A day after Team USA's Bill O'Neill broke the singles record, his teammates Tommy Jones and Chris Barnes (l-r) smashed the doubles record en route to win the second gold medal for the United States at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships.

Barnes and Jones combined to shoot 2788 on the first of three squads Wednesday and held on throughout the day to win the Doubles title at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Jones led the duo with 1404 for six games, an average of 234.00, while Barnes totaled 1384, an average of 230.67. Their total broke the previous record of 2709, set by Mexico's Victor Mar and Vicente Mendez back in 1989.

"We are really pleased with how we performed, especially since the lanes played completely different today than they did in the practice session a couple days ago," Barnes said. "We came in with a strategy and had to change that quite a bit. We could have given away a lot of pins, but we changed our strategy."

Barnes and Jones used a huge final game of 536 to push their score over the record mark. Jones closed with 279, while Barnes added 257.

"It was a huge advantage for Tommy and I to get to bowl together," Barnes said. "We see the lane very similarly, and we both had a very clear picture of what was going on. We talked our way through everything today."

Their teammates, David Haynes and Bill O'Neill, earned the silver medal with 2583. O'Neill led the pair with 1325, while Haynes contributed 1258. Puerto Rico's Frankie Colon and Luis Rodriguez took the bronze with 2569. The final Team USA pairing of Cassidy Schaub and Patrick Allen ended up eighth with 2476.

O'Neill (pictured right) continued to lead in All Events (combined results in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team events) after 12 of 24 games with 2800 pinfall total and an average of 233.04. Barnes moved into second place with 2735 with Jones in third at 2712. Colon Jr. is fourth with 2697, followed by Singles silver medalist Jorge Rosado, Mexico, with 2681 and Haynes and Andres Gomez, Colombia, who are tied for sixth place with 2646.

Competition in 2009 PABCON Championships continues Thursday with the Trios event. Medals will be also awarded for Team, All Events and Masters, which consists of the top 16 men and top 16 women from the All Events standings.

 

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2009 PABCON Championships - Men's Doubles

