Lehigh (left), who last week won the girls title at the Colorado Junior Match Play, recorded rounds of 76-73-78-80 for a 19-over-par 307 total, good for 13th place. That left her 20 strokes behind champion Emily Hawkins of Lexington, N.C. In all, 51 players competed in the girls event at Daniel Island Club.
Chen, a Colorado Junior Match Play semifinalist last week, finished 15th at 309 on Thursday, going 79-80-73-77 for the week.
In the boys tournament, which featured a 97-player field, Griggs finished seven strokes behind winner Connor Howe of Ogden, Utah, who won the 2016 AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior. Griggs, who will begin his DU golf career next month, carded scores of 70-78-71-69 for an even-par 288 total. Griggs was 7 under par for the day through 12 holes, but played his last six in 4 over.
One Coloradan made the cut in the boys tournament, with Micah Stangebye of Montrose finishing 49th at 310.
Here are the round-by-round scores for the Coloradans who competed this week in Charleston:
GIRLS
13. Lauren Lehigh of Loveland 76-73-78-80–307
15. Kaylee Chen of Denver 79-80-73-77–309
BOYS
4. Incoming DU golfer Carson Griggs 70-78-71-69–288
49. Micah Stangebye of Montrose 77-73-81-79–310
Missed 36-Hole Cut
Gabe Goodman of Lakewood 77-78–155
TJ Shehee of Mead 79-80–159
Brayden Weiss of Superior 80-81–161
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The Trusted Choice Big “I” National Championship is set for Aug. 6-9 in Charleston, S.C., and earning spots through the Colorado tournament at Boomerang and Highland Hills were Goodman, Micah Stangebye of Montrose, TJ Shehee of Mead and Brayden Weiss of Superior on the boys side. For the girls, Chen advanced along with Kaylynn Xia.
Goodman and Stangebye tied in regulation in the boys tournament with 3-over-par 146 totals as Goodman went 70-76 and Stangebye 73-73. Weiss (77-72) and Shehee (75-74) shared third place at 149.
Chen posted rounds of 71-76 for a 3-over-par 147 total to lead the girls, while Xia shot 68-81–149. Lauren Lehigh of Loveland, the 2017 state champion, placed third at 150 (75-75).
For all the scores: BOYS, GIRLS.
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And in the girls tournament, Lauren Lehigh of Loveland, the reigning 4A state high school champion, finished 26th out of a field of 59.
Solem and Lehigh won their respective Big I Junior Classic state titles in June, with Solem prevailing for the third straight year. They were two of the five Coloradans competing in Mississippi this week.
Solem, the 2015 4A state high school champion who’s headed to the University of Denver, shot rounds of 73-77 for a 5-over-par 150 total in the event, which was shortened from 72 to 36 holes due to the weather. Solem made five birdies over the course of two days.
University of Colorado-bound Cole Krantz of Windsor finished 79th (161) and Connor Burke of Greeley was 93rd (174).
In the girls tournament, Lehigh went 84-77 for a 17-over-par 161 total. Julia Baroth of Denver ended up 33rd at 162 after rounds of 79-83.
For the round-by-round scores for all the Coloradans competing:
BOYS
25. Jackson Solem of Longmont 73-77–150
79. Cole Krantz of Windsor 80-81–161
93. Connor Burke of Greeley 83-91–174
GIRLS
26. Lauren Lehigh of Loveland 84-77–161
33. Julia Barorth of Denver 79-83–162