The Chicago State men's golf team is in fourth place after the first day of play at the Alabama A&M Invitational hosted by Alabama A&M at the RTJ at Hampton Cove (Par 72, 6,834 yards) in Owens Crossroads, Alabama. Kieran Hogarth (71) and Julian Colavecchia (73) are both currently in the top 10 individually, with Hogarth minus one and in a tie for seventh while Colavecchia is one over and tied for ninth.
Lehigh has a commanding 13-shot lead over host Alabama A&M. The Mountain Hawks have three players in the top four, all three under par or better while Chicago State is just four strokes off the second-place pace with a 294
Complete team standing and Chicago State results listed below.
The Invitational will conclude with an additional 18 holes Tuesday.
Alabama A&M Invitational
Hosted by Alabama A&M
October 31-November 1
RTJ at Hampton Cove (Par 72, 6,834 yards)
Owens Crossroads, Alabama
Team Standings
1. Lehigh, 277
2. Alabama A&M, 290
3. Alabama State, 291
4. Chicago State, 294
5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 301
6. Evansville, 304
7. Tennessee State, 309
Prairie View A&M 309
9. North Carolina Central, 311
Chicago State University
T7 Kieran Hogarth, 71
T9 Julian Colavecchia, 73
T12 Payton Dunahee, 74
T22 Clay Wells, 76
53 Zack Phelps, 83
Playing as an individual:
T22 Colin Armistead, Chicago State, 76
T44 Bartek Bogusz, Chicago State, 79
56 Ajani Johnson, Chicago State, 91
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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