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Avg.
1.	United States	417	412	462	1291	483	478	536	1497	2788	232.33
	Tommy Jones	225	192	237	654	225	246	279	750	1404	234.00
	Chris Barnes	192	220	225	637	258	232	257	747	1384	230.67
2.	United States	367	454	471	1292	484	433	374	1291	2583	215.25
	David Haynes	162	231	223	616	235	221	186	642	1258	209.67
	Bill O'Neill	205	223	248	676	249	212	188	649	1325	220.83
3.	Puerto Rico	391	432	413	1236	471	403	459	1333	2569	214.08
	Luis Rodriguez	156	217	219	592	214	194	234	642	1234	205.67
	Frankie Colon	235	215	194	644	257	209	225	691	1335	222.50
4.	Mexico	383	447	397	1227	501	380	447	1328	2555	212.92
	Daniel Falconi	178	267	219	664	246	206	234	686	1350	225.00
	Alejandro Cruz	205	180	178	563	255	174	213	642	1205	200.83
5.	Puerto Rico	376	462	453	1291	460	447	347	1254	2545	212.08
	Edgardo Ruiz	209	234	206	649	248	245	149	642	1291	215.17
	Gabriel Sanchez	167	228	247	642	212	202	198	612	1254	209.00
6.	Colombia	438	412	365	1215	507	375	447	1329	2544	212.00
	Manuel Otalora	197	188	167	552	259	189	212	660	1212	202.00
	Andres Gomez	241	224	198	663	248	186	235	669	1332	222.00
7.	Chile	451	380	446	1277	361	461	421	1243	2520	210.00
	Pablo Sommariva	213	191	201	605	187	236	219	642	1247	207.83
	Adriano Reyes	238	189	245	672	174	225	202	601	1273	212.17
8.	United States	356	420	449	1225	455	398	398	1251	2476	206.33
	Cassidy Schaub	186	237	246	669	240	172	202	614	1283	213.83
	Parick Allen	170	183	203	556	215	226	196	637	1193	198.83
9.	Puerto Rico	405	429	403	1237	359	472	407	1238	2475	206.25
	Israel Hernandez	254	241	235	730	187	257	220	664	1394	232.33
	Antonio Santa	151	188	168	507	172	215	187	574	1081	180.17
10.	Costa Rica	418	362	477	1257	463	334	404	1201	2458	204.83
	Alejandro Reyna	248	216	269	733	231	176	183	590	1323	220.50
	Alvaro Castro	170	146	208	524	232	158	221	611	1135	189.17
11.	Mexico	415	406	392	1213	395	441	380	1216	2429	202.42
	Ernesto Franco	201	217	200	618	194	248	202	644	1262	210.33
	Enrique Calvo	214	189	192	595	201	193	178	572	1167	194.50
12.	Guatemala	381	420	413	1214	361	398	415	1174	2388	199.00
	Andres Herrera	218	227	197	642	203	206	204	613	1255	209.17
	Miguel Aguilar	163	193	216	572	158	192	211	561	1133	188.83
(tie)	Panama	380	399	427	1206	434	385	363	1182	2388	199.00
	Miguel Fonseca	188	226	235	649	211	202	191	604	1253	208.83
	Jorge Quintero	192	173	192	557	223	183	172	578	1135	189.17
14.	Ecuador	402	371	395	1168	357	356	500	1213	2381	198.42
	Jose Zambrano	189	201	170	560	171	187	262	620	1180	196.67
	Diogenes Saverio	213	170	225	608	186	169	238	593	1201	200.17
15.	Venezuela	399	423	392	1214	342	402	410	1154	2368	197.33
	Michael Piccari	214	165	237	616	199	247	211	657	1273	212.17
	Jesus Colmenares	185	258	155	598	143	155	199	497	1095	182.50
16.	Peru	380	345	438	1163	426	374	402	1202	2365	197.08
	Juan Jose Granda	166	154	193	513	188	176	177	541	1054	175.67
	Adolfo Vargas	214	191	245	650	238	198	225	661	1311	218.50
17.	Canada	426	357	422	1205	425	386	344	1155	2360	196.67
	Chris Clerke	234	152	203	589	223	191	183	597	1186	197.67
	Art Oliver	192	205	219	616	202	195	161	558	1174	195.67
(tie)	Mexico	367	395	375	1137	470	364	389	1223	2360	196.67
	Benjamin Corona	176	164	192	532	228	164	177	569	1101	183.50
	Jorge Rosado	191	231	183	605	242	200	212	654	1259	209.83
19.	Dominican Republic	426	367	428	1221	367	359	399	1125	2346	195.50
	Arnaldo Mercado	211	154	216	581	169	191	196	556	1137	189.50
	Rolando A Sebelen	215	213	212	640	198	168	203	569	1209	201.50
20.	Brazil	335	356	489	1180	392	333	426	1151	2331	194.25
	Carlos Cruz	135	176	210	521	191	153	178	522	1043	173.83
	Charles Robini	200	180	279	659	201	180	248	629	1288	214.67
21.	Colombia	350	423	369	1142	481	362	342	1185	2327	193.92
	Juan Fco Gomez	157	220	187	564	244	156	154	554	1118	186.33
	Jaime Monroy	193	203	182	578	237	206	188	631	1209	201.50
