WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Senior Garrett Leek produced his 20th collegiate Top 10 finish to lead the Mustangs to a runner-up finish in the Midwestern State Invitational Tuesday afternoon at the Wichita Falls Country Club.

Leek also creeped closer to a few more career milestones while posting three more par-or-better scores carding a 69, 68, and 70 on the way to a 6-under total of 207 to place fourth overall.

Leek was aiming to become the first golfer to repeat as individual champion in the tournament's 13-year history after winning in a dramatic fashion as a sophomore in 2019 closing the competition with a tournament record low round of 63 to edge out teammate Jake Doggett.

Leek couldn't quite catch Texas A&M International junior Mauricio Figueroa, who fired scores of 67, 67, 69 to win by a single stroke over Midland College's Chris Wardrup and Colorado State-Pueblo's Jamie Roberts, but he climbed closer to etching his name at the top of a couple of significant list in MSU program history.

Leek has now posted 65 par-or-better scores during his career and remains seven behind Doggett. He also marked 14 birdies during the 54-hole tournament to bump his career total to 415 which is six less than Doggett's program record mark of 421.

Meanwhile, Midwestern State continued its stellar run of success at its home invitational. The Mustangs have logged six consecutive team par-or-better scores at the Wichita Falls Country Club and have finished no worse than runner-up in five of the last six years including wins in 2017, 2018, and 2021.

MSU senior Robert Garcia (73-71-70) with a 1-over total of 214 just ahead of senior Mason Mikeska (73-72-70) who tied for 17th with a 2-over 215.

Senior Jake Leatherwood (69-71-76) tied for 25th with a 3-over total of 216, while junior Keaton Dickens (73-72-74) tied for 38th with a 6-over total of 219.

Midwestern State battled to within two strokes of eventual winner Midland College on a few occasions, but the Chaps closed strong to win by 10 strokes. MC rode the second lowest team round in invitational history with a 273 (-11) then fired a 4-under 280 in the final round to put away the title with a 54-hole total of 840 (-12).

Midwestern State's second team entry finished 11th in the 16-team team field totaling scores of 293, 291, and 296 for a 28-over total of 880.

Senior J.T. Boyd led the team tying for 17th with a 2-over total of 215 firing scores of 73, 72, and 70, while junior Ethen Wolf (74-73-74) tied for 48th with an 8-over total of 221.

Redshirt-freshman Seth Bearden (70-76-76) tied for 52nd with a 9-over 222, while Ethan Dean (76-71-69/226 +13) and Kevin Yang (80-75-76 231/+18) tied for 63rd and 78th respectively.

Senior Ethan Sanchez (71-73-76) tied for 45th with a 6-over total of 220 while playing as individual medalist along with Lane Garcia (84-76-77), who tied for 85th with a 24-over total of 237.

Midwestern State closes the fall season at the The Hrnciar Invitational Monday and Tuesday at The Territory Golf Club in Duncan, Okla.
 

Midwestern State Invitational

Team Leaderboard

Pos	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Midland College	-12	287	273	280	840
2	Midwestern State	-2	284	282	284	850
3	Western New Mexico	E	281	285	286	852
	Colorado State-Pueblo	E	286	280	286	852
5	Cameron	+7	290	278	291	859
6	UT Tyler	+10	275	290	297	862
7	Dallas Baptist	+13	294	287	284	865
8	UT Permian Basin	+14	284	294	288	866
9	Texas A&M International	+17	284	286	299	869
10	Colorado Christian	+22	287	287	300	874
11	Midwestern State B	+28	293	291	296	880
12	Cameron B	+31	297	284	302	883
13	Fort Lewis	+33	295	295	295	885
14	Blinn College	+38	299	297	294	890
15	Southern Nazarene	+42	293	299	302	894
16	Arkansas-Fort Smith	+56	305	294	309	908

  

Individual Leaderboard

Pos	Player	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Mauricio Figueroa	Texas A&M International	-10	67	67	69	203
2	Chris Wardrup	Midland College	-9	68	66	70	204
	Jamie Roberts	Colorado State-Pueblo	-9	67	67	70	204
4	Garrett Leek	Midwestern State	-6	69	68	70	207
5	Vincent Laplante*	Midland College	-2	74	69	68	211
	Sebastian Bengtsson	UT Permian Basin	-2	70	69	72	211
7	Liam Duncan	Colorado State-Pueblo	-1	72	70	70	212
	Thomas Vestergaard	Midland College	-1	73	67	72	212
9	Davis Seybert	Midland College	E	73	71	69	213
10	Robert Garza	Midwestern State	+1	73	71	70	214
	Max Cavazos	Midland College	+1	76	69	69	214
	Anthony Lara	Western New Mexico	+1	72	71	71	214
	Joey Geary	Western New Mexico	+1	70	72	72	214
	Adam Niles	Western New Mexico	+1	73	68	73	214
	Matt Millar	Colorado State-Pueblo	+1	70	71	73	214
	Carson Whitton	UT Tyler	+1	66	70	78	214

  

Midwestern State Scorecard

2	Midwestern State	-2	284	282	284	850
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
4	Garrett Leek (3)	-6	69	68	70	207
T10	Robert Garcia (5)	+1	73	71	70	214
T17	Mason Mikeska (4)	+2	73	72	70	215
T25	Jake Leatherwood (1)	+3	69	71	76	216
T38	Keaton Dickens (2)	+6	73	72	74	219

11	Midwestern State B	+28	293	291	296	880
Place	Player	To Par	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T17	J.T. Boyd (3)	+2	73	72	70	215
T48	Ethen Wolf (1)	+8	74	73	74	221
T52	Seth Bearden (2)	+9	70	76	76	222
T63	Ethan Dean (5)	+13	76	71	79	226
T78	Kevin Yang (4)	+18	80	75	76	231
T45	Ethan Sanchez (Ind.)	+7	71	73	76	220
T85	Lane Garcia (Ind.)	+24	84	76	77	237