CenturyLink Collegiate brief

By Staff Reports
Published in Sports on September 20, 2011 1:48 PM

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All-American Daniel Claytor blistered the front nine and emerged the individual leader with a 5-under 67 after opening-round play of the second annual CenturyLink Collegiate Invite on Monday.

Mount Olive College senior Valentina Urquiola and teammate Emilie Andersson concluded first-day action in a four-way tie atop the women's leaderboard with an 18-hole round of 3-over 75 on the Lane Tree Golf Club.

Claytor, a junior, enters today's second-round with a five-stroke advantage over four competitors -- Adam Hedges (Belmont Abbey), Kyle Ham (Mount Olive), Arnor Finnbjornsson (BA) and Barton's Nicolas Fonseca. Each shot an even-par 72.

Invite co-host Barton leads the team competition with a four-player total of 290 -- one stroke lower than Belmont Abbey. Invite co-host Mount Olive and 2010 champ Cape Fear Community College each carded team scores of 300. St. Andrews is next at 301, followed by the Barton "B" squad with a 304.

The Trojans' Kyle Simpson is among a pack of golfers who ended the day at 1-over 73. Teammates Jefred Villalobos (77), David Shields (78) and Fabrizio Ceppi (80) also turned in solid performances.

Urquiola and Andersson each finished the front nine with a 37 and a 38 on the back side. Teammates Stefany King (86) and Emy Ohling (87) rounded out the Trojans' team score of 323 -- 11 strokes behind first-day leader UNC Pembroke.