Team USA members Mike Fagan (pictured left) and Kelly Kulick (right) will represent the United States at the 2013 World Games this summer in Cali, Colombia. The duo will look to give Team USA its first gold medal in World Games competition. Since the World Games began in 1981, the United States has won two silver medals and three bronze medals but has been shut out of the gold medals in the event, which is held every four years.
A star-studded lineup will represent the United States at the inaugural WTBA World Senior Championships in Las Vegas from Aug. 10-16. On the men's side, the USA will be represented by Del Ballard Jr. (l.), Ron Mohr, Hugh Miller and Ed Roberts. All four members of the women's squad, Lucy Sandelin, Robin Romeo, Anne Marie Duggan (r.) and Tish Johnson are members of the USBC Hall of Fame.
In order to give players an additional way to earn spots on Team USA in 2014, the USBC will conduct the inaugural Summer Team USA Trials this July. The limited-entry event will award two men's and two women's spots on Team USA in 2014 and will be conducted at the International Training and Research Center, which is the home of Team USA, from July 5-7, 2013. As a result of the additional Team USA spots, the Team USA roster will have 12 men and 12 women for 2014.
Earn automatic spots on Team USA and will represent the United States at the 2013 QubicaAMF World Cup
John Szczerbinski (l.) of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Danielle McEwan (r.) of Stony Point, N.Y., emerged as the champions Monday at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials and will represent the United States at the QubicaAMF World Cup later this year. Szczerbinski held on in a tight championship match, defeating defending champion Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., 218-211, while McEwan successfully defended her title with a 267-194 win over Diandra Asbaty of Chicago.
Heading into the final round, John Szczerbinski (l.) of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Diandra Asbaty (r.) of Chicago have put themselves in prime position at the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials. Szczerbinski has a solid lead on the men's field with 27 points, while Asbaty has also tallied 27 points to top the women's division after the fourth round Sunday at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. in suburban Las Vegas.
In the race to earn the fewest points possible, Danielle McEwan (l.) of Stony Point, N.Y., and John Szczerbinski (r.) of North Tonawanda, N.Y., lead the field at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials. McEwan leads the women's division with 16 points, while Szczerbinski is on top of the men's field with 24 points after Saturday's third round at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center. The fourth round will be contested on the 38-foot Atlanta pattern on Sunday.
With two rounds completed, John Janawicz (l.) of Winter Haven, Fla., and defending champion Danielle McEwan (r.) of Stony Point, N.Y., moved into the overall lead Friday at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials. McEwan leads the women's field with 14 points, while Janawicz leads the men's division with 17 points at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center. Mikey Preston of Oswego, Ill., also has 17 points but Janawicz holds the tiebreaker, which is total pinfall.
All rounds of the Team USA Trials are being broadcast live on BowlTV
John Szczerbinski of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Kristina Frahm of Oswego, Ill. (r-l), took the lead Thursday after the opening round of the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials at Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. Szczerbinski (1,516; 252.67 average)and Frahm (1,376; 229.33 average) each earned one point for their first-place finishes in the first round at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center, topping a field of 171 men and 85 women.
Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev., USA (Jan. 2-7, 2013)
Over the past year, Marshall Kent (l.) and Danielle McEwan (r.) traveled the world representing Team USA and Junior Team USA as champions of the 2012 USBC Team USA Trials. The pair said the opportunity allowed them to gain more knowledge and improve their games. That knowledge and skill once again will be put to the test next week when they attempt to successfully defend their titles at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials.
Players from across the United States will put their bowling skills to the test Jan. 2-7 when the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials takes place in suburban Las Vegas. The event allows any USBC member the chance to earn a spot on Team USA with spots also available on Junior Team USA. The early entry deadline closes on Dec. 14 with players entering on or before that date paying $350. The Team USA Trials will take place at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev.
The Team USA program is currently accepting bowling resumes from athletes eligible for selection onto Team USA for 2013. The players eligible for selection include Team USA members since from the past 10 years and exempt players on the 2011-12 Professional Bowlers Association Tour season. The top three men and top three women at the Team USA Trials, which will be held at Sunset Station from Jan. 2-7 in Henderson, Nev., will earn automatic spots.
Barnes, Jones, Kulick and O'Keefe to represent USA in Limassol, Cyprus (Sept. 18-26)
Team USA members Chris Barnes (l.), Tommy Jones, Kelly Kulick and Shannon O'Keefe (r.) will travel to Cyprus to take on the best bowlers from 46 other countries this week at the inaugural World Tenpin Bowling Association World Singles Championships. The event, which will take place at Galactica Bowling Center in Limassol, Cyprus, begins with the opening ceremony Wednesday with competition scheduled to begin Thursday.
