March 22, 2005
ATLANTA – Roberto Castro carded a one-under-par 71 Tuesday in soggy and cold conditions, but the rest of the No. 2-ranked Yellow Jackets faltered, and Georgia Tech fell to fourth place in the final standings at the Oregon Duck Invitational.
Castro finished alone in third place in the medal race, posting a six-under-par score of 210. It was his highest finish of the school year, and his fifth top-10 finish in seven tournaments. The individual race ended in a tie as Pepperdine’s Michael Putnam and Washington’s James Lepp each finished at 8-under 208. Lepp fired a 69 Monday to lead the Huskies to the team title, while Putnam countered with an even-par 72. Ryan Panichpakdee of Long Beach State and Zach Bixler of Washington tied for fourth at 213.
Washington surged to the team title by shooting a 2-under 286 Tuesday at the par-72, 6,854-yard Eugene Country Club. The Huskies shot 860 over three rounds to beat Nevada and San Diego State by six strokes. No. 2 Georgia Tech finished fourth at 867, while host Oregon took fifth at 869. Tech shot 295 Tuesday, seven over par.
Nicholas Thompson shot 74 for Tech Tuesday, and wound up in a tie for 12th place with three others at one-over 217. Chan Song, Mike Barbosa and Kevin Larsen all carded 75s Tuesday. Barbosa tied for 25th at three-over 220, Song tied for 32nd at 221, and Larsen tied for 55th at 226.
Tech returns to action Mar. 27-29 in the first Hootie at Bulls Bay tournament near Charleston, S.C.
OREGON DUCK INVITATIONALEugene C.C. - Eugene, Ore.Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Washington 290 284 286 — 860 2 Nevada 290 287 289 — 866 San Diego State 289 286 291 — 866 4 Georgia Tech 291 281 295 — 867 5 Oregon 288 286 295 — 869 6 St. Mary’s (CA) 296 287 289 — 872 7 Pepperdine 291 288 294 — 873 8 Stanford 289 296 291 — 876 9 Oregon State 294 290 298 — 882 10 Long Beach State 299 290 297 — 886 11 UC – Riverside 296 293 305 — 894 12 Hawaii-Hilo 297 299 299 — 895 13 Alabama-Birmingham 305 297 297 — 899 14 San Jose State 304 288 310 — 902 15 Pacific 304 295 306 — 905 16 Washington State 299 299 313 — 911
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Michael Putnam Pepperdine 70 66 72 — 208 James Lepp Washington 73 66 69 — 208 3 Roberto Castro Ga. Tech 71 68 71 — 210 4 Ryan Panichpakdee Long Beach 75 69 69 — 213 Zach Bixler Washington 68 73 72 — 213 6 Andrew Scott SanDiegoSt 71 70 73 — 214 Matt Ma Oregon 71 69 74 — 214 Adam Hagen Nevada 70 71 73 — 214 9 Aaron Choi SanDiegoSt 72 71 72 — 215 Eric Riehle UC-Rvrside 70 70 75 — 215 11 Linus Nilsson SanDiegoSt 71 72 73 — 216 12 Erik Olson Washington 76 71 70 — 217 John Cassidy Nevada 74 73 70 — 217 Nicholas Thompson Ga. Tech 74 69 74 — 217 Chadd Cocco St. Mary’s 74 72 71 — 217 16 Dustin Hall Nevada 75 73 70 — 218 Ryan Gilmour Oregon St. 71 72 75 — 218 Alex Coe Pepperdine 73 69 76 — 218 Jay Snyder Oregon 74 73 71 — 218 Cameron MacKenzie Oregon St. 74 70 74 — 218
GEORGIA TECH SCORES 3 Roberto Castro 71 68 71 — 210 T 12 Nicholas Thompson 74 69 74 — 217 T 25 Michael Barbosa 75 70 75 — 220 T 32 Chan Song 72 74 75 — 221 T 55 Kevin Larsen 74 77 75 — 226
