Bowlers from the Dominican Republic claimed three gold medals in the opening event of the 48th Lee Evans Tournament of The Americas currently underway at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Aumi Guerra (pictured left; Adult Women), Julio Goris (right, Senior Men) and Manino Fernandez Junior A (ages 16-19) Boys won the Singles titles in their respective divisions.

Puerto Rico and the United States earned two gold medals each and Colombia got one.

All players bowled two six-game series over two days with the 12-game total determining the winners.

Jean F. Perez (left) posted the field-best 2665 pinfall total to win the Adult Men Division with an average of 222.08.

Guerra and Junior Team USA's Elise Bolton (right; Junior A Girls) led the female competitors with 2483 and an average of 206.92.

The Lee Evans Tournament of The Americas is the oldest annual international tournament in the American Zone.

The invitational competition for countries of PABCON (Pan American Bowling Confederation - the American Zone of World Tenpin Bowling Association) has four divisions for men and women: Adult, Senior (ages 50-plus), Junior A (ages 16-19) and Junior B (ages 12-15).

In each division, one team comprised of two men and two women compete in Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Team event throughout the week-long tournament. After 36 games, Individual All-Events and National All-Events champions are recognized.

 

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Singles - Final Standings after 12 games

 

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
	Adult Men
1.	Jean F. Perez	Puerto Rico	1288	224	235	225	258	212	223	1377	2665	222.08
2.	Cassidy Schaub	United States	1220	243	226	195	223	225	191	1303	2523	210.25
3.	Marcio Vieirra	Brazil	1306	188	235	190	226	172	202	1213	2519	209.92
4.	Raffy Sebelen	Dominican Republic	1252	184	177	179	288	224	196	1248	2500	208.33
5.	Edgardo Ruiz	Puerto Rico	1236	212	179	242	245	177	169	1224	2460	205.00
6.	Chris Bardol	United States	1231	203	207	224	201	179	214	1228	2459	204.92
7.	Christian Saint Bonnet	Argentina	1211	179	247	244	159	205	181	1215	2426	202.17
8.	Guillaume Nadeau	Canada	1124	202	200	225	244	199	230	1300	2424	202.00
9.	Art Oliver Jr	Canada	1165	212	192	207	202	205	189	1207	2372	197.67
10.	Bruno Bonder	Brazil	1196	145	226	242	164	224	173	1174	2370	197.50
11.	Rolando Antonio Sebelen	Dominican Republic	1210	214	174	193	146	193	217	1137	2347	195.58
12.	Wilson Vargas	Colombia	1092	166	166	210	223	224	244	1233	2325	193.75
13.	Santiago Garcia	Colombia	1092	206	240	164	214	173	194	1191	2283	190.25
14.	Earlin Bowe	Bahamas	916	235	194	213	220	164	182	1208	2124	177.00
15.	Jethro Miller	Bahamas	1012	192	171	198	193	159	174	1087	2099	174.92
16.	Roberto Tosto	Argentina	1025	189	161	146	122	193	146	957	1982	165.17
Pos	Adult Women	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	1229	176	224	209	207	215	223	1254	2483	206.92
2.	Kendra Gaines	United States	1213	202	276	192	180	214	186	1250	2463	205.25
3.	Emily Maier	United States	1139	201	207	218	183	216	185	1210	2349	195.75
4.	Martha Perez	Colombia	1113	234	171	201	233	178	167	1184	2297	191.42
5.	Johana Puentes	Colombia	1105	249	190	173	177	196	200	1185	2290	190.83
6.	Lynne Gauthier	Canada	1150	168	136	224	174	204	215	1121	2271	189.25
7.	Alyssa Cicconi	Canada	1076	179	222	182	207	215	167	1172	2248	187.33
8.	Yesenia M. Castillo	Puerto Rico	1129	186	189	205	166	192	159	1097	2226	185.50
9.	Lourdes Lopez	Puerto Rico	1073	155	177	166	182	204	189	1073	2146	178.83
10.	Lucia Vieira	Brazil	1022	158	194	192	204	166	203	1117	2139	178.25
11.	Paola Mendez	Dominican Republic	1059	182	214	177	182	173	148	1076	2135	177.92
12.	Connie Seragaki	Peru	1002	188	184	172	200	179	185	1108	2110	175.83
13.	Veronica Delgado	Peru	1030	181	159	186	154	185	173	1038	2068	172.33
14.	Naobi Hanna	Bahamas	993	186	176	127	189	171	168	1017	2010	167.50
15.	Anya Fyne	Bahamas	812	180	159	147	159	170	181	996	1808	150.67
Pos	Senior Men	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Julio Goris	Dominican Republic	1273	225	189	203	214	191	192	1214	2487	207.25
2.	Heriberto Florez	Colombia	1142	252	221	189	202	190	192	1246	2388	199.00
3.	Jhimy Gauldron	Colombia	1162	237	178	184	214	203	197	1213	2375	197.92
4.	Ed Roberts	United States	1164	257	206	163	194	162	211	1193	2357	196.42
5.	Miles T. Nerona	Canada	1236	149	189	245	188	187	157	1115	2351	195.92
6.	Antonio Velez	Puerto Rico	1157	238	158	189	190	153	175	1103	2260	188.33
