Fort Lewis College Athletics

Johnathon Smith at the San Juan Intercollegiate

Hayden Mangan, Fort Lewis Athletic Communications

Johnathon Smith eyes his tee shot with an iron during the San Juan Intercollegiate at The Bridges Golf & Country Club (Sept. 20, 2026)

Fall campaign ends for Skyhawks men’s golf

10/20/2026 2:13:00 PM

By: Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

TOPEKA, Kan. – Fort Lewis men's golf closed out the fall portion of its 2026-27 season Tuesday afternoon at Topeka Country Club with a 14^th-place team finish on the strength of a 903 (+51) team score at the Washburn Invitational.

The Skyhawks stumbled in their final trip around the 6,901-yard, par-71 Topeka Country Club, dropping eight strokes from round two with a combined score of 306 (+22) and just nine birdies as a team. Freshman Johnathon Smith shot his highest score of the tournament with a 75 (+4), but used a team-high three birdies in the final round to capture T-22 on a 219 (+6).

No team in the field shot under par in round three, and Winona State University was no exception, but the Warriors maintained a seven-stroke lead to win the tournament on a combined score of 855 (+3). Javier Ramos Casariego also took home individual medalist honors for the Warriors, using rounds of 69 (-2), 66 (-5), and 71 (E) to win by four strokes with a 206 (-7) total.

Sophomore Dallin Stephens was next on the leaderboard at T-58, following a third-round 78 (+7) and eight straight pars to close out the tournament for a 228 (+15) overall. Junior Talan Gover posted a 78 (+7) of his own and a pair of birdies to finish one stroke back at T-64 with a 229 (+16) total.

Freshman Anderson Helmer, who competed as an unattached individual, captured T-72 with a third-round 78 (+7) and a 231 (+18) total. Freshman Mateo Berastegui finished T-77 with a 232 (+19) total after a third-round 75 (+4), and Sophomore Chase Rogers withdrew from the final round.

Fort Lewis finished the tournament with the 14^th-most birdies (21), sixth-most pars (157), but T-9 most bogeys (65) and T-8 most double bogeys or worse (9).

The Skyhawks now look ahead to their spring 2027 schedule and the 2027 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships from Sunday to Tuesday, Apr. 18-20, at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nev.

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