TARA DELANEY JOINT 21ST IN
LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSIC

Tara Delaney and her sister Karen, both students at Kent State University, Ohio, finished joint 21st and 78th respectively in a field of 85 for the Lady Puerto Rico Classic at Coco Beach Golf Club, San Juan today.
Tara had rounds of 72, 77 and 72 for a six-over-par total of 222 over the 6,168yd, par-72 course.
Karen scored 84, 82 and 79 for 245.
There was an usually dense logjam at the top of the leaderboard after 54 holes - five players shared the individual title on one-over-par 217.
They included early leader Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian), the Parisienne girl playing in only her second US college tournament and the beaten finalist (by Azahara Munoz of Spain) in the 2004 British girls' open amateur championship final at Lanark), and Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State).
Taylor Leon (Georgia), ranked No 1 on the American women's college circuit, finished in joint eighth place on 219.
Auburn (873) won the team event by five shots from joint runners-up Georgia and Oklahoma State.
Kent State (896) came eighth of the 16 competing colleges.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
217 Alina Lee (Georgia) 72 72 73, Jenny Suh (Alabama) 70 76 71, Mariana Macias (Auburn) 70 70 77, Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State) 69 71 77, Valentine Derrey (Texas Christian) 67 74 76.
218 Candace Schepperle (Auburn) 72 72 74, Garrett Phillips (Georgia) 78 72 68.
Other totals:
219 Taylor Leon (Georgia) 76 71 72 (jt 8th).
222 Tara Delaney (Kent State) 72 77 73 (jt 21st).
245 Karen Delaney (Kent State) 84 82 79 (78th).
TEAMS
873 Auburn.
878 Georgia, Oklahoma State.
882 Purdue.
892 South Carolina.
893 Texas Christian, Oklahoma.
986 Kent State (8th of 16 teams).