JESS SCHIELE TURNS ON THE STYLE TO CLIMB TO THIRD PLACE
Jess Schiele (Oklahoma City) from Grimsby produced the round of the day - a five-under-par 68 - to climb the leaderboard to third place after 36 holes of the NAIA Women's Colllege Championships at Link Hills Golf and Country Club, Greeneville in Tennessee.
Jess had started her end of the college season climax slowly with a 77 but she got into top gear on the second day.
Starting at the 10th hole, she dropped a shot at the 11th but then covered her remaining holes in six under par with birdies at the 13th, first, second, fifth, sixth and nine with halves, as she played them of 36 and 32.
Jess's 145 tally has her three shots behind the leader, Nikki Stewart (Savannah College, Georgia) who also broke 70 second time round - a 69 after an opening 73.
In second place in the huge field of 144 players is Megan Woodland (Victoria) with rounds of 73-70 for 143.
British Columbia lead the team event on 604, a shot ahead of Savannah with Shorter (606) in third place. Oklahoma City (618) are lying seventh in a field of 28 teams.
PAUL SIMPSON DROPS BACK IN NJCAA MEN'S DIV 1 CHAMPIONSHIP
Aboyne's Paul Simpson, a freshman student at Midland College, Texas, dropped from joint 11th to joint 18th in the the NJCAA Men's Division 1 Championship at Sand Creek Station with a 75 for a 36-hole tally of 147 over a 6948yd course with a par of 72.
He is seven shots behind the new tournament leader Mathias Boesmans (Western Texas) who shot a 69 for 140 to be two ahead of Christian Hunter (Central Alabama) (74-68) and Austin McNeil (Darton) (71-71).
Carnoustie's Chris Bell (Odessa) (77-75) is level with Luke Richardson (Midland) (78-74) in joint 47th place on 152. Luke hails from Essex.
A third Midland College student, Richard Farmer from Brighton is actually ahead of Chris and Luke on 150, joint 34th with a pair of 75s.
It's tight in the team event -
586 Indian Hills, 587 Western Texas, 588 Midland, 589 Odessas in a field of 23 teams
Jess had started her end of the college season climax slowly with a 77 but she got into top gear on the second day.
Starting at the 10th hole, she dropped a shot at the 11th but then covered her remaining holes in six under par with birdies at the 13th, first, second, fifth, sixth and nine with halves, as she played them of 36 and 32.
Jess's 145 tally has her three shots behind the leader, Nikki Stewart (Savannah College, Georgia) who also broke 70 second time round - a 69 after an opening 73.
In second place in the huge field of 144 players is Megan Woodland (Victoria) with rounds of 73-70 for 143.
British Columbia lead the team event on 604, a shot ahead of Savannah with Shorter (606) in third place. Oklahoma City (618) are lying seventh in a field of 28 teams.
PAUL SIMPSON DROPS BACK IN NJCAA MEN'S DIV 1 CHAMPIONSHIP
Aboyne's Paul Simpson, a freshman student at Midland College, Texas, dropped from joint 11th to joint 18th in the the NJCAA Men's Division 1 Championship at Sand Creek Station with a 75 for a 36-hole tally of 147 over a 6948yd course with a par of 72.
He is seven shots behind the new tournament leader Mathias Boesmans (Western Texas) who shot a 69 for 140 to be two ahead of Christian Hunter (Central Alabama) (74-68) and Austin McNeil (Darton) (71-71).
Carnoustie's Chris Bell (Odessa) (77-75) is level with Luke Richardson (Midland) (78-74) in joint 47th place on 152. Luke hails from Essex.
A third Midland College student, Richard Farmer from Brighton is actually ahead of Chris and Luke on 150, joint 34th with a pair of 75s.
It's tight in the team event -
586 Indian Hills, 587 Western Texas, 588 Midland, 589 Odessas in a field of 23 teams
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