Monday, April 9, 2001

DeLarrea Leads UT Pan American Men’s Golf at Border Olympics.

LAREDO, TX – Santiago DeLarrea finished tied for 44^th to lead The University of Texas-Pan American Bronc Golf team to a 14^th place finish at the Border Olympics, held at the Laredo Country Club this past weekend.

DeLarrea, a sophomore from Sao Paulo, Brazil, shot a final round 72, finishing 17 strokes out of first place with a three-round total of 225.  Bronc Teammate and sophomore Todd Grubert finished in 64^th place, carding a three-round total of 230.  Two strokes behind Grubert and tied for 69^th with a three round total 232, was Stephen Slaughter.  Freshman Ben Piper tied for 78^th with 234 strokes in his first tournament of the spring.  Junior Ricky Benavides finished in a tie for 81^st place at 235while James Aleman finished tied for 88^th with a three-round total of 238. 

Kyle Willman of Texas Tech finished first, taking individual medallist honors, firing a three-round total of 208.  Three strokes back, with identical 211’s, were Jason Hartwick from the University of Texas and Jim Anderson of the University of New Mexico. 

In the team standings, New Mexico fired a three-round total of 855, defeating the University of Texas by a combined five strokes to take the tournament title.  Both Texas A&M and Baylor tied for third with three-round team totals of 874.  UTPA finished 14^th with a three-round total of 905.

The Broncs close their season at the prestigious National Minority Championship held in Port St. Lucie, Florida May 10-12.

Border Olympics  Laredo C.C.• Laredo, TX • FINAL RESULTS • Par: 72   Yardage:  7125               

Team Scores 
1. New Mexico- 280-291-284=855    -9 . 2. University of Texas-285  292  283    860    -
T4. Texas A&M University - 289  293  292    874   +10, Baylor University- 294  298  282    874   +
5. Southern Methodist - 291  295  290    876   +12, 6. Lamar University - 296  295  286    877   +13
T7. Sam Houston St. U. - 292  303  287    882   +18 , Central Oklahoma - 291  297  294    882   +18
9. Arkansas, U. of  - 297  292  294    883   +, 10. Texas-Arlington - 295  290  300    885   +21
T11. Rice University - 290  304  297    891   +27 , Texas Tech - 302  290  299    891   +27
13 Texas-San Antonio - 299  304  297    900   +36
T14 Stephen F. Austin St     293  307  305    905   +41, Texas-Pan American- 308  305  292    905   +41

Individual Results
T 44. Santiago DeLarrea- 76-77-72=225, 64. Todd Grubert - 76  77  77=230,
T69. Steven Slaughter 79-82-71=232, T78. Ben Piper – 84-73-77=234
T 81   Ricky Benavides – 77-86-72=235, T88. James Aleman-81-78-79=238