Team USA Cleans House in PABCON Championships
In the 2009 Pan-American Bowling Championships, the Team USA men swept all five gold medals while the women took 3 of the 5.
Starting off with singles, Bill O’Neill set a new record with a score of 1475 (+275, 245.83 Average). He was followed up by Mexico’s Jorge Rosado in 2nd and USA’s David Haynes in 3rd. Venezuela’s Karen Marcano won gold in the singles event for the women. USA’s Diandra Asbaty took the silver and Panama’s Tilcia Lancini took the bronze.
Team USA’s duo of Tommy Jones and Chris Barnes took gold in the doubles event. USA’s David Haynes and Bill O’Neill took the silver while Peurto Rico’s Luis Rodriguez and Frankie Colon took the bronze. Guatemala took the gold medal on the women’s side followed by Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
In the men’s trios event, Team USA’s team of Chris Barnes, Bill O’Neill, and Tommy Jones won the gold medal. USA’s team of David Haynes, Cassidy Schaub, and Patrick Allen took the silver and Columbia’s team of Manuel Otalora, Jaime Monroy, and Andres Gomez took the bronze. Team USA won the women’s gold medal with the team of Shannon Pluhowsky, Shannon O’Keefe, and Lynda Barnes. Columbia’s Paola Gomez, Rocio Rostrero, and Clara Guerrero took the silver while the Venezuelan team of Patricia De Faria, Karen Marcano, and Alicia Marcano took the bronze.
Team USA won gold in both the men’s and women’s team events. The men’s gold medal team was led by Bill O’Neill, Cassidy Schaub, and David Haynes. Mexico and Venezuela took the silver and bronze medals. The women’s gold medal team was led by Lynda Barnes, Shannon O’Keefe, and Diandra Asbaty.
Team USA was all across the top of the leader board in the All Events category. USA swept the men’s side with Bill O’Neill at #1, Tommy Jones at #2, and David Haynes at #3. USA’s Shannon O’Keefe and Shannon Pluhowsky finished 1st and 3rd on the women’s side. Columbia’s Clara Guerrero finished in 2nd.
When it was all said and done, Team USA took 8 of 10 gold medals.
Doug Kent Wins Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge
Three Americans made the cut to the top 8 of the 7th Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge. Rhino Page qualified in 4th while John Nolen and Doug Kent qualified 7th and 8th. Doug Kent led the round of 8, while Nolen qualified 4th and Page finished in 8th.
In the first stepladder finals match, Cha Mi Jung of Korea defeated Nolen, 210-200, to advance to the next round and face 15-year-old Michael Mak from Hong Kong. Mak shot an amazing 296 game to beat Jung’s 256. Mak didn’t have as much luck against Doug Kent in the finals. Kent won the match and the title, 192-180.
This is Doug Kent’s first Asian title of his career.
View the full results at abf-online.org
In other international bowling news, Team USA is bowling well in the PABCON Championships. Team USA has won gold medals in both the men’s and women’s trios. Team USA currently has all 3 medals wrapped up in both men’s and women’s all events. Bill O’Neill is leading men’s singles. I will post the final results as soon as they become available.
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