Sept. 27, 2005

Bellingham, WA - Washington's four-man junior varsity squad placed eighth at the 16-team Western Washington Invitational held at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club. The four players not participating at the Fall Preview turned in rounds of 298, 300 and 287 for a 54-hole total of 21-over 885. Western Washington won the tournament at 857.

Washington was led by John Wise's 15th place finish at 2-over 218. Zach Bixler was 21st at 220 while Seth Yates was 28th at 222. Kellen Eakin was 38th at 225.

St. Martin's Shane Prante took medalist honors at 7-under 209.

WWU Invitational
Bellingham Golf and C.C.
Bellingham, WA
Par 72, 6,523 yards

Team Results 1. Western Washington  293-275-289-857 2. CSU-Bakersfield     281-293-289-863 3. CSU-Stanislaus      287-292-287-866 4. Simon Fraser        296-290-293-879 5. Sonoma State        290-301-290-881 5. CSU-Chico           291-293-297-881 5. St. Martin's        296-295-290-881 8. Washington (JV)     298-300-287-885 9. CSU-Monterey Bay    297-298-293-888 9. British Columbia    295-294-299-88811. Victoria-BC         301-295-293-88911. Hawaii-Hilo         291-302-296-88913. Grand Canyon        301-292-307-90014. CSU-San Bernardino  309-301-296-90615. UC San Diego        303-305-301-90916. Northwest Nazarene  311-314-317-942
Top Individuals 1. Shane Prante, StMartin's       67-70-72-209 2. Chris Killmer, CSUB            69-68-73-210    David Williamson, SFU          72-68-70-210    Sean Packer, W. Wash U.        72-65-73-210 5. Luke Bennett, W. Wash U.       74-68-69-211 6. Ryan Thornberry, CSUStanis     70-71-71-212 7. Tim Feenstra, W. Wash U.       72-69-72-213 8. Blake Rowe-Sleeman, Br. Colum. 68-72-74-214 9. D.J. Fernando, CSUB            70-74-71-21510. Todd Halpen, VictoriaBC        74-71-72-217    Brett Viboch, Chico St.        66-72-79-217    Andy Moren, CSUStanis          68-76-73-217    Vince Venard, CSUStanis        73-72-72-217    Andrew Sanchez, Chico St.      73-72-72-217
Washington Results15.  John Wise      72-75-71-21821.  Zach Bixler    72-75-73-22028.  Seth Yates     74-76-72-22238.  Kellen Eakin   80-74-71-225