US COLLEGE NEWS

Laura and Emma down the field

in the Sea Trail inter-collegiate

Laura Holmes, pictured right, and Emma Gilmore, two Irish students at Old Dominion University, Virginia, finished joint 27th and 31st respectively in the Sea Trail women's inter-collegiate tournament at Willard Byrd course, Sunset Beach in North Carolina.

Over a 5947yd course with a par of 72, Laura, a senior year student from Co Mayo, scored 78, 77 and 80 for 235.

Emma, a junior student from Ballinaside, Ireland, had rounds of 81, 77 and 78 for 236.

The winner by four shots was Josefine Sundh from Western Carolina University with scores of 71, 72 and 73 for 216.

Western Carolina (897) won the team title by a single shot from Longwood. Old Dominion (919) finished fifth of nine.