Zussie Machon (pictured left) and Sofia Granda (right) from Guatemala earned the gold medal in women's Doubles at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships.

The duo averaged 218.42 on the last of three squads Wednesday at Carolina Bowling Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico to win the title 164 pins ahead of their nearest competitor.

Granda, the 2001 World Games champion, led the team with 1366 (227.67), the highest 6-game series in the championship thus far, and Machon contributed 1255 for 2621 pinfall total.

Mexico's rising stars Sandra Gongora (left) and Daniela Alvarado (right) totaled 2457 (204.75) including a huge 525 in game #5 to help grab the silver medal. Alvarado had 1262 and Gongora, silver medalist in the 2009 Women's World Championships Singles event, added 1195.

Dominican Republic's Paula Vilas and Aumi Guerra (below left, l-r) won the bronze medal with 2440. Vilas led the duo with 1271 and Guerra, who qualified for the PBA Women's Series this season, had 1169.

The best doubles from defending champion United States, Kim Terrell-Kearney and Lynda Barnes, held the lead going into the final squad with 2438, but ended up in fourth place, narrowly missing a medal by two pins.

Team USA's Diandra Asbaty and Carolyn Dorin-Ballard finished fifth with 2398, while Shannon O'Keefe and Shannon Pluhowsky were eighth with 2341.

Sandwiched between the Americans were two teams from Colombia. Paola Gomez teamed with two-time world champion Clara Juliana Guerrero to land in sixth place with 2364 while Rocio Restrepo and Luz Adriana Leal finished seventh with 2342.

Singles champion Karen Marcano (right), who ended up in 10th place with sister Alicia at 2328) held on to the lead in All Events (combined results in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team events) after 12 of 24 games with 2602 pinfall total and an average of 216.10.

Two-time U.S. Open champion Terrell-Kearney leaped two spots into second place with 2588, with Asbaty in third at 2554. Guerrero, who won the All Events title at the WWC, moved into fourth place with 2526, while Granda used her 1366 from the Doubles to rocket from 39th to fifth place with 2516.

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 from the All Events standings.

 

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2009 PABCON Championships - Women's Doubles

