Varsity Golf Second at 2013 IAC Golf Championships

Wednesday at Soaring Eagles Golf Course in Horseheads, Dryden’s “fantastic four” seniors led them to a 2^nd place finish in the 2013 IAC golf championship and completed Dryden’s best golf season in over 10 years.

Dryden (15-1), after winning the regular season IAC North Title over Trumansburg (14-2) last week was not able to keep pace with the Blue Raiders, who got excellent play throughout their lineup and posted a dominating score of 404. Dryden narrowly beat out Lansing for second place when Jared Reilley squeaked out a 1-stroke win over his Lansing opponent after the two teams were deadlocked through the first 5 scores.

Dryden was led by Senior Ryan Whitaker who shot 83 and finished 6^th. Whitaker was also named first team all-IAC all star for the third straight year and was named to the academic all-star team for graduating seniors.

Riley Brewer and Jared Reilley were named second team all-IAC allstars for the second time.

Greg Nostrand was named as “salutatorian” of the Academic All-Star team (second best overall GPA among IAC golf seniors), and was also an All-IAC second team selection.

Marcus Converse was also named to the All-Academic team. Dryden also bids farewell to seniors Randy Bushnell and Tyler O’Connor and thanks them for their contributions to the team.

Dryden’s two non-seniors in the starting lineup were also honored for their excellent play this season: Junior Jonathan Becker was named first team IAC All Star and Aleks Schuler was named second team All IAC All Star.

The Dean Winters award was presented to Tony Mekos of Trumansburg, whose 77 was the low round of the day by a graduating senior. Winters was part of a great Dryden HS golf dynasty in the 1970’s and then went on to excel at Cornell University in Golf and academics. The award is given annually in honor of Winters great golf career which was tragically cut short when he was paralyzed in a traffic accident. The award also serves as a chilling reminder to our seniors and other young drivers about the dangers of drinking and driving and the life-changing consequences that can come from one poor decision.

Congratulations to our Seniors for their great careers and a big Thank You for all they have done for Dryden Golf.