GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Kenyon College Owls traveled to North Carolina to compete in the Gate City Invitational, a two-day event hosted by Greensboro College. The Owls compiled a three-round total of 889 and finished 12th in the 18-team field.

Kenyon finished 12 over par after shooting 297 in round one and 296 in both rounds two and three at the Starmount Forest Country Club, a 6,593-yard, par-71 course. Emory University won the event with a three-round total of 831, clearing second place by 16 strokes. Oglethorpe University finished as the runner-up with an 847, the only other team to shoot under par, and the University of Lynchburg rounded out the top three teams with an 853 tally.

Jonathan Oakes paced the Owls with a total of 216, tying for 17th out of 90 individual golfers. The first-year started strong by carding a 70 in round one, the sixth-best individual mark in the opening round, before following up with a 72 in round two and a 74 in round three. Oakes (4.33, -6) tied for the best par-five mark in the field, and his 11 birdies tied for sixth-most.

Jaiden Koonar, another first-year, finished three strokes behind Oakes, shooting a 219 after rounds of 72, 72, and 75. His finish tied for 32nd in the individual standings.

Armand Ouellette and Garrett Thesing bounced back from rough first rounds to round out the Kenyon scoring. Ouellette shaved five strokes off his round-one total of 79 with a 74 in round two, finishing with 228 after a 75 in round three and tying for 61st overall. Thesing shot an 80 in round one, and a 78 in round two, but a 72 in round three paced the Owls on Tuesday. The senior's six-stroke round-to-round improvement was the best mark on the team, and he tied for 68th individually with a 230 total.

Will Hulsey (76-82-77) also competed for the Owls, tallying a 235 and finishing tied for 79th overall.

Kenyon's next outing, the West Pines Collegiate, is scheduled to run from October 2-3 at the West Pines Golf Club. The Owls will head to Douglassville, Georgia, for the two-day, three-round contest hosted by Oglethorpe.