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