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BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings freshman Brad Harrelson and junior Kalli Stanhope led wire-to-wire earning medalist honors in the Second Annual Putt for the Cure/MSUB Yellowjacket Spring Invitational at Eaglerock Golf Course in Billings Friday afternoon. Harrelson carded a tournament-low 69 Friday for a two-under 142 score on the par 72, 6,995-yard course. Stanhope fired rounds of 74 and 75 for a 149 score as the women's yardage was 5,931.
“I am very excited and proud of our men and women,” MSUB head coach Shawn O'Brien said. Both teams played exceptional the past two days. Everyone wearing our school logo stayed mentally strong and focused allowing themselves to score well. Our putting was great, as well as our scrambling up and down on the greens. Both teams worked hard this last week preparing for this tournament and their effort paid off today with both teams finishing first.”
The Yellowjacket men's and women's golf teams also won the tournament. The men's team fired a second round 295 for a 596 36-hole score defeating Rocky Mountain College by an impressive 25 strokes. The women's team fired a 312 Friday for a 623 score as they also defeated the Battlin' Bears by 10 strokes.
On the men's side, Carroll finished third 10 strokes behind Rocky with a 631 score. University of Great Falls was fourth with a 675 score, while Miles Community College was fifth with a 698.
MSUB junior Kyle Armstrong finished second behind Harrelson with a 150 after rounds of 73 and 77. Freshmen Jake Letman and Mac Keating tied for third with a 152 score. Keating knocked eight strokes off from yesterday as he shot an 80 and followed with a 72. Freshman Chris Rasmussen finished 23rd with a 168 on a pair of 84s. Senior Travis Gates played as an individual and fired a 73 on Friday.
Rocky's top two men's golfers, Tom Meyer and Connor Rakowski, tied for fifth with a 153 score. Meyer shot a 77 and 76, while Rakowski opened with an 80 and shaved seven strokes Friday for a 73.
“I'm excited for Brad (Harrelson),” O'Brien said. As a true freshman, it is hard to win medalist honors your first year. He has worked very hard this offseason.”
Stanhope won by a two-stroke margin over Rocky's Rachel Hosterman. Hosterman shaved nine strokes from Thursday as she fired a women's tournament-low 71 Friday. Teammate Katy Peterson finished third with a 152 score after rounds of 78 and 74.
MSUB went 4,5,6, as sophomore Elizabeth Tikriti finished fourth with a 154 score (79 – 75), while freshman Melissa Saken was fifth (76 – 83) with a 159 score and junior Erin Heaney was sixth as she carded rounds of 82 and 79 for a 161. Junior Lindsay Erickson finished tied for 14th with a 172 with a pair of 86s.
“This is great for Kalli (Stanhope) as she is a competitor and played very well the past two days,” O'Brien said. “This is her second medalist honors of the season.”
The Jackets had four players play as individuals as freshman BreAnna Cameron finished tied for seventh with a 163 (82 – 81). Freshman Capri Ingram was ninth with a 164 (84 – 80), while freshman Kai Yamamoto finished tied for 25th with a 192 score. She dropped six strokes from Thursday (99 – 93), while freshman Cierra Myers finished 28th and also dropped nine strokes (101 – 92).
The Yellowjacket men's team made 23 birdies for the tournament with Harrelson leading the way for the team and tournament with nine. The women's team made 13 birdies for a combined total of 36. The women tied Rocky for the most birdies, while Peterson led the way with six and Stanhope was second with four.
Donations for every birdie made by the MSUB men's and women's golf teams in the tournament and general donations are going to the Lustgarten Foundation, a non-profit pancreatic cancer research foundation, located in Bethpage, N.Y. MSUB's Putt for the Cure event will benefit America's largest private foundation dedicated solely to pancreatic cancer research.
The Frontier Cancer Center is sponsoring the Putt for the Cure tournament for the second year in a row. Located at 1316 Golden Valley Circle in Billings, the Frontier Cancer Center and Blood Institute was founded in 1996 has been providing exceptional diagnosis, treatment and medical services to patients with malignancies and immune disorders for nearly 15 years.
Last year, the Yellowjackets raised $3,001 from the first Putt for the Cure Tournament. MSUB hosted the first event at Eaglerock Golf Course Mar. 18-19, 2010.
