Golf: Broad Run's Desiree Razon Finishes Tied for 16th at VHSL Girls Open State Tournament

Photos courtesy Alvin Razon

(Oct. 30, 2011) - Broad Run High School sophomore Desiree Razon shot at two-day total of 165 last week at the Kiskiask Golf Club in Williamsburg to finish tied for 16th at the 2011 VHSL Girls Open state golf tournament.

Abby Portyrata of Clover Hill defeated Battlefield's Karishma Thiagaraj on the second playoff hole to secure the state title after both girls shot identical 71-73. Shannon Brooks of James Madison was five shots back at 149 and Chantilly's Juhee Bae shot 150.

Rounding out the medalist were Lauren Eklund (Albemarle) at 151, Lauren Kruszewski (Great Bridge) at 153 and Jessica Merrill (Herndon) and Kushboo Thiagaraj (Battlefield) both at 154.

Stone Bridge's Arianna Israel shot a 175.


VHSL GIRLS OPEN
STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT
Day 1 Day 2 Final
Score Score Score High School
1st** Abby Portyrata 71 73 144 Clover Hill
2nd** Karishma Thiagaraj 71 73 144 Battlefield
3rd Shannon Brooks 70 79 149 James Madison
4th Juhee Bae 74 76 150 Chantilly
5th Lauren Eklund 77 74 151 Albermarle
6th Lauren Kruszewski 80 73 153 Great Bridge
T-7th Jessica Merrill 79 75 154 Herndon
T-7th Khushboo Thiagaraj 76 78 154 Battlefield
**Portyrata defeated Thiagaraj on second playoff hole.

Christina Herbert 75 81 156 Jamestown
Megan McCracken 77 80 157 First Colonial
Tensely Clowser 80 78 158 Lancaster
Lyndsey Hunnell 83 75 158
Sara Moir 81 80 161 Hidden Valley
Do BaoVy 81 82 163 Chantilly
Emily Salamy 79 84 163 Jamestown
Marria Cho 82 83 165
Desiree Razon 83 82 165 Broad Run
Megan Board 84 82 166
Mary Barbero 82 85 167 South County
Ally Crowers 86 82 168 McLean
Shelby Estes 87 81 168 Turner Ashby
Soo Min Hyun 87 81 168 W.T. Woodson
Emily Larson 85 83 168 Yorktown
Shanice Mason 90 79 169 Nansemond River
Marin Warring 87 82 169 Lafayette
Megan Martin 87 84 171 Grassfield
Tiarra Baskerville 84 88 172
Michaela Conway 86 88 174 Thomas Dale
Nicole Flores 89 85 174 Briar Woods
Arianna Israel 86 89 175 Stone Bridge
Megan Budnik 88 88 176 Hayfield
Shannon Ciccarello 87 89 176 Brooke Point
Erin Drolet 84 93 177 Hayfield
Jesse Hart 84 93 177
Rachael Stambaugh 91 88 179 Smithfield
Hannah Swenson 89 90 179 Tabb
Sydney Thompson 90 89 179 Grassfield
Peyton Durham 90 90 180 Dinwiddle
Ruby Rim 92 88 180 Fairfax
Brittany Woo 96 86 182 Monacan
Katie Turk 88 95 183 Blacksburg
Jessie Nolan 98 88 186 John Handley
Megan Frederick 94 94 188 Frederick
Paridhi Bhargava 96 98 194 McLean
Savannah Ford 98 102 200 Sherando
Morgan Cox 96 107 203 Floyd County
Iyana Monagan 102 104 206 Colonial Forge
Lyndsey Harris 100 108 208 George Washington