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Avg.
1.	Guatemala	372	457	516	1345	494	346	436	1276	2621	218.42
	Zussie Machon	167	214	236	617	235	199	204	638	1255	209.17
	Sofia Granda	205	243	280	728	259	147	232	638	1366	227.67
2.	Mexico	373	433	369	1175	366	525	391	1282	2457	204.75
	Daniela Alvarado	157	239	211	607	179	258	218	655	1262	210.33
	Sandra Gongora	216	194	158	568	187	267	173	627	1195	199.17
3.	Dominican Republic	440	432	376	1248	387	429	376	1192	2440	203.33
	Paula Vilas	226	232	190	648	191	245	187	623	1271	211.83
	Aumi Guerra	214	200	186	600	196	184	189	569	1169	194.83
4.	United States	375	422	414	1211	434	430	363	1227	2438	203.17
	Kim Terrel-Kearney	191	237	192	620	227	245	183	655	1275	212.50
	Lynda Barnes	184	185	222	591	207	185	180	572	1163	193.83
5.	United States	424	426	394	1244	411	357	386	1154	2398	199.83
	Diandra Asbaty	202	216	213	631	191	186	191	568	1199	199.83
	Carolyn Dorin-Ballerd	222	210	181	613	220	171	195	586	1199	199.83
6.	Colombia	389	382	379	1150	434	392	388	1214	2364	197.00
	Paola Gomez	195	183	176	554	211	176	164	551	1105	184.17
	Clara Juliana Guerrero	194	199	203	596	223	216	224	663	1259	209.83
7.	Colombia	427	376	379	1182	403	350	407	1160	2342	195.17
	Rocio Restrepo	218	190	187	595	218	177	192	587	1182	197.00
	Luz Adriana Leal	209	186	192	587	185	173	215	573	1160	193.33
8.	United States	384	387	404	1175	382	373	411	1166	2341	195.08
	Shannon O'Keefe	185	162	214	561	170	171	226	567	1128	188.00
	Shannon Pluhowsky	199	225	190	614	212	202	185	599	1213	202.17
9.	Canada	449	361	408	1218	413	357	344	1114	2332	194.33
	Isabelle Rioux	257	167	193	617	203	195	183	581	1198	199.67
	Julie Johnson-Loyer	192	194	215	601	210	162	161	533	1134	189.00
10.	Venezuela	378	367	394	1139	368	376	445	1189	2328	194.00
	Karen Marcano	205	215	181	601	214	208	215	637	1238	206.33
	Alicia Marcano	173	152	213	538	154	168	230	552	1090	181.67
11.	Dominican Republic	337	405	382	1124	436	339	392	1167	2291	190.92
	Paola Mendez	169	193	205	567	191	162	211	564	1131	188.50
	Annie Henriquez	168	212	177	557	245	177	181	603	1160	193.33
12.	Canada	393	396	381	1170	385	341	392	1118	2288	190.67
	Kerrie Ryan-Ciach	198	192	189	579	184	172	189	545	1124	187.33
	Robin Orlikowski	195	204	192	591	201	169	203	573	1164	194.00
13.	Mexico	359	358	349	1066	344	441	401	1186	2252	187.67
	Leticia Ituarte	139	224	155	518	161	215	189	565	1083	180.50
	Adriana Perez	220	134	194	548	183	226	212	621	1169	194.83
14.	Puerto Rico	411	371	384	1166	376	389	308	1073	2239	186.58
	Mariana Ayala	224	183	213	620	186	185	147	518	1138	189.67
	Yoselin Leon	187	188	171	546	190	204	161	555	1101	183.50
15.	Brazil	306	450	309	1065	430	363	369	1162	2227	185.58
	Stephanie Martins	153	240	144	537	266	152	192	610	1147	191.17
	Jacqueline Costa	153	210	165	528	164	211	177	552	1080	180.00
16.	Puerto Rico	419	325	341	1085	429	366	335	1130	2215	184.58
	Kristie Lopez	235	148	168	551	207	181	196	584	1135	189.17
	Jessica Santiago	184	177	173	534	222	185	139	546	1080	180.00
17.	Venezuela	352	369	422	1143	342	350	367	1059	2202	183.50
	Gilant Gonzalez	164	164	231	559	193	176	202	571	1130	188.33
	Patricia Ciotti	188	205	191	584	149	174	165	488	1072	178.67
18.	Canada	400	307	374	1081	402	369	347	1118	2199	183.25
	Lynne Gauthier	181	116	207	504	203	164	179	546	1050	175.00
	Felicia Wong	219	191	167	577	199	205	168	572	1149	191.50
19.	Venezuela	376	341	336	1053	349	416	378	1143	2196	183.00
	Patricia De Faria	203	165	165	533	150	209	187	546	1079	179.83
	Ingellimar Contreras	173	176	171	520	199	207	191	597	1117	186.17
20.	Puerto Rico	343	313	340	996	416	415	352	1183	2179	181.58
	Mariangie Colon	179	169	181	529	205	216	163	584	1113	185.50
	Lourdes Lopez	164	144	159	467	211	199	189	599	1066	177.67
21.	Brazil	310	362	425	1097	304	374	389	1067	2164	180.33
	Roberta Rodriguez	166	135	207	508	137	204	174	515	1023	170.50
	Roseli Santos	144	227	218	589	167	170	215	552	1141	190.17
22.	Panama	360	321	406	1087	375	361	331	1067	2154	179.50
	Yvette Chen	148	173	245	566	183	183	186	552	1118	186.33
	Karen Holder	212	148	161	521	192	178	145	515	1036	172.67
