Mid-Pacific junior Myah McDonald was a runaway winner at the ILH golf championships Wednesday at the Turtle Bay Fazio Course.

With three birdies in her bogey-free round of 69, McDonald finished at 2-over 146, nine strokes better than two ‘Iolani girls.

The boys competition was a different story. Maryknoll’s Peter Jung parred the last four holes to stay one shot in front of Mid-Pacific’s Davis Lee and ‘Iolani’s Jacob Torres for the title. Jung’s 70 left him at 2-under 140 for the 36-hole tournament that began with the first round April 15 at Oahu Country Club.

Torres, playing in the same group as Jung, birdied the 17th to get within a stroke, and he eventually lost in a two-hole playoff to Davis for the second-place silver medal.

“I was nervous,” Jung said about needing to stay composed over the final two holes to get it done. “I’m always nervous, but it’s not that bad. I just played my game. Honestly, I’m happy, but states is more important and that’s my next goal.”

There was also a two-hole playoff for second place on the girls side, where the Raiders’ Katrina Huang prevailed over Kellie Yamane for silver. They both finished the 36-hole test at 11-over 155.

Jung, a sophomore, will be contending at states this year, May 9-10 at the Waikoloa Kings’ Course, and will also be shooting for the top of the leaderboard in league and state tournaments the next two years.

“Today wasn’t the best,” he said. “I finished strong. My chipping and short game was not good at all, but everything caught up toward the end when it mattered the most. Decent, but nothing special.”

Jung had five birdies and three bogeys and solidified his gold medal with three straight birdies on Nos. 12 through 14.

McDonald, a junior, will contend for state honors at Waikoloa, May 7-8.

“Winning my first ILH championship is a really big deal for me,” McDonald said. “I wanted to play as good as I could. All my hard work really paid off and I’m really proud of what I was able to accomplish today.

“The first day, conditions were difficult, but I wanted to keep my place in first and finish strong,” she added about that opening-round 77 at OCC. Just wanted to be confident in my game and I knew my game, based on practice, has been pretty good. That was my first bogey-free round, so I accomplished what I hoped. At states, Mid-Pacific has a team this year, so I’m hoping we place really high and do best that we can as a team as well as individually.”