Stephanie Meadow with her medal as winner of the US girls championship qualifier at Wellington, Florida.

Stephanie comes through 90+ degree heat

to win US girls' championship qualifier

US-based Irish girls champion of 2006, Stephanie Meadow yesterday (Monday)won the United States girls' championship sectional qualifier at Wellington, Florida with a score of two-under-par 70.

Only three places were available and Stephanie finished a shot ahead of Christine Ocampa with Victoria Trapina third on 73.

The qualifier was played on the East Course at Wycliffe Golf & Country Club. The course measured 6,278 yards and had a Par 72. The conditions were hot and humid withe the temperature up in the 90s.

The US girls championship will be played at Trump National Golf Club, New Jersey from July 20 to 25.

Stephanie is a resident student at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Her parents also live in the States since their daughter enrolled.

She won the Irish girls closed championship and the Nick Faldo Junior Series girls' title in 2006 and lost in the Irish girls' final the following year.

The 17-year-old from Antrim, Northern Ireland has signed a Letter of Intent to join the University of Alabama in August 2010.