Averett claimed its first national championship in a team sport with a win at the Division III Men's Golf Championships May 12-15 at Ohio Wesleyan. To make the win even sweeter, Averett senior Janne Mommo also won the individual title.

Averett began the final day nine shots behind Wesley and was still behind by six strokes midway through the last round when an 83-minute rain delay ensued. The Cougars stormed to the lead after the break, shooting one over par and capturing the title by five strokes.

Host Ohio Wesleyan shared third place with St. John's (Minnesota).

The Cougars shot a final-round 284, 15 strokes better than Wesley's fourth-round total. Wesley received an additional blow to its title hopes when freshman Brock Cerklefskie, the team's low scorer for the day, was assessed a two-stroke penalty after an Averett player reported an improper drop in a water-logged bunker. Cerklefskie consulted with an official and was given the penalty.

Mommo won the individual title by three shots over Nathan Proshek of St. John's (Minnesota). Mommo's card included a course-record 65 in the second round. Toni Karjalainen, Averett teammate and fellow Finland national, finished third with a four-over 288.

Averett coach Jim Gourlay and his team jumped into a lake at the driving range to celebrate their victory.

Team results

1. Averett, 303-291-296-285 -- 1,175; 2. Wesley, 292-302-287-299 -- 1,180; 3. (tie) Ohio Wesleyan, 310-301-286-287 -- 1,184; and St. John's (Minn.), 307-299-285-293 -- 1,184; 4. Methodist, 310-296-286-296 -- 1,188; 5. (tie) Gust. Adolphus, 303-300-288-299 -- 1,190; and Oglethorpe, 310-305-288-287 -- 1,190; 6. Redlands, 306-298-288-299 -- 1,191; 7. Denison, 303-296-292-301 -- 1,192; 8. Wis.-Eau Claire, 309-303-290-297 -- 1,199; 9. Central (Iowa), 304-294-299-307 -- 1,204; 10. Greensboro, 314-300-292-301 -- 1,207; 11. Muskingum, 318-295-290-305 -- 1,208; 12. Texas-Dallas, 309-295-300-305 -- 1,209; 13. Emory, 311-306-297-300 -- 1,214; 14. Williams, 312-300-295-310 -- 1,217; 15. Guilford, 313-305-298-307 -- 1,223; 16. Trinity (Texas), 310-302-298-318 -- 1,228; 17. Allegheny, 315-310-300-312 -- 1,237; 18. Skidmore, 316-305-312-309 -- 1,242; 19. La Verne, 311, 315-303-319 -- 1,248; 20. St. Lawrence, 329-311-307-310 -- 1,257; 21. Susquehanna, 325-310-307-318 -- 1,260.

Individual results

1. Janne Mommo, Averett, 75-65-69-72 -- 281; 2. Nathan Proshek, St. John's (Minn.), 74-69-6-9-72 -- 284; 3. Toni Karjalainen, Averett, 71-73-72-72 -- 288; 4. (tie) Neil Johnson, Gust. Adolphus, 74-76-69-70 -- 289; Zac Oakley, Wesley, 75-70-72-72 -- 289; and Adam Horton, Methodist, 73-71-72-73 -- 289; 7. Fred Waddell, Denison, 75-75-69-71 -- 290; 8. Sammy Schmitz, St. John's (Minn.), 77-77-69-68 -- 291; 9. Jordan Bailey, Redlands, 74-72-71-75 -- 292; 10. (tie) Mark Christensen, Wis.-Eau Claire, 79-73-70-71 -- 293; and Craig Eckerle, Denison, 76-68-71-78 -- 293; 12. (tie) Luke Benoit, Gust. Adolphus, 73-72-77-72 -- 294; Chris Summers, Oglethorpe, 78-72-70-74 -- 294; and Anthony Apolostico, Wesley, 70-77-70-77 -- 294; 15. (tie) Chad Poling, Ohio Wesleyan, 75-76-72-72 -- 295; Ryan Quinn, Wis.-Eau Claire, 74-74-73-74 -- 295; Brandon White, Greensboro, 74-77-69-75 -- 295; and Simon Thompson, Trinity (Tex.), 73-71-74-77 -- 295; 19. (tie) Joe Green, Oglethorpe, 76-77-70-73 -- 296; Trevor Young, Redlands, 75-75-73-73 -- 296; Jay Tilton, Ohio Wesleyan, 76-73-73-74 -- 296; Ryan Lescalleet, Muskingum, 75-69-77-75 -- 296; Scott Maurer, Texas-Dallas, 78-70-72-76 -- 296; and Chris Noll, 74-74-70-78-296.

