{"id":165980,"date":"2026-02-06T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165980\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:12:09","slug":"barahona-and-mungali-lead-spartans-in-opening-round-of-amer-ari-invitational-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/165980\/","title":{"rendered":"Barahona and Mungali Lead Spartans in Opening Round of Amer Ari Invitational – SJSU Athletics – Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

KOHALA, Hawai\u2018i – Ivan Barahona<\/a> and Keshav “KC” Mungali<\/a> each fired an opening-round 68 (-4) to lead the San Jos\u00e9 State men\u2019s golf team at the Amer Ari Invitational on Thursday. Hosted at the Mauna Lani Resort, the Spartans finished the day in 14th place with a team score of 279 (-9).<\/p>\n

Individual Highlights<\/p>\n

Barahona & Mungali: The duo sits in a tie for 28th place. Barahona powered his round with a team-high seven birdies, while Mungali turned in a remarkably clean scorecard as the only Spartan to go bogey-free on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Avinash Iyer<\/a>: Closely following the leaders, Iyer carded a 3-under 69 to end the round tied for 42nd. His day was highlighted by the Spartans’ only eagle of the tournament thus far.<\/p>\n

Christian Maggard<\/a> & Jed Dy<\/a>: Both carded rounds of 74 (+2) and will enter the second round in a tie for 98th place.<\/p>\n

Individual Competitors<\/p>\n

Two Spartans are competing individually this week:<\/p>\n

Xuan Luo<\/a>: Finished the day with a 77 (+5).<\/p>\n

Itai Cohen<\/a>: Carded an opening-round 79 (+7).<\/p>\n

UP NEXT: The Spartans play in the second round of the Amer Ari Invitational hosted at the Mauna Lani Resort on Friday.<\/p>\n

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