Burns, Lambert post top-5 finishes as Men's Golf finishes second at John Speiss Memorial Tournament

By Tim Glon

WAUSEON — Junior Colin Burns and freshman Brandon Lambert each posted top-5 finishes to lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a second place finish at the John Speiss Memorial Tournament Tuesday at the Wauseon Golf Club.

The Polar Bears (7-1) finished second of eighth teams with a 308. Trine (Ind.) won the team title with a 306, Rochester (Mich.) was third with a 311 and Spring Arbor (Mich.) was fourth with a 313.

Burns finished third out of 50 golfers with a 3-over par 75 and Lambert was fifth with a 4-over par 76.

Sophomore Bruce Hamit was was 10th with a 77, freshman Rick Deichert tied for 11th with a 78 and junior Ryan Wirtz tied for 14th with a 79.

Rochester's Shane Kestheley won Medalist honors with a 1-under par 71.

The Polar Bears will return to action Sunday and Monday at the Ohio Athletic Conference Fall Invitational at Red Hawk Run Golf Course in Findlay.

Team Standings

1. Trine (Ind.) 306, 2. Ohio Northern 308, 3. Rochester (Ind.) 311, 4. Spring Arbor (Mich.) 313, 5. Defiance 333, 6. Heidelberg 334, 7. Cleary (Mich.) 342, 8. Goshen (Ind.)

Top 5 Individuals

1. Shane Kesthely (Roch) 71, 2. Bryce Moore (Trine) 74, t3. Colin Burns (ONU) 75, t3. Connor Dwyer (Trine) 75, t5. Brandon Lambert (ONU) 76, t5. Jason Dingee (SA) 76, t5. Nic Ward (SA) 76, t5. Brandon Rottiers (Roch) 76, t5. Kevin Berry (Trine) 76.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

t3. Colin Burns 75, t5. Brandon Lambert 76, t11. Rick Deichert 78, t14. Ryan Wirtz 79, t20. Andrew Quintrell 80.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

10. Bruce Hamit 77, t32. Pat Helman 83, t36. Angelo Palmer 85.