25. Robert Miller, Oglethorpe, 77-77-75-68 -- 297; 26. (tie) Adam Pry, Ohio Wesleyan, 79-75-70-74 -- 298; and Kyle Fredrickson, St. John's (Minn.), 75-74-72-77 -- 298; 28. (tie) Jason Scherr, Emory, 78-72-77-72 -- 299; Evan Nash, Texas-Dallas, 75-72-80-72 -- 299; and Nick Obie, Redlands, 80-75-71-73 -- 299; 31. (tie) Ryan Dorff, Otterbein, 79-75-73-73 -- 300; Justin Tulk, Grove City, 75-75-74-76 -- 300; and Chris Lowman, Guilford, 78-75-71-76 -- 300; 34. (tie) Justin Schroeder, Ohio Wesleyan, 80-79-71-71 -- 301; Adam Lescalleet, Muskingum, 81-76-72-72 -- 301; Matt Slovitt, Williams, 75-77-74-75 -- 301; Peyton Cook, 74-79-73-75 -- 301; and Rich Bamber, Methodist, 80-74-71-76 -- 301; 39. (tie) John Pezdek, St. Lawrence, 78-76-74-74 -- 302; Eduardo Razetto, Emory, 75-77-72-78 -- 302; Kyle Maten, Central (Iowa), 77-73-74-78 -- 302; and Ben Rathfon, Allegheny, 77-74-72-79 -- 302; 43. (tie) Dave Patterson, Guilford, 73-75-73-82 -- 303; James Stewart, Methodist, 76-77-74-76 -- 303; Nick Grossman, Central (Iowa), 81-75-71-76 -- 303; Jonathan Dudley, Greensboro, 78-74-73-78 -- 303; and David Mihm, Williams, 78-73-73-79 -- 303.

48. (tie) Jeremy Meade, Ohio Wesleyan, 82-77-75-70 -- 304; Rocky Manning, Greensboro, 81-76-74-73 -- 304; Bill Halan, Denison, 78-78-74-74 -- 304; Keith Rourke, Emory, 78-78-72-76 -- 304; Patrick McElyea, Central (Iowa), 75-74-79-76 -- 304; and Mike Townsend, Methodist, 82-74-70-78 -- 304; 54. (tie) Jeff Johnston, Averett, 78-77-80-70 -- 305; Greg Hanna, Methodist, 81-80-73-71 -- 305; and Adam Klein, Denison, 74-75-78-78 -- 305; 57. (tie) Craig Hosie, Averett, 79-76-80-71 -- 306; Bret Efird, Averett, 81-77-75-73 -- 306; Grant Lissick, Wis.-Eau Claire, 80-81-71-74 -- 306; and Aaron Flink, Williams, 83-74-71-78 -- 306. 61. Lee Lyon, Skidmore, 76-75-81-75 -- 307; 62. (tie) R.J. Scholl, Redlands, 77-76-73-82 -- 308; Will Sicks, Williams, 77-76-77-78 -- 308; and Jake Sand, Gust. Adolphus, 77-82-71-78 -- 308; 65. (tie) Trent Erb, Oglethorpe, 79-80-78-72 -- 309; Brian Higgins, Muskingum, 80-76-72-81 -- 309; Jake Pearson, Central (Iowa), 80-72-75-82 -- 309; Steve Datt, Susquehanna, 84-75-75-75 -- 309; Ryan Wilson, Greensboro, 81-73-80-75 -- 309; John Krumpotich, Susquehanna, 81-77-75-76 -- 309; Dan Suedbeck, Gust. Adolphus, 80-79-71-79 -- 309; Chase Mallory, Muskingum, 82-74-73-80 -- 309; and Matt Bley, Trinity (Texas), 76-75-78-80 -- 309.

