ALEXANDRIA, La. | Bishop Stringer shot an opening round three-under (69) to help push Alabama State to a ten stroke lead after the opening round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championships Monday.

Stringer holds a three stroke lead over teammate Noel Sims at even-par (72) and a five stroke lead over teammate Thacher Neal and Grayson Martin of UAPB at two-over par (74). Afnan Chowdhury finds himself just out of the top 10 for Alabama State, coming in at 11th in the opening round at six-over (78).

Alabama State finished the opening day at five-over (293), while defending champion Prairie View A&M is in second at 15-over (303) and UAPB at 24-over (312). Alabama A&M is fourth at 31-over (319) and Texas Southern at 36-over (324).

The second round continues on Tuesday morning.

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