Horn leads Metro with 69; Haney 5 shots back

Wright State's Mikkel Mathiesen is one shot back after the first round of the Miami Valley Golf Association Metropolitan Championship at Country Club of the North. Joseph Craven/Wright State Athletics FILE PHOTO

Wright State's Mikkel Mathiesen is one shot back after the first round of the Miami Valley Golf Association Metropolitan Championship at Country Club of the North. Joseph Craven/Wright State Athletics FILE PHOTO

Justin Horn of Cincinnati shot a 3-under 69 Thursday to take the first-round lead in the 99th Miami Valley Metropolitan at Country Club of the North.

Mikkel Mathiesen, a senior on the Wright State team, is one shot back after shooting a 70. Nathan Vonderhaar, a Mason High School senior, is third with a 71.

Defending champion and Wright State graduate Bryce Haney shot a 74.

Wittenberg senior Evan DiSanto, Wright State signee Adam Horn and Xavier sophomore Mason Witt each shot 72. Witt is a Greeneview graduate who won the Division II state championship in 2019.

The 72-hole tournament continues Friday and concludes Sunday.

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