22.	Canada	448	352	388	1188	378	368	390	1136	2324	193.67
	Mark Buffa	230	183	162	575	182	193	206	581	1156	192.67
	Joe Ciach	218	169	226	613	196	175	184	555	1168	194.67
23.	Panama	435	378	355	1168	390	381	378	1149	2317	193.08
	Jose Zambrano	223	194	169	586	181	181	166	528	1114	185.67
	Luis Vazquez	212	184	186	582	209	200	212	621	1203	200.50
24.	Costa Rica	373	325	346	1044	430	384	449	1263	2307	192.25
	Alberto Lizano	173	146	175	494	241	200	194	635	1129	188.17
	Luis Fonseca	200	179	171	550	189	184	255	628	1178	196.33
25.	Guatemala	383	386	394	1163	454	303	376	1133	2296	191.33
	Giovanni Rueda	160	231	195	586	233	138	208	579	1165	194.17
	Mauricio Pinol	223	155	199	577	221	165	168	554	1131	188.50
26.	Dominican Republic	407	373	342	1122	383	424	359	1166	2288	190.67
	Simon Checo	210	165	174	549	212	209	180	601	1150	191.67
	Alejandro Prats	197	208	168	573	171	215	179	565	1138	189.67
27.	Brazil	392	341	383	1116	406	397	366	1169	2285	190.42
	Marcelo Suartz	160	178	181	519	223	202	228	653	1172	195.33
	Juiano Oliveira	232	163	202	597	183	195	138	516	1113	185.50
28.	El Salvador	360	368	378	1106	392	385	399	1176	2282	190.17
	Mauricio Galdamez	177	188	153	518	201	184	190	575	1093	182.17
	Francisco Sanchez	183	180	225	588	191	201	209	601	1189	198.17
29.	Bermuda	374	342	336	1052	405	404	420	1229	2281	190.08
	David Maycock	178	164	171	513	181	237	200	618	1131	188.50
	Rickai Binns	196	178	165	539	224	167	220	611	1150	191.67
30.	Panama	362	436	332	1130	378	401	369	1148	2278	189.83
	Diego Esposito	174	265	167	606	201	218	176	595	1201	200.17
	Jose Jonathan Heres	188	171	165	524	177	183	193	553	1077	179.50
31.	Venezuela	336	376	307	1019	425	425	408	1258	2277	189.75
	Luis Olivo	169	189	150	508	211	179	184	574	1082	180.33
	Arturo Hernandez	167	187	157	511	214	246	224	684	1195	199.17
32.	Netherlands Antilles	281	340	379	1000	400	391	454	1245	2245	187.08
	Albert van der Ree	144	165	188	497	181	192	256	629	1126	187.67
	Carlos Finx Jr	137	175	191	503	219	199	198	616	1119	186.50
33.	Venezuela	361	374	393	1128	392	363	357	1112	2240	186.67
	Hernan Ramirez	194	174	206	574	200	165	217	582	1156	192.67
	Richard Leon	167	200	187	554	192	198	140	530	1084	180.67
(tie)	Costa Rica	402	343	366	1111	383	397	349	1129	2240	186.67
	Federico Reyna	232	162	190	584	182	202	177	561	1145	190.83
	Andres Fallas	170	181	176	527	201	195	172	568	1095	182.50
35.	Colombia	362	418	328	1108	383	344	387	1114	2222	185.17
	Santiago Mejia	179	216	179	574	184	189	245	618	1192	198.67
	Juan S Rodriguez	183	202	149	534	199	155	142	496	1030	171.67
36.	Bolivia	411	338	402	1151	311	407	350	1068	2219	184.92
	Franklin Green	165	128	165	458	124	174	158	456	914	152.33
	Sebastian Nemtala	246	210	237	693	187	233	192	612	1305	217.50
37.	Chile	399	297	398	1094	384	284	443	1111	2205	183.75
	Fernando Santandero	204	157	227	588	212	139	234	585	1173	195.50
	Gabriele Di Giovanni	195	140	171	506	172	145	209	526	1032	172.00
38.	Canada	336	351	353	1040	396	385	377	1158	2198	183.17
	Corey Clayton	163	168	173	504	205	167	188	560	1064	177.33
	Ryan Reid	173	183	180	536	191	218	189	598	1134	189.00
39.	El Salvador	324	354	393	1071	364	419	338	1121	2192	182.67
	Rudy Quintanilla	142	191	211	544	173	174	181	528	1072	178.67
	Miguel Arevalo	182	163	182	527	191	245	157	593	1120	186.67
40.	Bermuda	324	344	356	1024	389	412	351	1152	2176	181.33
	Carl Reid	152	143	145	440	186	150	149	485	925	154.17
	Damien Matthews	172	201	211	584	203	262	202	667	1251	208.50
41.	Dominican Republic	359	389	369	1117	355	373	322	1050	2167	180.58
	Hilton Nunez	187	209	196	592	201	196	177	574	1166	194.33
	Raffy Sebelen	172	180	173	525	154	177	145	476	1001	166.83
42.	Argentina	345	353	309	1007	372	332	441	1145	2152	179.33
	Jonathan Hoscman	189	188	180	557	213	156	233	602	1159	193.17
	Claudio Amarelle	156	165	129	450	159	176	208	543	993	165.50
43.	El Salvador	389	358	330	1077	346	407	317	1070	2147	178.92
