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Kirk, Cheng turn in 4th-place finishes at Running Y

10/1/2024 4:37:00 PM

COMPLETE LEADERBOARDS

KLAMATH FALLSRiley Kirk tied for fourth on the men's leaderboard and Keira Cheng did the same on the women's side for Southern Oregon as Oregon Tech's Run-In At The Ranch concluded Tuesday at Running Y Resort.

Kirk, a freshman from Kelso, Wash., notched a second straight top-10 finish to start his SOU career, shooting even-par in the second round to move up two spots and finish 2-over for the tournament. He led the Raiders to second place out of seven in the team standings. They were 9-over collectively, two strokes behind team champion Menlo (Calif.).

SOU's Mason Labow and Ethan Miller tied for 10th place at 4-over. Kirk and Labow both birdied five times in the second round, where the latter carded a 73. Miller had the lead after shooting a 68 in the first round and followed with an 80 in the second.

Trey Alwert of Simpson (Calif.) was the men's medalist at 2-under.

Cheng, an All-Cascade Conference performer as a freshman last year, finished 8-over. She shot a 75 in the first round and a 77 in the second, landing six strokes behind champion Quincy Beyrouty of Oregon Tech.

OIT also won the team title with a score of 34-over and the Raiders were fifth at 87-over.

They got an 11th-place finish from Haley Brown, who matched Cheng for the team's low round over the final 18 holes. She finished 14-over for the tournament.

SOU's next outing, Oct. 21-22 at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash., is the second of four CCC-counting events on the schedule.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES (through 2 of 2 rounds) – 1. Menlo (Calif.) +7 (295-288—583), 2. Southern Oregon +9 (292-293—585), 3. Oregon Tech +20 (306-290—596), 4. Lewis & Clark +22 (303-295—598), 5. Simpson (Calif.) +30 (308-298—606), 6. Bushnell +34 (305-305—610), 7. College of Idaho +35 (311-300—611), 8. Southern Oregon 'B' +38 (307-307—614)

SOU MEN'S RESULTS (of 51 total golfers)
T4. Riley Kirk, +2 (74-72—146)
T10. Ethan Miller, +4 (68-80—148)
T10. Mason Labow, +4 (75-73—148)
T17. Ricky Reisner, +6 (75-75—150)
T22. Ryder Jacox, +7 (74-77—151)
T22. Sam Havens, +7 (76-75—151)
T28. Oliver Ausland, +9 (81-72—153)
T28. Ty Beyer, +9 (80-73—153)
42. Andrew Plankenhorn, +17 (76-85—161)
45. Preston Brandt, +11 (82-83—165)

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES (through 2 of 2 rounds) – 1. Oregon Tech +34 (301-309—610), 2. Menlo (Calif.) +52 (314-314—628), 3. North Idaho CC +54 (313-317—630), 4. College of Idaho +81 (336-321—657), 5. Southern Oregon +87 (334-329—663), 6. Bushnell +107 (341-342—683), 7. Lewis & Clark +146 (368-354—722)

SOU WOMEN'S RESULTS (of 44 total golfers)
T4. Keira Cheng, +8 (75-77—152)
T11. Haley Brown, +14 (81-77—158)
30. Mya Oakes, +30 (90-84—174)
T31. Mia Bontrager, +32 (88-88—176)
33. Camryn Schaper, +33 (90-87—177)
44. Abby Francis, +44 (94-94—188)
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