 BOYS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
James Clark, Lamar 67
Jordan Jennings, Montrose 68
13-14 GIRLS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
Gracie Olkowski, Grand Junction 67
Sofia Choi, Littleton 70
11-12 BOYS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
Parker Paxton, Riverton, Wyo. 69
Matai Naqica, Centennial 72
11-12 GIRLS
At Par-65 Homestead GC
Bead Boonta, Centennial 78
Abigail Aeschleman of Highlands Ranch 82
