2010 Men’s Intercollegiate Singles Sectionals Results
College bowlers from across the country competed today for their shot at the 2010 Intercollegiate Singles National Championships. The Sectional Qualifiers were held today. The Sectionals tournaments were held at four locations across the country, with the top four bowlers from each location advancing to the National Finals in Euless, Texas on May 16-19, 2010.
The Chattanooga, Tennessee qualifier was led by EJ Parks from Lindenwood University with a score of 1344 (+144, 224 Average). Joel Klaas from Purdue University finished in second with 1337. Other qualifiers included Joe Steiner (1323) from Saginaw Valley State University and Logan Mills (1306) from the University of Michigan.
Ryan Wyandt from Penn State University – Berks was the high qualifier from the Allentown, Pennsylvania sectional with a score of 1343 (+143, 223.83 Average). Second highest qualifier was Kyle Keegan from Rochester Institute of Technology with 1307. Other qualifiers included Jacob Kent (1296) from Eerie Community College and David Gerhart (1283) from RIT.
The Peoria, Illinois qualifier was led by John Szczerbinski from Wichita State University with a score of 1372 (+172, 228.67 Average). Stephen Conn from Bellarmine University was second with a score of 1358. Other qualifiers included Sean Rangel (1302) from William Penn University and Justin Thompson (1300) from the University of Kansas.
The qualifier out in Las Vegas was led by Michael Snell from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln with 1307 (+107, 217.83 Average). Chris Bardol from Robert Morris University finished in second with a score of 1281. Other qualifiers include Brandon Allred (1268) from the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and Casey Albert (1259) from UC Davis.
These bowlers advance to the Intercollegiate Singles Championships on May 16-19 in Euless, Texas.
The women’s results will be posted as they are available.
John Szczerbinski Cute Picture Fan Page
It looks like the right people have gotten their hands on a picture of John Szczerbinski used for Junior Team USA purposes. Someone found the picture and has posted it on Facebook and created a group for the picture. The Facebook group can be found here. Even big name bowlers like Chris Barnes are fans and he has commented, saying “probably not the first time he has had a ball(s) on his chin!” Feel free to become a fan of the page and see how fast we can help make it grow!
Hoosier Classic Final Results
This weekend college bowlers participated in the final tier 1 tournament of the season. The Backhaul Direct Hoosier Classic took place in Indianapolis, IN. This is the last chance for college teams to earn power points to make it into the USBC Collegiate Sectionals tournaments.
Webber International University took home the title in the men’s division and the University of Central Florida took home to women’s title. Andro Simounet of Webber led the men with a final 9 game score of 2064 (+264, 229.3 Average). Jenn Boisselle from UCF led the women with a final 9 game score of 1943 (+143, 215.9 Average).
Webber took out McKendree University while Robert Morris University beat Fresno State in the semifinals. Webber beat RMU in the finals, 3 games to 0. Over on the women’s side UCF beat Wichita State University while Webber took out Pikeville College. UCF beat Webber in the finals, 3 games to 1.
Other All-Tournament team members included John Szczerbinski (2054, Wichita State), Michael Fujita (2048, UC Davis), Marcelo Suartz (2036, Webber), and Josh Blanchard (2029, Wichita). The women’s All-Tournament team members included Kaidee Sutphin (1899, UCF), Nicole Burke (1887, Pikeville), Josie Earnest ( 1847, Vanderbilt), and Jessica Earnest (1800, Vanderbilt)
Janawicz and Edwards Win in Team USA Trials
John Janawicz became a Team USA member for the third time by winning in the Team Trials this year. Janawicz had a 100+ pin lead going into the final two games of the tournament. He shot 159 and 183 to finish out the tournament with a final 36-game score of 8168 (+968, 226.8 Average). Mike Fagan made a late run to try to take over the lead, but left a 7-pin in the tenth to fall three pins short. This years team will include Janawicz (1st), Fagan (2nd), Craig Hanson (3rd), Cassidy Schaub (Selection), and John Szczerbinski (Selection).
Over on the women’s side things weren’t quite as close. Brenda Edwards finished with a 36-game score of 7890 (+690, 219.1 Average) to make the team for her third time. Edwards led the field by 169 pins with Kendra Gaines finishing in second. This years team will include Edwards (1st), Gaines (2nd), Emily Maier (3rd), Tennelle Milligan (Selection), and Diandra Asbaty (Selection).
Heading into the Team USA Trials, 13 players had already secured spots by virtue of their selection earlier this year. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Chris Barnes, Wes Malott, Tommy Jones, Patrick Allen, Rhino Page and Bill O’Neill make up the remainder of the men’s team. On the women’s side, Stefanie Nation, Shannon O’Keefe, Shannon Pluhowsky, Liz Johnson, Kelly Kulick and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard were selected.
The full results can be found on bowl.com
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