Men’s Golf Tied for 16th Following Day 1 at El Macero Classic

EL MACERO, Calif., – The University of Wyoming men’s golf team concluded Day 1 of the El Macero Classic on Friday. The Cowboys are tied for 16th at 299 (+11) in a tournament being played at the El Macero Country Club.

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Pacific leads the way as the only team under par at 284 (-4). The Tigers’ Felix Bouchard is atop the individual leaderboard after a 68 (-4).

“It’s a different style of golf out here, and I needed these young players to see something different,” head coach Joe Jensen said. “We didn’t play great, but we had a lot of good things. I feel great. In the long run, this makes us better.”

Brody Leid paced the Pokes on Friday. He’s tied for 25th following an opening-round 73 (+1). Leid holed a quartet of birdies.

Kellen Ball and Brody Knowlton share 48th place following a Round 1 score of 75 (+3). Ball recorded three birdies on the day, while Knowlton had one.

Kristof Panke is tied for 69th place after registering an opening round 76 (+4). He boasted three birdies on Friday. Conner Scheich shares 80th place. He carded a first-round score of 78 (+6), which included three birdies.

Austin Barry, who’s competing as an individual, is tied for 48th following a 75 (+3). He logged three birdies.

Round 2 gets underway on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Team Leaderboard
1. Pacific – (-4)
2. UC Davis – (+1)
3. Cal Baptist – (+3)
4. UT Arlington – (+4)
4. UC San Diego – (+4)
6. Nevada – (+5)
6. Washington State – (+5)
6. St. Mary’s – (+5)
9. Colorado State – (+7)
10. CSU Fullerton – (+8)
10. Denver – (+8)
12. UC Riverside – (+9)
12. Gonzaga – (+9)
14. CSU-Northridge – (+10)
14. Fresno State – (+10)
16. Wyoming – (+11)
16. San Francisco – (+11)
18. Seattle – (+12)
19. Sacramento State – (+15)

From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things

Every state in our nation has chosen things that represent the state in one way or another to be official state things. Like a flower, or animal. Wyoming is no different.

The Equality State, or the Cowboy State, depending on which state slogan you want to go with, has a state flower. But did you know we also have a state tree and a state fish? Yes, we even have a state code.

To be an official thing, a member of the state legislature must write and submit a bill to the legislature declaring that a thing will be the official state thing. Then the legislature votes to pass the bill, or not, if it passes, the governor signs the bill into law and we have a new official state thing.

Here is what we have so far, all of Wyoming's official things. Now you can win big on Wyo Trivia Night if that's a thing that exists.

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- From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things