The first tournament of the year for Northern Colorado golf ended in an 11^th place finish at the Falcon Invite over the weekend. The Bears finished 25 over par with 889 and the best score of 292 coming in the first round.

Leading the way for the Bears was sophomore Stephen Bidne who tied for 29^th place overall finishing the weekend 4 over par with 220. Bidne was a stand out last season leading the Bears throughout the 2007-08 season.

Also tied for 29^th was newcomer Kory Harrell. Harrell's first round was his best for the weekend with 71.

Colorado State University came out on top in the invitational with 837 and also provided the tournament with the individual champion. Bryce Hanstad led the field ending 11 under par with 205.

 The Bears return to action next weekend as they travel to Denver to compete in the Ron Moore Intercollegiate on Sept. 15 and 16.

Full Results

1 Colorado State Univ.        276   284     277    837    -27
2 UNLV                                276   284    288    848     -16
3 Washington State U.        293   285    287    865    +1
4 New Mexico, Univ. of        291   288    290    869    +5
5 Weber State Univ.            301   289    281    871    +7
6 Air Force Academy            286   300    286    872    +8
7 Utah State Univ.               297   293    292    882    +18
8 Wyoming, U. of                 297   293    295    885    +21
9 Sacramento State            290   299    297    886   +22
10 Southern Utah Univ.      294   294    300    888    +24
11 Northern Colorado         292   299    298    889    +25
12 Long Beach State          307   297    293    897    +33
13 Colorado-CO Springs     306   302    297    905    +41
14 Utah, Univ. of                 291   303    313    907    +43
15 Northern Iowa, U. of      298   294    322    914    +50
16 Utah Valley State           317   300    308    925    +61
17 Air Force Silver               307   309    316    932    +68

11 Northern Colorado    292    299    298    889
T 29 Steve Bidne              73      74      73       220
T 29 Kory Harrell               71      75      74       220
T 52 Ryan Boshoven         76      74      76       226
59 Keenan Holt                 72      80      75       227
T 71 Adam Joiner              78       76      77      231