The 2013 USBC Team USA Trials will feature an extended format and stepladder finals when the event is held in January. The Team USA Trials will take place Jan. 2-7 at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. The event allows any USBC member the chance to earn a spot on Team USA with spots also available on Junior Team USA. All USBC members are eligible to compete in the Team USA Trials.
Youth bowlers age 15 and younger have a new reason to be United States Bowling Congress Junior Gold members with the creation of a U15 development program for Junior Team USA. The move comes in connection with a successful addition of a new U15 division as part of the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships. Four U15 bowlers in the recently completed Junior Gold Championships earned the first spots in the new developmental program.
Four Team USA members will have the opportunity to bowl for world titles later this year as the coaches' selections for international competition have been announced. The United States' Chris Barnes (l.), Tommy Jones (r.), Kelly Kulick and Shannon O'Keefe have been selected to represent their country at the inaugural World Tenpin Bowling Association World Singles Championships in Limassol, Cyprus, from Sept. 18-25.
Team USA's Steve Smith (pictured) of San Diego and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., will represent the United States in the Pan American Bowling Confederation Champion of Champions event starting Wednesday. The four-day tournament takes place May 9-12 at the Kegel Training Center in Babson Park, Fla. and will serve as the qualifying event for the 2013 World Games. BOWL.com's BowlTV will provide free live streaming from start to finish of the event.
Pluhowsky, Koivuniemi, Jansson elected to WBW Hall of Fame
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured) of Kettering, Ohio, capped off a record-setting year by capturing her third World Bowling Writers Female Bowler of the Year honor and a spot in the WBW Hall of Fame. She joins Australia's Cara Honeychurch (1998) and Colombian standout Clara Juliana Guerrero (2009) as the only bowlers to receive both awards in the same year. The 2011 WBW Male Bowler of the Year is PBA star Mika Koivuniemi of Finland, and Sweden's Raymond Jansson will join Pluhowsky in the WBW Hall of Fame.
Winners will represent the United States in the 2012 QubicaAMF World Cup
Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., and Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., claimed the men's and women's titles Friday at the USBC Team USA Trials, earning the right to compete in the 2012 QubicaAMF World Cup. Kent and McEwan topped their respective divisions in a grueling four-day, 28-game format in which the players in the field earned points based on their finishing position each round to determine the final standings. Junior Team USA spots were also up for grabs at the Team USA Trials.
Tackett, Pluhowsky lead third round on 34-foot Stockholm pattern
Liz Johnson (l.) of Cheektowaga, N.Y., and AJ Johnson (r.) of Oswego, Ill., have put together three consistent days to open the USBC Team USA Trials and lead their respective divisions with just one round remaining. Liz Johnson leads the women's division with eight points, while AJ Johnson is at the top of the men's pack with 29 points at Texas Star Lanes in North Las Vegas, Nev. After four rounds, the man and women with the least amount of points will be crowned champions.
Texas Star Lanes in North Las Vegas, Nev., United States (Jan. 2-6, 2012)
In the race to earn the fewest points at this year's United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials, Liz Johnson (l.) of Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Kyle King (r.) of Glendale, Ariz., lead the field after two rounds at Texas Star Lanes in North Las Vegas, Nev. Johnson leads the women's field with four points (one point for first place in Round 1 and three points for third place in Round 2), while King is on top in the men's division with 10 points (five in Round 1 and five in Round 2).
Team USA members Mike Fagan (pictured left) and Kelly Kulick (right) will represent the United States at the 2013 World Games this summer in Cali, Colombia. The duo will look to give Team USA its first gold medal in World Games competition. Since the World Games began in 1981, the United States has won two silver medals and three bronze medals but has been shut out of the gold medals in the event, which is held every four years.
A star-studded lineup will represent the United States at the inaugural WTBA World Senior Championships in Las Vegas from Aug. 10-16. On the men's side, the USA will be represented by Del Ballard Jr. (l.), Ron Mohr, Hugh Miller and Ed Roberts. All four members of the women's squad, Lucy Sandelin, Robin Romeo, Anne Marie Duggan (r.) and Tish Johnson are members of the USBC Hall of Fame.