	Juan Escobar	207	199	168	574	175	173	175	523	1097	182.83
	Felix Ibanez	182	159	162	503	171	234	142	547	1050	175.00
44.	Aruba	375	354	321	1050	379	384	330	1093	2143	178.58
	Kurt Franken	167	120	140	427	190	177	148	515	942	157.00
	Errol Brown	208	234	181	623	189	207	182	578	1201	200.17
45.	Honduras	326	358	376	1060	344	374	356	1074	2134	177.83
	Edgar Masssu	144	169	229	542	148	201	131	480	1022	170.33
	Carlos Araujo	182	189	147	518	196	173	225	594	1112	185.33
46.	Honduras	299	372	340	1011	328	400	392	1120	2131	177.58
	Nomar Alvarez	129	206	163	498	174	234	182	590	1088	181.33
	Carlos Rodriguez	170	166	177	513	154	166	210	530	1043	173.83
47.	Bolivia	392	387	351	1130	329	341	327	997	2127	177.25
	Freddy Oporto	220	221	194	635	202	164	172	538	1173	195.50
	Ignacio Rojas	172	166	157	495	127	177	155	459	954	159.00
48.	Argentina	330	404	326	1060	360	376	326	1062	2122	176.83
	Gustavo Lauria	178	189	148	515	145	146	158	449	964	160.67
	Luis Sevillano	152	215	178	545	215	230	168	613	1158	193.00
49.	Ecuador	326	385	346	1057	395	311	358	1064	2121	176.75
	John Naspud	170	216	181	567	165	160	189	514	1081	180.17
	Fabian Barriga	156	169	165	490	230	151	169	550	1040	173.33
50.	Brazil	321	343	355	1019	400	364	328	1092	2111	175.92
	Marcio Vieira	178	212	187	577	172	142	170	484	1061	176.83
	Daniel Murta	143	131	168	442	228	222	158	608	1050	175.00
51.	Aruba	344	312	324	980	378	397	352	1127	2107	175.58
	Nelson Kelly	183	157	173	513	194	194	185	573	1086	181.00
	Jason Odor	161	155	151	467	184	203	167	554	1021	170.17
52.	Bolivia	315	383	304	1002	379	332	356	1067	2069	172.42
	Christian Bruns	165	186	164	515	205	149	191	545	1060	176.67
	Pablo Hinojosa	150	197	140	487	174	183	165	522	1009	168.17
53.	Netherlands Antilles	318	360	345	1023	319	307	410	1036	2059	171.58
	Tarik Samandar	166	179	168	513	196	162	223	581	1094	182.33
	Carlos Rodriguez	152	181	177	510	123	145	187	455	965	160.83
54.	Aruba	319	358	317	994	352	370	335	1057	2051	170.92
	Alexander Quandus	139	185	169	493	167	192	156	515	1008	168.00
	Nigel Maduro	180	173	148	501	185	178	179	542	1043	173.83
55.	Guatemala	336	375	359	1070	295	370	299	964	2034	169.50
	Jose Marroquin	132	194	163	489	162	186	164	512	1001	166.83
	Juan Carlos Morales	204	181	196	581	133	184	135	452	1033	172.17
56.	Bahamas	307	333	359	999	323	341	369	1033	2032	169.33
	Lindberg Cooper	154	154	213	521	136	148	199	483	1004	167.33
	Clarence Wallace	153	179	146	478	187	193	170	550	1028	171.33
57.	Peru	345	372	315	1032	328	297	368	993	2025	168.75
	Rafael Demicheli	179	188	160	527	157	150	191	498	1025	170.83
	Raul Chang	166	184	155	505	171	147	177	495	1000	166.67
58.	Ecuador	336	271	346	953	413	350	304	1067	2020	168.33
	Gianpiero Bacigalupo	127	120	173	420	173	163	138	474	894	149.00
	Santiago Gonzalez	209	151	173	533	240	187	166	593	1126	187.67
59.	Argentina	248	414	312	974	310	320	378	1008	1982	165.17
	Eduardo Bain	102	188	174	464	182	168	195	545	1009	168.17
	Leandro Hener	146	226	138	510	128	152	183	463	973	162.17
60.	Honduras	296	338	327	961	369	307	344	1020	1981	165.08
	Efrain Laitano	175	135	167	477	184	164	170	518	995	165.83
	Kendall Laitano	121	203	160	484	185	143	174	502	986	164.33
61.	Bahamas	311	337	370	1018	310	314	328	952	1970	164.17
	Orville Jeff Forbes	134	176	195	505	172	167	170	509	1014	169.00
	Ritchie Goodman	177	161	175	513	138	147	158	443	956	159.33
62.	Bermuda	343	350	305	998	297	315	359	971	1969	164.08
	Renalda Bean	150	166	160	476	154	150	188	492	968	161.33
	Kejon Sampson	193	184	145	522	143	165	171	479	1001	166.83
63.	Bahamas	334	337	369	1040	305	313	297	915	1955	162.92
	John Fox	167	187	218	572	144	142	131	417	989	164.83
	Al Jermaine Bethel	167	150	151	468	161	171	166	498	966	161.00
64.	Peru	352	253	357	962	279	319	371	969	1931	160.92
	Guillermo Wiegering	214	149	197	560	140	159	213	512	1072	178.67
	Jaime Alvarino	138	104	160	402	139	160	158	457	859	143.17