23.	Panama	307	369	357	1033	358	318	439	1115	2148	179.00
	Edissa Andrade	148	212	177	537	159	181	196	536	1073	178.83
	Tilcia Lancini	159	157	180	496	199	137	243	579	1075	179.17
(tie)	Bermuda	322	327	385	1034	394	352	368	1114	2148	179.00
	June Dill	179	189	211	579	193	175	223	591	1170	195.00
	Patrice Tucker	143	138	174	455	201	177	145	523	978	163.00
25.	Brazil	306	356	393	1055	352	350	368	1070	2125	177.08
	Maria Cecilia Alvarez	168	156	210	534	162	187	179	528	1062	177.00
	Lea Castro	138	200	183	521	190	163	189	542	1063	177.17
26.	Colombia	395	325	382	1102	346	326	336	1008	2110	175.83
	Alejandra Mora	196	146	195	537	176	149	198	523	1060	176.67
	Maria J. Rodriguez	199	179	187	565	170	177	138	485	1050	175.00
27.	Guatemala	308	399	324	1031	356	359	352	1067	2098	174.83
	Laura Barrios	150	198	186	534	193	202	196	591	1125	187.50
	Pamela Monzon	158	201	138	497	163	157	156	476	973	162.17
28.	Guatemala	362	262	350	974	329	343	417	1089	2063	171.92
	Judith Colindres	178	137	150	465	174	156	213	543	1008	168.00
	Leslie Cuevas De Ruiz	184	125	200	509	155	187	204	546	1055	175.83
29.	Chile	322	366	325	1013	356	321	359	1036	2049	170.75
	Camila Galmez	163	204	162	529	170	177	182	529	1058	176.33
	Adrea Rojas	159	162	163	484	186	144	177	507	991	165.17
30.	Costa Rica	296	302	356	954	325	381	388	1094	2048	170.67
	Vivana Delgado	145	177	197	519	192	173	185	550	1069	178.17
	Sylvia Villalobos	151	125	159	435	133	208	203	544	979	163.17
31.	Chile	320	315	342	977	372	341	354	1067	2044	170.33
	Mary Contreras	142	168	177	487	204	167	184	555	1042	173.67
	Constanza Bahamondez	178	147	165	490	168	174	170	512	1002	167.00
32.	Aruba	326	349	291	966	341	362	366	1069	2035	169.58
	Shary Albertus	153	139	122	414	180	180	199	559	973	162.17
	Kamilah Dammers	173	210	169	552	161	182	167	510	1062	177.00
33.	Mexico	347	302	365	1014	282	379	341	1002	2016	168.00
	Adriana Ortega	162	121	182	465	190	172	135	497	962	160.33
	Aseret Zetter	185	181	183	549	92	207	206	505	1054	175.67
34.	El Salvador	307	312	359	978	314	409	313	1036	2014	167.83
	Ayda Granilla	179	147	199	525	139	214	154	507	1032	172.00
	Edith Quintanilla	128	165	160	453	175	195	159	529	982	163.67
35.	Netherlands Antilles	325	329	320	974	320	344	348	1012	1986	165.50
	Nicole De Silva Teixeira	123	142	159	424	127	153	179	459	883	147.17
	Samantha Ibanez	202	187	161	550	193	191	169	553	1103	183.83
36.	Peru	341	330	340	1011	334	302	315	951	1962	163.50
	Astrid Carlin	155	195	149	499	158	163	177	498	997	166.17
	Carolina Higa	186	135	191	512	176	139	138	453	965	160.83
37.	Bahamas	374	318	317	1009	337	311	289	937	1946	162.17
	Michelle Lightbourne	204	139	170	513	167	125	144	436	949	158.17
	Marie Sealy	170	179	147	496	170	186	145	501	997	166.17
38.	Peru	316	328	362	1006	280	313	321	914	1920	160.00
	Tatiana Valdes	151	143	193	487	152	148	173	473	960	160.00
	Eliana Valdes	165	185	169	519	128	165	148	441	960	160.00
39.	Panama	294	304	320	918	301	334	311	946	1864	155.33
	Lizzette Abood	164	154	193	511	146	148	157	451	962	160.33
	Ely Bennett	130	150	127	407	155	186	154	495	902	150.33
40.	Bermuda	298	323	324	945	331	321	255	907	1852	154.33
	Carla Whitehurst	167	162	165	494	143	158	137	438	932	155.33
	Rochelle Harvey	131	161	159	451	188	163	118	469	920	153.33
41.	Bahamas	334	258	295	887	268	332	354	954	1841	153.42
	Janice Hoyte	158	133	133	424	126	153	167	446	870	145.00
	Justina Sturrup	176	125	162	463	142	179	187	508	971	161.83
42.	Argentina	263	313	286	862	316	333	322	971	1833	152.75
	Mara Mendez	135	173	132	440	156	158	133	447	887	147.83
	Lucrecia Lopez Jove	128	140	154	422	160	175	189	524	946	157.67
43.	Argentina	298	286	369	953	259	289	308	856	1809	150.75
	Maria L Lanzavecchia	153	148	163	464	107	152	168	427	891	148.50
	Claudia Ceccarelli	145	138	206	489	152	137	140	429	918	153.00
44.	Argentina	342	283	316	941	241	286	281	808	1749	145.75
	Valeria Lopez	170	134	133	437	101	127	137	365	802	133.67
	Susana Mamoli	172	149	183	504	140	159	144	443	947	157.83
45.	Bahamas	266	276	293	835	289	240	278	807	1642	136.83
	Stephanie Bowe	123	141	130	394	113	107	141	361	755	125.83
	Naobi Hanna	143	135	163	441	176	133	137	446	887	147.83