7.	Reginald Wilkerson	Virgin Islands	1187	137	216	172	160	188	196	1069	2256	188.00
8.	Phil Prieto	United States	1088	213	179	192	183	166	197	1130	2218	184.83
9.	Fico Perez	Puerto Rico	1135	194	184	173	191	158	162	1062	2197	183.08
10.	Philip Bethel	Bahamas	963	157	184	218	201	167	167	1094	2057	171.42
11.	Rolando Sebelen	Dominican Republic	991	193	191	178	181	179	138	1060	2051	170.92
12.	Alfred Burrows	Bahamas	996	176	169	172	187	198	147	1049	2045	170.42
13.	Amneris Fernandez	Canada	996	174	191	166	169	172	131	1003	1999	166.58
Pos	Senior Women	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Lucy Sandelin	United States	1143	194	170	197	211	201	181	1154	2297	191.42
2.	Carol Teel	United States	1076	183	178	145	156	210	175	1047	2123	176.92
3.	Hermencia Alvarez	Colombia	1073	149	171	164	166	193	180	1023	2096	174.67
4.	Clara Rivadeneira	Colombia	990	186	158	193	174	180	203	1094	2084	173.67
5.	Sherry Hobson	Canada	933	192	167	169	179	188	213	1108	2041	170.08
6.	Vivian Noble	Puerto Rico	1064	169	165	151	139	182	151	957	2021	168.42
7.	Marie Sealy	Bahamas	1022	137	160	146	165	150	179	937	1959	163.25
8.	Lauraine Fast	Canada	926	154	175	181	151	144	183	988	1914	159.50
9.	Ines Rodriguez Perez	Puerto Rico	1035	145	134	128	147	153	154	861	1896	158.00
10.	Elizabeth Graham	Bahamas	910	181	171	135	172	146	163	968	1878	156.50
Pos	Junior Male A	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Manino Fernandez	Dominican Republic	1279	184	277	141	184	177	247	1210	2489	207.42
2.	Cristian Azcona	Puerto Rico	1207	169	168	237	219	220	214	1227	2434	202.83
3.	Kyle King	United States	1312	152	196	203	203	166	173	1093	2405	200.42
4.	Jordan Jung	Canada	1120	216	201	224	165	245	225	1276	2396	199.67
5.	Michael Fonseca	Puerto Rico	1113	213	193	194	237	193	245	1275	2388	199.00
6.	Graham Fach	Canada	1154	150	219	190	224	173	214	1170	2324	193.67
7.	Mike Conn	United States	1160	215	158	188	170	196	196	1123	2283	190.25
8.	Jorge Daniel Moreno	Colombia	1066	179	207	172	164	259	179	1160	2226	185.50
9.	Carlos Andres Vergara	Colombia	1001	178	224	224	195	203	184	1208	2209	184.08
10.	Adalberto Garcia	Dominican Republic	1043	186	178	206	214	181	147	1112	2155	179.58
11.	Kenny Kishimoto Taba	Peru	1096	189	193	168	156	190	132	1028	2124	177.00
Pos	Junior Female A	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Elise Bolton	United States	1319	137	205	207	238	183	194	1164	2483	206.92
2.	Kim Yioulos	United States	1208	203	179	213	177	172	204	1148	2356	196.33
3.	Alejandra Barreto	Colombia	1211	170	223	182	205	141	184	1105	2316	193.00
4.	Laura Lopez	Colombia	1122	185	148	227	189	224	186	1159	2281	190.08
5.	Melissa Courchesne	Canada	1173	183	164	200	166	202	192	1107	2280	190.00
6.	Danielle Lemoine	Canada	1110	182	234	193	171	180	189	1149	2259	188.25
7.	Neishka M. Cardona	Puerto Rico	1185	133	192	190	137	180	214	1046	2231	185.92
8.	Astrid Valiente Vinas	Puerto Rico	1139	160	153	152	165	204	163	997	2136	178.00
Pos	Junior Male B	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Edison Camilo	Colombia	1235	181	177	193	221	223	225	1220	2455	204.58
2.	Josh Encarnacion	Puerto Rico	1215	184	205	192	214	245	180	1220	2435	202.92
3.	Greg Young	United States	1134	213	223	186	255	189	231	1297	2431	202.58
4.	Michael Coffey	United States	1155	204	181	172	200	170	236	1163	2318	193.17
5.	Rolando Antonio Sebelen Jr	Dominican Republic	1144	185	193	161	180	223	223	1165	2309	192.42
6.	Juan Andres Yuzuriha	Peru	1181	146	221	157	192	177	161	1054	2235	186.25
7.	Sebastian Donada	Colombia	1061	203	159	177	213	169	196	1117	2178	181.50
8.	Luis Felipe Avila	Dominican Republic	1047	215	185	152	182	194	153	1081	2128	177.33
9.	Adrian Guibu Kawahira	Peru	1106	149	141	159	179	219	154	1001	2107	175.58
10.	Giovanni Orlando	Puerto Rico	939	168	161	136	203	153	184	1005	1944	162.00
11.	Jonathan Leary	Bahamas	936	121	149	188	157	115	143	873	1809	150.75
12.	Jordan Leary	Bahamas	887	132	152	121	151	143	182	881	1768	147.33
Pos	Junior Female B	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G10	G11	G12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Kristie M. Lopez	Puerto Rico	1226	198	178	125	214	247	158	1120	2346	195.50
2.	Juliana Franco	Colombia	1091	247	203	161	199	177	162	1149	2240	186.67
3.	Makayla Douglas	United States	1092	237	158	170	155	226	176	1122	2214	184.50
4.	Melissa Perez	United States	1048	193	162	128	189	183	159	1014	2062	171.83
5.	Andrea Novoa	Colombia	940	201	211	144	149	133	171	1009	1949	162.42
6.	Valerie Orlando	Puerto Rico	929	167	151	115	121	129	138	821	1750	145.83