Laconia, Ind. - The Marian men's golf team put up historic numbers on in the first two rounds of the Crossroads League Championships on Monday, as the Knights hold a commanding 32-stroke lead over the field while holding all five members of the lineup in the top-seven individually. Augie Mann is the individual leader after 36 holes of golf.

Marian opened the championship with a commanding opening 18 holes of golf, firing a 275 in the first round on Monday. The Knights' opening score of 275 breaks the previous 18-hole record by eight strokes, a mark set in 2002. Marian continued to go even lower as they turned onto the second set of 18 holes, carding a 270 in round two, ending the day with a total score of 545, 32-strokes better than second place Taylor. Marian went 31-under par as a team on Monday through 36 holes, and enter the final round over Taylor with a commanding lead.

Marian's 545 through two rounds is a current 36-hole record, shattering the previous mark recorded in 2019 of 566.

Individually, Augie Mann paced Marian through 36 holes as he fired two rounds of 67, ending the day in the lead with a -10 on his scorecard. Mann's 134 is the lowest 36-hole total in program history, as he was one of three Knights to break the 36-hole record. Lane Zedrick ended the opening day with a 135 total, one shot behind his teammate. Zedrick fired a 67 in round one and a 68 in round two. Weston Ogden is also one of the three under the school record, as he shot a 138 in the first two rounds, carding a 72 in round one and 68 in round two. 

Brandon Heffner sits behind his teammates in fourth place, firing a 139 in two rounds of golf. Heffner shot a 70 in his first round and 69 in his second, tying with Austin Davis on the leaderboard after day one. Nolan Potter rounds out the lineup in seventh place, firing a 142 with a pair of rounds at a score of 71. 

Marian's record-setting round of golf excluded Ogden's first round 72 and Potter's second-round 71.

The Knights will tee off in their second day and final round of the conference championships on Tuesday, with the Knights first group leaving the tee box at 9:20 AM, as they aim to complete their performance with a second-consecutive Crossroads League Championship.

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