 

Women's All Events after 12 of 24 games

The top 16 after 24 games will advance to the Masters finals.

Pos	Player	Country	Singles	Doubles	Trios	Team	Total	Avg.
1.	Karen Marcano	Venezuela	1364	1238			2602	216.10
2.	Kim Terrel-Kearney	United States	1313	1275			2588	215.08
3.	Diandra Asbaty	United States	1355	1199			2554	212.10
4.	Clara Juliana Guerrero	Colombia	1267	1259			2526	210.06
5.	Sofia Granda	Guatemala	1150	1366			2516	209.08
6.	Daniela Alvarado	Mexico	1238	1262			2500	208.04
7.	Paula Vilas	Dominican Republic	1228	1271			2499	208.03
8.	Rocio Restrepo	Colombia	1289	1182			2471	205.11
9.	Shannon Pluhowsky	United States	1254	1213			2467	205.07
10.	Lynda Barnes	United States	1300	1163			2463	205.03
11.	Carolyn Dorin-Ballard	United States	1257	1199			2456	204.08
12.	Luz Adriana Leal	Colombia	1287	1160			2447	203.11
13.	Shannon O'Keefe	United States	1305	1128			2433	202.09
14.	Julie Johnson-Loyer	Canada	1291	1134			2425	202.01
15.	Kerrie Ryan-Ciach	Canada	1276	1124			2400	200.00
16.	Tilcia Lancini	Panama	1323	1075			2398	199.10
(tie)	Mariana Ayala	Puerto Rico	1260	1138			2398	199.10
18.	Alicia Marcano	Venezuela	1296	1090			2386	198.10
19.	Robin Orlikowski	Canada	1217	1164			2381	198.05
20.	Isabelle Rioux	Canada	1178	1198			2376	198.00
21.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	1204	1169			2373	197.09
22.	Adriana Perez	Mexico	1202	1169			2371	197.07
23.	Zussie De Machon	Guatemala	1096	1255			2351	195.11
24.	Paola Gomez	Colombia	1234	1105			2339	194.11
25.	Edissa Andrade	Panama	1265	1073			2338	194.10
26.	Sandra Gongora	Mexico	1132	1195			2327	193.11
27.	Yoselin Leon	Puerto Rico	1222	1101			2323	193.07
28.	Felicia Wong	Canada	1167	1149			2316	193.00
29.	Annie Henriquez	Dominican Republic	1153	1160			2313	192.09
30.	Ivette Chen	Panama	1174	1118			2292	191.00
31.	Stephanie Matins	Brazil	1144	1147			2291	190.11
32.	Lynne Gauthier	Canada	1225	1050			2275	189.07
33.	Mariangie Colon	Puerto Rico	1161	1113			2274	189.06
34.	Jessica Santiago	Puerto Rico	1193	1080			2273	189.05
35.	June Dill	Bermuda	1095	1170			2265	188.09
36.	Ingelimar Contreras	Venezuela	1139	1117			2256	188.00
37.	Leticia Ituarte	Mexico	1158	1083			2241	186.09
38.	Maria Jose Rodriguez	Colombia	1181	1050			2231	185.11
39.	Patricia De Faria	Venezuela	1151	1079			2230	185.10
40.	Aida Granillo	El Salvador	1197	1032			2229	185.09
41.	Laura Barrios	Guatemala	1102	1125			2227	185.07
42.	Leslie Cuevas	Guatemala	1167	1055			2222	185.02
43.	Paola Mendez	Dominican Republic	1090	1131			2221	185.01
