Carleton Beamer shot an impressive 165, including an 81 on day two to conclude the event in 21st overall at the 2011 CIAA Golf Championships
Championship Results
Fort Lee, VA – The Johnson C. Smith University men's golf team finished ninth overall at the 2011 CIAA Golf Championship at the 6411 yard, 72-par Cardinal Golf Course with a two-day total of 768 (394-374). The hosting Virginia State University won the team title shooting 603 (301-302) during the event. Virginia Union's Mason Simpson shot a final-round 70 to win the 2011 CIAA Men's Golf Championship individual title.
Senior
Carleton Beamer (Galax, VA) shot a +21 (165, 84-81) to finish 22nd overall on the leader board and the top JCSU golfer.
Jordan Fleming emerged with the second lowest score, firing a +50 (194, 96-98) for a tie for 40th. Finishing only shot behind his teammate, sophomore
Chris Coates (Durham, NC) took 42nd overall with a score of 195 (98-97).
Senior
Marques Reese (Atlanta, GA) and sophomore
Calvin Smith (Auburn, AL) rounded out the Golden Bull scores with a 214 (116-98) and 226 (118-108), respectively. Reese was 47th and Smith took 51st in the individual scoring.
Virginia State followed up its opening round 301 with a final-round 302 to win the team title by 14 strokes over Winston-Salem State who shot a two-day total 617.
Fayetteville State finished in third place with a two-day score of 645 (322-323) while Chowan finished fourth (650, 319-331) and Virginia Union came in fifth (693, 345-348). Livingstone pulled in the sixth-place finish (699, 349-350) followed by St. Augustine's in seventh (723, 368-355), Elizabeth City State in eighth (756, 394-362), and St. Paul's in 10th (918, 471-447).
The All-Tournament Team, which consists of the top five golfers by score for the two-day tournament, was: Mason Simpson (Virginia Union), Mike Swope (Virginia State), Glendon Mabe (Winston-Salem State), John Cole (Fayetteville State) and Brian Wood (Virginia State).
The All-Conference Team was also announced and included: Brandon Bailey (Virginia Union), John Cole (Fayetteville State), Cliff Forbes (Chowan), Stephen Grenchi (Virginia State), Rashad Hunt (Virginia State), Glendon Mabe (Winston-Salem State), Lawrence McKenzie (Livingstone) Zack Sheets (Winston-Salem State), Mike Swope (Virginia State), Michael Thornton (Livingstone), Brian Wood (Virginia State).
The All-Conference Team is selected based on overall average scores from the two divisional tournaments and the conference championship. To be eligible players must have competed in all three tournaments.
Virginia State will now represent the CIAA as a team in the 2011 NCAA Super Regional Golf Tournament.