In order to give players an additional way to earn spots on Team USA in 2014, the USBC will conduct the inaugural Summer Team USA Trials this July. The limited-entry event will award two men's and two women's spots on Team USA in 2014 and will be conducted at the International Training and Research Center, which is the home of Team USA, from July 5-7, 2013. As a result of the additional Team USA spots, the Team USA roster will have 12 men and 12 women for 2014. 
John Szczerbinski (l.) of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Danielle McEwan (r.) of Stony Point, N.Y., emerged as the champions Monday at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials and will represent the United States at the QubicaAMF World Cup later this year. Szczerbinski held on in a tight championship match, defeating defending champion Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., 218-211, while McEwan successfully defended her title with a 267-194 win over Diandra Asbaty of Chicago.
Heading into the final round, John Szczerbinski (l.) of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Diandra Asbaty (r.) of Chicago have put themselves in prime position at the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials. Szczerbinski has a solid lead on the men's field with 27 points, while Asbaty has also tallied 27 points to top the women's division after the fourth round Sunday at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. in suburban Las Vegas.
In the race to earn the fewest points possible, Danielle McEwan (l.) of Stony Point, N.Y., and John Szczerbinski (r.) of North Tonawanda, N.Y., lead the field at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials. McEwan leads the women's division with 16 points, while Szczerbinski is on top of the men's field with 24 points after Saturday's third round at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center. The fourth round will be contested on the 38-foot Atlanta pattern on Sunday.
With two rounds completed, John Janawicz (l.) of Winter Haven, Fla., and defending champion Danielle McEwan (r.) of Stony Point, N.Y., moved into the overall lead Friday at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials. McEwan leads the women's field with 14 points, while Janawicz leads the men's division with 17 points at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center. Mikey Preston of Oswego, Ill., also has 17 points but Janawicz holds the tiebreaker, which is total pinfall.
John Szczerbinski of North Tonawanda, N.Y., and Kristina Frahm of Oswego, Ill. (r-l), took the lead Thursday after the opening round of the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials at Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev. Szczerbinski (1,516; 252.67 average)and Frahm (1,376; 229.33 average) each earned one point for their first-place finishes in the first round at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center, topping a field of 171 men and 85 women. 
Over the past year, Marshall Kent (l.) and Danielle McEwan (r.) traveled the world representing Team USA and Junior Team USA as champions of the 2012 USBC Team USA Trials. The pair said the opportunity allowed them to gain more knowledge and improve their games. That knowledge and skill once again will be put to the test next week when they attempt to successfully defend their titles at the 2013 USBC Team USA Trials.
The Team USA program is currently accepting bowling resumes from athletes eligible for selection onto Team USA for 2013. The players eligible for selection include Team USA members since from the past 10 years and exempt players on the 2011-12 Professional Bowlers Association Tour season. The top three men and top three women at the Team USA Trials, which will be held at Sunset Station from Jan. 2-7 in Henderson, Nev., will earn automatic spots.
Team USA members Chris Barnes (l.), Tommy Jones, Kelly Kulick and Shannon O'Keefe (r.) will travel to Cyprus to take on the best bowlers from 46 other countries this week at the inaugural World Tenpin Bowling Association World Singles Championships. The event, which will take place at Galactica Bowling Center in Limassol, Cyprus, begins with the opening ceremony Wednesday with competition scheduled to begin Thursday.
Four Team USA members will have the opportunity to bowl for world titles later this year as the coaches' selections for international competition have been announced. The United States' Chris Barnes (l.), Tommy Jones (r.), Kelly Kulick and Shannon O'Keefe have been selected to represent their country at the inaugural World Tenpin Bowling Association World Singles Championships in Limassol, Cyprus, from Sept. 18-25.
Team USA's Steve Smith (pictured) of San Diego and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., will represent the United States in the Pan American Bowling Confederation Champion of Champions event starting Wednesday. The four-day tournament takes place May 9-12 at the Kegel Training Center in Babson Park, Fla. and will serve as the qualifying event for the 2013 World Games. BOWL.com's BowlTV will provide free live streaming from start to finish of the event.
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured) of Kettering, Ohio, capped off a record-setting year by capturing her third World Bowling Writers Female Bowler of the Year honor and a spot in the WBW Hall of Fame. She joins Australia's Cara Honeychurch (1998) and Colombian standout Clara Juliana Guerrero (2009) as the only bowlers to receive both awards in the same year. The 2011 WBW Male Bowler of the Year is PBA star Mika Koivuniemi of Finland, and Sweden's Raymond Jansson will join Pluhowsky in the WBW Hall of Fame.
