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April 24, 2003

BEND, Ore. - Snow resulted in a four-hour delay and change of venue for the first round of the Mountain West Conference Women's Golf Championship and likely did not help San Diego State's cause. Playing on an unfamiliar course at the Awbrey Glen Golf Club in Bend, Ore., after playing its practice round at original site Meadows Course at Sunriver Resort, the Aztecs shot a 33-over total of 321 and stand in fifth place after the first 18 holes of the conference championship.

UNLV holds the first-round lead at 305, four shots in front of second-place Colorado State. BYU is third at 314 while New Mexico (316), the highest-ranked team in the conference, is five shots ahead of SDSU in fourth place. Wyoming is sixth at 335.

Junior Sandy Kim (West Linn, Ore./West Linn HS) did her best to overcome the day's adversity, shooting a 4-over round of 76 that is tied for third place with 2002 MWC champion Lynette Duran of Colorado State and Hwanhee Lee of UNLV. The trio is three shots back of first-round leader Sunny Oh of UNLV (73), who has a one-shot advantage over second-place Katrina Leckovic of New Mexico (74).

Junior Shayna Miyajima (Wailuku, Hawaii/Baldwin HS) shares 12th place after a first-round 79. Senior Jennifer Hoene (Acampo, Calif./St. Mary's HS) shot 82 and is tied for 21st place, while senior Claire Riley (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego HS) is another stroke back at 83 and shares 23rd. Freshman Toni Lutz (Anaheim, Calif./Valley Christian HS) shot 87 and is 29th.

The MWC Championship shifts back to its scheduled site at the Sunriver Resort's Meadows Course tomorrow, with play beginning at 10 a.m.

2003 Mountain West Conference Championship
First Round Played At Awbrey Glen Golf Club,
Bend, Ore. (par 72, 6,110 yards)
April 24-26, 2003








      Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores
         1   UNLV                     305
         2   Colorado State Univ.     309
         3   Brigham Young Univ.      314
         4   New Mexico, U. of        316
         5   San Diego State Univ     321
         6   Wyoming, U. of           335

   Fin.    Top 20 Golfers         School       Scores
      1    Sunny Oh               UNLV          38- 35     73
      2    Katrina Leckovic       New Mexico    37- 37     74
      3    Lynette Duran          Col. St.      36- 40     76
           Sandy Kim              S.Diego St    36- 40     76
           Hwanhee Lee            UNLV          39- 37     76
      6    Mayumi Motoyama        Col. St.      38- 39     77
           Symantha Mendenhall    BYU           37- 40     77
           Danielle von Arnim     BYU           39- 38     77
           Stephanie Linnell      Col. St.      40- 37     77
     10    Erin Borcherts         UNLV          42- 36     78
           Christine Hentzner     UNLV          38- 40     78
     12    Kailin Downs           New Mexico    40- 39     79
           Shayna Miyajima        S.Diego St    41- 38     79
           Shala Hanson           Wyoming       39- 40     79
           Trisha Quick           Col. St.      39- 40     79
           Elena Kurokawa         UNLV          38- 41     79
     17    Margaret Gibby         BYU           37- 43     80
           Natalie Newren         BYU           40- 40     80
     19    Catalina Guacaneme     BYU           40- 41     81
           Kellyn Newman          New Mexico    41- 40     81

SDSU Individuals
    T-3    Sandy Kim              S.Diego St    36- 40      76   +4
   T-12    Shayna Miyajima        S.Diego St    41- 38      79   +7
   T-21    Jennifer Hoene         S.Diego St    41- 41      82  +10
   T-23    Claire Riley           S.Diego St    43- 41      84  +12
     29    Toni Lutz              S.Diego St    47- 40      87  +15