Men's Golf in Fourth After 18-holes at Guy Kuhn Invitational

(MEADVILLE, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's golf team competed at the first day of the annual Allegheny College Guy W. Kuhn Memorial Invitational hosted at the par 72 Country Club of Meadville by Allegheny College.  The Tartans are tied for fourth place following day one of action after carding a team score of 308.

Washington & Jefferson sits atop the leader board with a 298 followed by the host Gators with a 304. Saint Vincent is three strokes behind Allegheny with a 307 while Division II Gannon is tied with the Tartans in fourth after entering the clubhouse with a 308.

The Tartans were led by sophomores George Qian (Bettendorf, Iowa/Montverde Academy) and Jordan Klodowski (Kittanning, Pa.) who both carded rounds of three-over 75 and are currently tied for ninth out of a field of 77 after 18-holes. After carding a five-over 41 on the front nine, Qian improved seven strokes on the back nine shooting two-under 34.  

Senior Justin Fischler (Avon, Conn.) shot a 77 followed by senior Cameron Low (Los Angeles, Calif./Windward) with an 81.  Fischler like Qian improved seven strokes on the back nine firing a one-under 35 after starting six-over after nine holes.  Freshman Nikhil Mohan (Bangalore, India/Canadian International School) shot an 85 to finish out the Tartans team scoring.
    
Carnegie Mellon had one individual enter the invitational, as sophomore Brad Jennette (Pittsford, N.Y./Sutherland) had a round of 80.

Day two continues tomorrow with the first group teeing off at 8:30 a.m.