Spring Invitational first-round leaderboard:
Playing at their home course, Chilliwack Golf Club, the Cascades combined for a first-round total of 287, two strokes ahead of the UBC Thunderbirds (289) and 21 better than the third-place MacEwan Griffins of Edmonton (309).
Three of the top four in the men’s individual standings are from UFV – Connor MacLellan is tied with UBC’s Scott Secord for first place at one-under 70, and Connor O’Dell and Cody Stewart are tied for third at 71.
In the women’s team competition, MacEwan (178) leads UFV (186) by eight strokes heading into Sunday’s final round. UVic’s Brynn Tomie (75) has a massive 13-stroke lead in the individual standings, with UFV’s Ciara Melus (Ind.) and MacEwan’s Sydney Johnson-Parker her closest pursuers after matching rounds of 88.
The complete first-round leaderboard is as follows.
Women’s Team
MacEwan University 178
University of the Fraser Valley 186
Women’s Individual
Brynn Tomie, UVic 75
Sydney Johnson-Parker, MacEwan 88
Ciara Melus, UFV (Ind) 88
Hannah Dirksen , UFV 89
Jennifer Kell, UFV (Ind) 89
Megan Vermilion, MacEwan 90
Daniella Donnelly, MacEwan 91
Elizabeth Stewart, MacEwan 92
Natasha MacKenzie, UFV 97
Men’s Team
University of the Fraser Valley 287
University of British Columbia 289
MacEwan University 309
Kwantlen Polytech University 321
Douglas College 328
Men’s Individual Top 10
Connor MacLellan, UFV 70 T1
Scott Secord, UBC 70 T1
Connor ODell, UFV 71 T3
Cody Stewart, UFV 71 T3
Brett Pasula, UBC 72 T5
Bruce Tomie, UVic (Ind) 72 T5
Brett Hawken, MacEwan 72 T5
Jordan Bevridge, Douglas 73 T8
Scott Malo, UBC 73 T8
Derek Hinchcliff, UBC 74 T10
Gavin McQueenie, UBC 74 T10