COLUMBIA, Missouri (October 1, 2017) -- FIU golf returns to a familiar location, as the Panthers are in Missouri to compete in the Ninth Annual Johnie Imes Invitational, hosted by the University of Missouri. As it has for the duration of the tournament, the players and team compete at the Club at Old Hawthorne, which is set up for par-72 and 6,204 yards. The tournament is 54 holes, with three days of a single, 18-hole round.
FIU finished third in last year's event, with an 11-over par score, just 1 strokes behind Mizzou for the title.
FIU goes off first on Monday morning with Mizzou and Kennesaw State, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern.
The teams in this year's Johnie Imes also include Bradley, East Tennessee State, FGCU, Illinois State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Mercer, Middle Tennessee, Morgan State, North Texas, UM-Kansas City and Wichita State.
With just one tournament under their belts, the Panthers will send the same lineup, led by senior
Katerina Krasova (Ricany, Czech Republic). She is the lone upperclassman in the lineup this week, with a pair of sophomores, Carolina Rotinger (Puebla, Mexico) and
Diana Velez (Dorado, Puerto Rico) returning to the tee box. A pair of freshmen,
Carolina Andrade (Bogota, Colombia) and
Hannah Leiner (Pompano Beach, Florida) round out the golfers in the lineup. Those five golfers all finished within four strokes of one another in the opening tournament, hosted by Boston College. Redshirt sophomore Ana Rengifo (Bogota, Colombia) will play as an individual this week. She turned in FIU's lowest score of the first tournament, at 14-over par.
The event will have live results posted at Birdiefire.com for both days and all 54 holes.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