44.	Roseli Santos	Brazil	1078	1141			2219	184.11
45.	Kristie Lopez	Puerto Rico	1081	1135			2216	184.08
46.	Roberta Rodrigues	Brazil	1188	1023			2211	184.03
(tie)	Patricia Ciotti	Venezuela	1139	1072			2211	184.03
48.	Viviana Delgado	Costa Rica	1134	1069			2203	183.07
49.	Gilant Gonzalez	Venezuela	1065	1130			2195	182.11
50.	Samantha Ibañez	Netherlands Antilles	1088	1103			2191	182.07
51.	Mary Contreras	Chile	1139	1042			2181	181.09
52.	Edith Quintanilla	El Salvador	1189	982			2171	180.11
53.	Alejandra Mora	Colombia	1108	1060			2168	180.08
54.	Lourdes Lopez	Puerto Rico	1068	1066			2134	177.10
55.	Maria Cecilia Alvarez	Brazil	1070	1062			2132	177.08
56.	Sylvia Villalobos	Costa Rica	1146	979			2125	177.01
57.	Camila Galmez	Chile	1062	1058			2120	176.08
58.	Jacqueline Costa	Brazil	1031	1080			2111	175.11
59.	Constanza Bahamondez	Chile	1092	1002			2094	174.06
60.	Pamela Monzon	Guatemala	1114	973			2087	173.11
61.	Judith Colinares	Guatemala	1062	1008			2070	172.06
62.	Aseret Zetter	Mexico	1009	1054			2063	171.11
63.	Andrea Rojas	Chile	1070	991			2061	171.09
64.	Patrice Tucker	Bermuda	1080	978			2058	171.06
65.	Astrid Carlin	Peru	1058	997			2055	171.03
66.	Noicole Da Silva Teixeira	Netherlands Antilles	1169	883			2052	171.00
67.	Ely Bennett	Panama	1138	902			2040	170.00
68.	Kamilah Dammers	Aruba	976	1062			2038	169.10
(tie)	Carolina Higa	Peru	1073	965			2038	169.10
70.	Shary Albertu	Aruba	1063	973			2036	169.08
(tie)	Lea Castro	Brazil	973	1063			2036	169.08
72.	Adriana Ortega	Mexico	1071	962			2033	169.05
73.	Karen Holder	Panama	985	1036			2021	168.05
74.	Thashaina Seraus	Aruba	944	1067			2011	167.07
75.	Tatiana Valdes	Peru	1045	960			2005	167.01
76.	Claudia Ceccrelli	Argentina	1059	918			1977	164.09
77.	Lizzette Abood	Panama	1014	962			1976	164.08
78.	Justina Sturrup	Bahamas	984	971			1955	162.11
79.	Aida Sanchez	Dominican Republic	942	1009			1951	162.07
(tie)	Carla Whithurst	Bermuda	1019	932			1951	162.07
81.	Janice Hoyte	Bahamas	1072	870			1942	161.10
82.	Maria Laura Lanzavecchia	Argentina	1050	891			1941	161.09
83.	Lucrecia Lopez Jove	Argentina	974	946			1920	160.00
84.	Marie Sealy	Bahamas	908	997			1905	158.09
85.	Susana Mammoli	Argentina	944	947			1891	157.07
86.	Eliana Valdes	Peru	914	960			1874	156.02
87.	Michelle Lightbourne	Bahamas	858	949			1807	150.07
88.	Naobi Hanna	Bahamas	918	887			1805	150.05
89.	Rochelle Harvey	Bermuda	884	920			1804	150.04
90.	Mara Mendez	Argentina	896	887			1783	148.07
91.	Stephnie Bowe	Bahamas	885	755			1640	136.08
92.	Valeria Lopez Cañete	Argentina	814	802			1616	134.08