Men's Golf Sits in Eighth Place After Day One of WAC Championship

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — In the first day of action at the Western Athletic Conference championship, Chicago State men's golf logged an eight-place round, shooting a 303. The Cougars sit ahead of both Stephen F. Austin and Seattle U, with Clay Wells and Bartosz Bogusz, who each shot a 74, leading the way.

The championship event is taking place at the Boulder Creek Golf Club, which is made up of three nine-hole courses and is considered one of the top municipal golf courses in the country. 

Complete results are listed below and available here courtesy of GolfStat.

Team Standings: 
1. Sam Houston, 284 (-4)
2. New Mexico State (+1)
3. Abilene Christian (+3)
4. Grand Canyon (+4)
5. UTRGV (+5)
6. Utah Valley (+8)
7. Lamar (+7)
8. Chicago State, 303 (+15)
9. Stephen F. Austin (+16)
10. Seattle U (+17)

Chicago State Cougars:
T26. Clay Wells, 74
T26. Bartosz Bogusz, 74
T39. Julian Colavecchia, 77 
T46. Jarred Hernandez, 78
T57. Jayveenrhaj Gunaseelan, 83

The field will return to the Boulder Creek Golf Club tomorrow for round two.

About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.

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