It would be completely unfair to compare Chichester freshman
Caprian Kan with her big sister, Purdue junior and 2010 PIAA champion Aurora.
But Caprian Kan, who had a solid freshman campaign last
fall, is slowly, but surely turning into a nice player. There was further evidence of that
Saturday as the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour stopped at Galen Hall Golf Club,
an A.W. Tillinghast design in western Berks County.
Kan fired a 79 on a Galen Hall layout that measures 5,464
yards and has a par of 72 for the girls to take first place in the 13-to-15
division. Kan played 2-under par golf for a stretch of nine holes to edge
Esther Park of Wilmington, Del. by a shot. Breaking 80 on a nearly 5,500-yard
course is pretty good playing.
Another up-and-comer on the local scene – who, by the way,
is also the younger sibling to a recent PIAA girls champion – Jacob Calamaro of
Newtown Square had a strong showing in the 13-to-15 division with an 80 at
Galen Hall.
That left Calamaro, one of the younger competitors in the
field, a shot back of Nicholas Gianelos of West Chester, who took the division
with a 79.
Calamaro is the younger brother of Jackie Calamaro, who won
the 2009 PIAA title as a senior at Radnor and is redshirt junior on the
Illinois women’s team.
Also in the 13-to-15 division, D.J. Colleran of Radnor
finished in a tie for 15th with an 89 and Daniel Bullock of Wayne
finished in a tie for 21st with a 94.
Among the nine-holers, Jackson Fields of Glen Mills finished
third with a 51 and Aidan Lowe of Villanova finished eighth with a 73.
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