Saturday, September 09, 2006

BOLTON, MASS. – Campbell University senior Kyle Spahr won individual honors, tied a school record for lowest 54-hole tournament score and led the Fighting Camels to the team title Saturday at the Hartford Hawks Invitational. The native of Mundelein, Ill., ended the event at 15-under-par 201 (66-65-70) after shooting a two-under 70 on Saturday to win his first collegiate tournament championship by nine strokes over Texas-Pan American’s Armen Kivakossian.

Spahr, who tied a course record with Friday’s second-round 65, played the tournament’s par-5 holes at 11-under, while recording three eagles, one double eagle and 12 birdies during the event. His 201 equaled the score of Simon Dunn, who shot 70-64-67 for the Camels at the UCF Rio Pinar Intercollegiate in Oct. 2001. Spahr’s 65 on Friday was one shot off the school Division I era record for a single round (set by Dunn at Rio Pinar).

Campbell won the team trophy by four strokes over second-place San Francisco to hand 17th-year head coach John Crooks his 31st men’s tournament coaching victory. The Fighting Camels finished the event 8-under as a team after setting a school team record for lowest 36-hole total (562) on Friday.