Toro Linksters in Ninth After First Day of Southern California Intercollegiate Championship
March 10, 2003

DEL MAR, Calif.-- Cal State Dominguez Hills finished the first day of the 53rd Southern California Intercollegiate Championship in ninth place among Division I & II schools on Monday at The Santaluz Club in Del Mar with a team score of 642. The University of San Diego is the team leader through two rounds of action finishing 22-over at 590.

The tournament, hosted by UC San Diego, consists of 16 teams from the NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA, including locals UCSD, USD and Point Loma Nazarene. UC San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene each have A and B teams entered in the event, while San Diego State has five athletes competing among the nine individual participants.

Senior Jan Wong was the top performer for CSUDH on the day, tying for 26th at eleven-over 153. He was followed into the clubhouse by freshman Chris Whitaker 16-over 158, junior Dave Linsangan (163, +21), senior Francisco Reynoso (168, +26), and junior Darin Kurasaki (170, +28).

The third and final round of the tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 8:00 AM Tuesday at The Santaluz Club in Del Mar.