NAIA Region III Championship

Tuesday, April, 29, 2008 12 PM

Luke Vermeer earned overall medalist honors and won the NAIA Region III Men's Golf Championship last night at Elmwood Golf Course in Sioux Falls, S.D. The sophomore from Sioux Center shot a two-day, four-over total of 148 and won the championship by one stroke over Ron Harder (Midland Lutheran). He led by three shots after day one with a two-under 70 and shot a six-over 78 on day two. Vermeer, who earned GPAC Golfer-of-the-Year after winning the GPAC Championship last week, will now advance to play Vermeer in the NAIA National Golf Championships played in Plymouth, Indiana on May 13-16. He is the first Red Raider golfer to advance as an individual to the national championships.

Midland Lutheran won the team title by one stroke over Dakota Wesleyan and like Vermeer, advances to play in the NAIA Championships.

Official GPAC/Region Release

Finish	School	Strokes
T 0	Northwestern	0
1	Luke Vermeer	70-78	148
1	Midland Lutheran	618
2	Ron Harder	74-75	149
T 11	Adam Tannehill	77-79	156
T 15	Jason Zoz	82-75	157
T 15	Ben Deines	78-79	157
T 22	Justin Zebolsky	81-79	160
2	Dakota Wesleyan	619
T 8	Brett Abbotts	77-77	154
T 8	Nick Gates	78-76	154
10	Tyler Evenson	78-77	155
T 11	Tom Hoek	76-80	156
T 18	Chris Pritchard	78-80	158
3	Dordt	630
3	Jared Rempel	73-77	150
T 15	Jason Kroese	77-80	157
T 27	Matt Zwart	83-79	162
30	Collin Broekhuis	81-83	164
32	Jordan Janz	80-88	168
4	USF	631
T 6	Matt Bertsch	75-78	153
T 18	Kyle Schock	77-81	158
T 22	James Walsh	75-85	160
T 22	Lucas Dowden	78-82	160
35	Nathan Schunke	80-90	170
5	Hastings	632
T 4	Rob Shannon	76-76	152
T 6	Will Logsdon	78-75	153
T 18	Jon Tanner	79-79	158
T 33	Brian Primavera	79-90	169
T 37	Nathan Gile	81-91	172
6	Minot State	648
T 4	Jordan Kelly	76-76	152
T 22	Justin Aberle	82-78	160
31	Ben Edwards	84-81	165
T 37	Matt Liebel	84-88	172
T 40	Travis Mryglod	87-87	174
7	Dickinson State	664
T 27	Jake Fladeland	77-85	162
29	Thomas Weilke	79-84	163
T 33	Adam Cayko	84-85	169
36	T.J. Poulsen	84-87	171
T 37	Sean Sterkel	86-86	172
T 8	Briar Cliff	0
21	Ben Keane	78-81	159
T 8	Concordia	0
26	Garrett Rathke	79-82	161
T 8	Jamestown	0
T 40	Eddy Delzer	83-91	174
T 8	Morningside	0
T 11	Chris Rager	76-80	156
T 8	South Dakota School of Mines	0
T 11	Brandon Eisenbraun	77-79	156