Butler Places Fifth At Cleveland State Men's Intercollegiate Meet

April 24, 2002

Junior Michael Heston shot a team-best 190 to place seventh individually and Butler wound up fifth in the final team standings at the Cleveland State Men's Intercollegiate golf meet held at Legend Lake Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday, April 22-23. The tournament, originally scheduled for 54 holes, was shortened to 45 holes because of adverse weather conditions.

Heston carded a 78 in the opening round and then came back with a 37, when the second round was shortened to nine holes because of frigid conditions. The Butler junior shot a 75 in the final round to claim a "Top 10" individual finish, just four strokes behind co-champs Christian Komsa and Billy Houle of Cleveland State.

Junior Mitch Foss and sophomore Colin Christie tied for 13th in the tournament with final scores of 193, while junior Chris Cirmotich, who was designated as an "individual" and not part of Butler's scoring team, tied for 18th with a 195. Rounding out Butler's top five were junior Jeff Chapman, who tied for 20th with a 196, and sophomore Jonathan Novak, who tied for 28th with a 205.

Cleveland State won the tournament with a team score of 748, while Malone College finished runner-up with a 763.

FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Cleveland State 748 (297-151-300), 2. Malone 763 (313-154-296), 3. Wisconsin-Green Bay 766 (314-150-302), 4. Youngstown State 770 (310-156-304), 5. Butler 772 (315-154-303), 6. Chicago State 997 (401-191-405.

BUTLER TEAM SCORES: 7. Michael Heston 190 (78-37-75), 13-T. Colin Christie 193 (80-39-74), 13-T. Mitch Foss 193 (78-40-75), 18-T. Chris Cirmotich* 195 (84-40-71), 20-T. Jeff Chapman 196 (77-38-81), 28-T. Jonathan Novak 205 (80-40-85).