George Washington University Athletics
Golf Places 13th at Rutherford Intercollegiate
4/30/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 30, 2001
STATE COLLEGE, PA (Apr. 30, 2001) -- GW senior Ryan Day (Lamoine, ME/Ellsworth) shot a six-over-par 222 (73-73-76) in the Rutherford Intercollegiate golf tournament, Friday and Saturday at the par-72, 6,535-yard Blue Course in State College, PA. The tournament was hosted by Penn State University.
Day tied Princeton's James Milam for 20th among 79 individuals. Junior Thomas Blankvoort (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles/Hague) was GW's second-lowest scorer with a 224 (77-77-70) which tied for 25th place.
As a team, GW placed 13th in the 15-team field with a team total of 915 (307-304-304). Penn State won the event with a combined 863, 19 strokes ahead of second-place James Madison (882). Penn State's Andy Latowski won the event with a 212, two strokes ahead of Princeton's Cassidy Traub for individual honors.
Final team results: 1- Penn State 863 2- James Madison 882 3- Princeton 888 4- Western Kentucky 896 Ohio 896 6- Navy 899 7- Lehigh 900 George Mason 900 9- Colgate 901 10- Pennsylvania 902 11- Youngstown 906 12- Liberty 908 13- George Washington 915 14- St. Bonaventure 921 15- Cornell 932
Colonials' individual scores: T-20th- Ryan Day 73-73-76 -- 222 T-25th- Thomas Blankvoort 77-77-70 -- 224 T-52nd- Bryan Derdenger 79-74-79 -- 232 T-62nd- Brad Friedlander 78-80-79 -- 237 76th- Mike Cottone 80-80-85 -- 245