74. (tie) Charles Kromann, Skidmore, 81-75-77-77 -- 310; Darren Eades, Allegheny, 79-79-74-78 -- 310; Andy Smith, Wis.-Eau Claire, 76-80-76-78 -- 310; and Brent Borgstahl, Gust. Adolphus, 79-73-78-80 -- 310; 78. (tie) Joe Skovron, La Verne, 79-79-72-81 -- 311; and Corey Garner, Oglethorpe, 80-79-73-79 -- 311; 80. (tie) Jeff Osberg, Guilford, 80-86-79-75 -- 312; Blake Swango, Millikin, 80-79-79-74 -- 312; Jeff Dunn, Linfield, 80-82-74-76 -- 312; and Doug Green, La Verne, 75-79-78-80 -- 312; 84. (tie) Joe Smith, Muskingum, 83-79-73-78 -- 313; Ross Morgan, Skidmore, 79-77-78-79 -- 313; Bill Conroy, Wis.-Eau Claire, 80-76-78-79 -- 313; and Joey Murray, La Verne, 80-76-78-79 -- 313; 88. (tie) Roy King, Allegheny, 79-84-79-72 -- 314; Andrew Garcia, La Verne, 77-81-75-81 -- 314; Adam Frank, Wesley, 73-81-75-85 -- 314; Neil Cohen, Trinity (Texas), 80-80-68-86 -- 314; Josh Sherlin, St. John's (Minn.), 81-80-77-76 -- 314; and Jeff Osby, Central (Iowa), 72-81-77-77 -- 314; 94. (tie) Brock Cerklefskie, Wesley, 79-89-75-72 -- 315; Chris Fitze, Emory, 80-83-78-74 -- 315; Ben Bates, Skidmore, 80-78-79-78 -- 315; and Mike Lebow, Emory, 82-79-76-78 -- 315; 98. (tie) Aaron James, Guilford, 85-74-80-77 -- 316; Joe Keniston, St. Lawrence, 78-82-76-80-78 -- 316.

100. (tie) Matt Hubbard, Susquehanna, 79-76-76-86 -- 317; and Ben Beyer, Trinity (Texas), 81-80-80-76 -- 317; 102. (tie) Ben Goodman, St. John's (Minn.), 88-79-75-77 -- 319; Pete Wilson, St. Lawrence, 84-83-74-78 -- 319; Jim Becker, Redlands, 86-80-75-78 -- 319; and Chip Campbell, Wash. & Lee, 78-84-77-80 -- 319; 106. (tie) Michael Stiller, Skidmore, 82-79-78-81 -- 320; Clayton Houser, Texas-Dallas, 89-74-75-82 -- 320; and David Lester, Allegheny, 81-78-75-86 -- 320; 109. Brian Sparks, Trinity (Texas), 82-76-78-85 -- 321; 110. (tie) Sergio Turbay, Greensboro, 82-83-76-81 -- 322; Patrick Keating, Allegheny, 80-79-80-83 -- 322; and Brant Stovall, Guilford, 82-83-77-80 -- 322; 113. Drew Burdick, St. Lawrence, 85-79-79-80 -- 323; 114. (tie) Buddy Yarger, Susquehanna, 81-82-81-81 -- 325; and Max Montgelas, Williams, 82-80-79-84 -- 325; 116. (tie) Mike Whalley, St. Lawrence, 85-80-81-81 -- 327; and Dustin Wisener, Texas-Dallas, 82-80-82-83 -- 327; 118. John Dewitt, Denison, 84-84-80-80 -- 328; 119. James Pearce, La Vernce, 84-84-83-79 -- 330; 120. Ryan Reid, Susquehanna, 88-87-89-91 -- 355.