Oct. 8, 2001

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Dave Hill earned medalist honors for Gonzaga University at the Falcon-Antigua Invitation men's golf tournament that ended Tuesday at the Eisenhower-Blue Course at the United States Air Force Academy.

Hill fired a final-round 75 over the 7,301-yard, par-72 course to finish at 228. Ben Leestma of Air Force was mdedalist with a tournament-record 207 after rounds of 70-66-71 for a 2-stroke victory over Madalitso Muthiya of the University of New Mexico Junior Varsity and Luke Healy of the University of Texas-San Antonio.

Air Force and the New Mexico JV tied for the team title at 867. Gonzaga and Southern Utah University finished tied for last in the 12-team tournament at 938.

Team Results

 1. Air Force             298-281-288 - 867

    New Mexico JV         289-286-292 - 867

 3. San Diego             293-283-302 - 878

 4. Texas-San Antonio     296-292-292 - 880

 5. Drake                 297-290-295 - 882

 6. Iowa                  297-297-296 - 890

    Air Force JV Blue     296-293-302 - 890

 8. Air Force JV Silver   303-296-298 - 897

 9. Saint Mary's          303-297-301 - 901

10. Nebraska-Kearney      312-303-316 - 931

11. Gonzaga               310-307-321 - 938

    Southern Utah         321-305-312 - 938


Top Individual Finishers

1. Ben Leestma, Air Force          70-66-71 - 207

2. Madalitso Muthiya, NMJV         72-66-71 - 209

   Luke Healy, TX-San Antonio      71-70-68 - 209

4. David Bartels, Drake            72-69-69 - 210

5. Brent Jensen, Saint Mary's      69-74-71 - 214


Gonzaga Finishers

T31 Dave Hill        79-74-75 - 228

T44 Jon Meyer        76-76-81 - 233

T53 Randy Potter     79-76-83 - 238

 59 Jamie Radonich   79-81-83 - 243

 63 Anthony Buergel  76-93-82 - 251