Warriors' Drive for Title Cut Short

Huntsville, Ala. -- The Indian Hills' golf team was making a move up the leaderboard through the second and third rounds of the NJCAA Division I National Championships. But after closing the third round in third place, the Warriors' hopes to at least contend for a national title were short-circuited when the fourth and final round, scheduled for Friday, was canceled because of bad weather.

The cancellation left the Warriors with their second third-place finish in three years. They were also 3rd in 2008 and 4th last year.

Friday's cancellation also prevented IHCC's Dan Dawson from going after the individual title. Dawson was tied for 2nd through three rounds, just two strokes off the pace of eventual medalist Brandt Garon of Meridian CC.

Dawson finished with a 213 total, three-under par on the Robert Trent Jones course. His best round of the tourney was a three-under 69 on Wednesday. That round was sandwiched between two even-par rounds of 72 for Dawson.

He was named to the All-Tournament 1st team and was also a 1st team All-American.

Justin Weber finished in a tie for 8th place after putting together rounds of 72, 72 and 73. Weber was awarded second-team All-Tournament honors and was an honorable mention All-American.

Cameron Munro gave Indian Hills another top-20 finisher. Munro was tied for 20th with a 220 total. He fired a two-under par 70 in the third round.

The other two Warriors who competed, Zach Monson and Kurt Slattery, tied for 30th place with 223 totals.

McLennan CC won the team title with an 860 total that included a meet-best 285 score on the third day. Meridian CC was second at 869, just two strokes better than Indian Hills.

NJCAA Division One Men's National Championship

Team results: (top ten teams) 1. McLennan CC 286-289-285=860; 2. Meridian CC 289-291-289=869; 3. Indian Hills CC 291-291-289=871; 4. Brevard CC 290-291-294=875; T5. Odessa College 290-299-288=877; T5. Scottsdale CC 300-288-289; 7. New Mexico JC 295-290-299; 8. Central Alabama CC 291-305-298=894; T9 Wallace State-Hanceville CC 303-296-298=897; T9. Cape Fear CC 290-301-306=897

Indian Hills results: T2. Dan Dawson 72-69-72=213; T8. Justin Weber 72-72-73=217; T20. Cameron Munro 75-75-70=220; T30. Zach Monson 73-76-74=223; T30. Kurt Slattery 74-75-74=223