Aiea’s Merynn Ito is 1st Round leaderPRINCEVILLE — Aiea High’sMerynn Ito fired a 4-under 68 and leads after the first round of the David Ishii Girls State Golf Championships at the Princeville Makai Golf Course. Ito, who finished second in
Aiea’s Merynn Ito is 1st Round leaderPRINCEVILLE — Aiea High’sMerynn
Ito fired a 4-under 68 and leads after the first round of the David Ishii Girls
State Golf Championships at the Princeville Makai Golf Course.
Ito, who
finished second in the OIA championships and fifth in the state last year,
fired a 4-under 68 and leads Waiakea’s Leah Whiting by four strokes. Ito
recorded four birdies and one bogey on the front nine to go out in 33. On the
back nine, she played steady as she recorded one birdie and no bogeys. Leah
Whiting, who finished second in the BIIF championships
this year and 12th in the state last year shot an even-par
72.
Defending HHSAA champion Shayna Miyajima of Baldwin is in third place
with a 3-over 75.
Merynn Ito (Aiea) 33-35-68 (-4)
Leah
Whiting (Waiakea) 35-37-72 (E)
Shayna Miyajima (Baldwin37-38-75
(+3)
Rie Ganir (Maui) 37-40-77 (+5)
Jamie Yoshimura
(Kaiser) 38-41-79 (+7)
Ayumi Hori (Moanalua) 39-40-79 (+7)
Joan
Shimozaki (Seabury Hall) 43-36-79 (+7)
Lisa Kajihara (King Kekaulike
41-38-79 (+7)
Kristen Higa (Hilo) 39-41-80 (+8)
Lauren
Tachibana (Hilo) 39-41-80 (+8)
Katie Atebara (Waiakea) 38-43-81
(+9)
Angela Apelu (Radford) 40-42-82 (+10)
Darene Matsuoka (St.
Andrew’s Priory) 43-40-83 (+11)
Melissa Takahashi (Waiakea) 40-44-84
(+12)
Whitney-Reigh Asao (Hawaii Baptist) 40-47-87 (+15)
Kelli
Otsuka (Mid-Pacific) 40-50-90 (+18)
