Ball State University Athletics
Men's Golf Duo Continues Play in Florida
May 08, 2016 | Men's Golf
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Ball State men's golfers James Blackwell and Albert Jennings each carded rounds of 81 Saturday on day two of the PGA Minority Collegiate Championships.
Blackwell, who shared the round-one lead, fell five strokes off the pace in the men's individual invitational on the Wanamaker Course at PGA Golf Club. The senior from Buffalo, New York, sits fifth with a 36-hole total of 155 (+11). Norman Blanco of Maryland Eastern Shore leads the way at 150 (+6).
Jennings owns a two-day total of 162 (+18) and finds himself in 11th place with one round to play.
This week's event features more than 160 men and women from nearly 40 schools in both team and individual divisions. The final round will be played Sunday.
The PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship was first contested in 1987. PGA Golf Club has hosted the event since 1998, and the PGA of America was granted complete ownership and management of the tournament by the National Minority College Golf Scholarship Fund in 2006.
An hour-long highlight show featuring action from the championship will air June 29 (8 p.m.) on Golf Channel and will re-air July 5 (2 p.m.) and Aug. 23 (2 p.m.).
PGA Minority Collegiate Championships
Men's Individual Invitational
1. Norman Blanco, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 74-76--150
T2. James Lee, Rice University 74-78--152
T2. Benjarong Murray, Palm Beach Atlantic University 76-76--152
4. Siyan Liu, Palm Beach Atlantic University 80-74--154
5. James Blackwell, Ball State University 74-81--155
6. William Godfrey, Francis Marion University 78-78--156
T7. Phil Soo Kim, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 79-80--159
T7. DeJuan Powell, Johnson C. Smith University 79-80--159
T7. Angel Ramos, Florida Institute of Technology 83-76--159
10. Noel Sims, South Mountain Community College 86-74--160
11. Albert Jennings, Ball State University 81-81--162
12. Kenneth Gaither, Hampton University 84-82--166
T13. Jerrell Hubbard, Paine College 86-84--170
T13. Brandon Rincon, Albion College 82-88--170
15. Trevor Pueblo, Haskell Indian Nations 87-94--181
16. Joshua Steger, Johnson C. Smith University 94-89--183
17. Jordan Hall, Methodist University 95-92--187
18. Stephen Fitzgerald, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 90-106--196
19. Marquis Usher, University of Maryland Eastern Shore 97-100--197
20. Djimon Dixon, Paine College 97-105--202
21. Eddie Crawford, Methodist University 99-104--203
22. Khaliq Dansby, Miles College 101-105--206
--- Toiriste (TJ) O'neal, Hampton University 82-WD--WD
