A late charge by the Dartmouth men came up just short as
Harvard claimed its first Ivy League championship since 1975 Sunday at
Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, N.J.
The Crimson got a jump on the field with an opening-round
292, then added rounds of 306 and 309 for a 43-over 907 total that was four
shots better than Dartmouth’s 911 total.
Harvard was led by Aurian Capart, a freshman from Belgium,
who finished tied for fourth in the individual standings at 8-over 224.
The individual title went to Cornell’s Luke Graboyes, a
junior from Watchung, N.J. Graboyes had rounds of 73, 72 and 76 over the
6,859-yard, par-72 Metedeconk National layout for a 5-over 221 total.
That gave him a one-shot margin over Dartmouth’s Ian Kelsey,
a sophomore from Deerfield, Ill. who closed with a 1-over 73 to finish at
6-over 222. Another shot back in third was Yale’s Will Bernstein, a sophomore
from New York City, whose 2-under 70 was the low round of the final day and
gave him a 7-over 223 total.
Sharing fourth with Harvard’s Capart was Columbia’s Mert
Selamet, a junior from Dublin, Ohio who had a final-round 71 to finish at 224.
Kelsey led a strong showing for Dartmouth, which had rounds
of 301, 309 and a closing 301 that gave the Big Green second place.
Charles Cai, a senior from West Windsor, N.J., also got in
the top 10 for Dartmouth as a final-round 78 gave him a 229 total and ninth
place alone. Junior Scott Jaster, a standout at The Haverford School, always
seems to finish strong at the Ivy tourney and he matched par with a 72 in the
final round to finish tied for 14th at 231. John Lazor, a freshman
from Westwood, Mass., was another shot back in 17th place at 232.
And junior Sean Fahey, Jaster’s Inter-Ac League rival at Episcopal Academy, had
his best round in Sunday’s wrapup, a 78 that left him tied for 34th
at 248.
Yale finished third, eight shots back of Dartmouth, at 919,
Cornell was fourth at 920, Columbia finished fifth at 923, Princeton finished
sixth at 925 and defending champion Penn placed seventh at 947.
Princeton was led by Eric Mitchell, a sophomore from
Winston-Salem, N.C. who finished sixth at 9-over 225, highlighted by a 2-under
70 in the middle round. Also for the Tigers, sophomore Michael Davis, the
former Malvern Prep standout and runnerup at last summer’s BMW Philadelphia
Amateur, finished tied for 18th at 233, sandwiching rounds of 74 and
76 around an 83 in the second round.
Penn was led by Matthew Kern, a junior from Springboro, Ohio
who was in the group tied for 18th at 233 with rounds of 78, 80 and
75. It was the first time this spring that Kern cracked the Penn lineup.
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