Arturo Hernandez from Venezuela and Rocio Restrepo from Colombia won the men's and women's division of the 2006 American Zone Ranking Finals in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

The tournament determined the 8 women and 8 men who will be eligible to represent the American Zone in the World Ranking Masters in Doha, Qatar, in April.

Hernandez led the 30-player men's field on dual lane condition - left lane with short oil and right lane with long oil pattern - with 1780 8-game total and an average of 222.50. The Venezuelan veteran, who was the best on short oil and the second-best on long oil, finished with 5369 pinfall total and an overall average of 223.71.

Luiz Rodriguez (left) from Puerto Rico, who was the No. 1 on long oil, added the third-best 1664 total on short/long to end up in second place with 5130. Canadian Mark Buffa (right) rolled the second-highest block on Day 3 to land in third position with 5070.

Rounding out the top 8 were David Romero, Colombia; Francisco Colon, Puerto Rico; Rolando Antonio Sebelen, Dominican Republic; Manuel Otalora and Jaime Monroy, both Colombia.

Restrepo, who took the lead in the women's division after a 1768-series on long oil, maintained her lead with a 1660-set, a 207.50 average, on the short/long pattern, the second-highest block of the day. The Colombian averaged 210.54 for 24 games and felled 5053 pins.

Second place belonged to Canadian Caroline Lagrange (left), who moved up one spot behind the 1684 high series of the day. Lagrange totaled 4970 pins. Alicia Marcano (right), Venezuela, who fell from first to ninth on long oil, rebounded with the third-best 1633-series to regain a spot in the top 8 and to land in 6th place with 4741.

Rounding out the 8 were Paola Gomez and reigning World Ranking Masters champion Sara Vargas, both Colombia; Alicia's sister Karen Marcano; Lynne Gauthier, Canada; and Patricia Ciotti, Venezuela.


61 competitors (28 men and 29 women, who are among the top bowlers from the North, Caribbean, Central and South regions of the zone as well as two men and two women selected by the host country, Dominican Republic) determined the 8 women and 8 men who will be eligible to represent the American Zone in the World Ranking Masters in Doha, Qatar (April 30 - May 6).

All players bowled three blocks of eight games on short, long and short/long oil in a 3-day competition.

Men's Division - Final Standings after Round 3

24-game total, Block 1 on short, Block 2 on long, Block 3 on short/long oil

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Total	Ave.
1.	Arturo Hernandez	VEN	1748	1841	1780	5369	223.71
2.	Luis Rodriguez	PRC	1575	1891	1664	5130	213.75
3.	Mark Buffa	CAN	1704	1674	1692	5070	211.25
4.	David Romero Rios	COL	1651	1681	1553	4885	203.54
5.	Francisco Colon	PRC	1689	1645	1528	4862	202.58
6.	Rolando Ant. Sebelen	DOM	1587	1568	1632	4787	199.46
7.	Manuel Otalora Ortiz	COL	1633	1542	1595	4770	198.75
8.	Jaime Monroy	COL	1550	1659	1548	4757	198.21
9.	Marcio Vieira	BRA	1541	1647	1564	4752	198.00
10.	Bruno Diaz	PRC	1523	1559	1647	4729	197.04
11.	Alejandro Reyna	CRC	1623	1546	1522	4691	195.46
12.	Ildemaro Ruiz	VEN	1616	1560	1498	4674	194.75
13.	Andro Simounet	PRC	1592	1524	1523	4639	193.29
14.	Rodrigo Hermes	BRA	1489	1522	1624	4635	193.13
15.	Jorge Otalora Ortiz	COL	1600	1460	1524	4584	191.00
16.	Gabriel Sanchez	PRC	1535	1463	1584	4582	190.92
17.	Mauricio Piñol	GUA	1572	1413	1585	4570	190.42
18.	Luis Diego Rojas	CRC	1515	1553	1492	4560	190.00
19.	Eddy Fuentes	VEN	1511	1489	1558	4558	189.92
20.	Gonzalo Gonzalez	VEN	1565	1521	1425	4511	187.96
21.	Michel Clarac	VEN	1508	1474	1528	4510	187.92
22.	Raffy Sebelen	DOM	1622	1422	1421	4465	186.04
23.	Fidel Marchena	DOM	1581	1362	1491	4434	184.75
24.	John Jr.	BRA	1313	1527	1510	4350	181.25
25.	Luis Mckinney	DOM	1509	1417	1406	4332	180.50
26.	Erick Acon	VEN	1404	1512	1385	4301	179.21
27.	Nando Muñoz	PRC	1346	1359	1367	4072	169.67
28.	Tuto Fernandez	DOM	1266	1364	1353	3983	165.96
29.	Manino Fernandez	DOM	1395	1373	1182	3950	164.58
30.	Ricardo Perez	DOM	1257	1260	1299	3816	159.00

Women's Division - Final Standings after Round 3

24-game total, Block 1 on short, Block 2 on long, Block 3 on short/long oil

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Block 2	Block 3	Total	Ave.
1.	Rocio Restrepo	COL	1625	1768	1660	5053	210.54
2.	Caroline Lagrange	CAN	1607	1679	1684	4970	207.08
3.	Paola Gomez	COL	1525	1752	1582	4859	202.46
4.	Sara Vargas	COL	1637	1650	1526	4813	200.54
5.	Karen Marcano	VEN	1497	1623	1621	4741	197.54
6.	Alicia Marcano	VEN	1648	1414	1633	4695	195.63
7.	Lynne Gauthier	CAN	1499	1565	1620	4684	195.17
8.	Patricia Ciotti	VEN	1507	1660	1465	4632	193.00
9.	Aumi Guerra	DOM	1447	1626	1539	4612	192.17
10.	Ingellimar Contreras	VEN	1481	1538	1587	4606	191.92
11.	Annie Henriquez	DOM	1517	1536	1547	4600	191.67
12.	Mariela Alarza	VEN	1357	1614	1596	4567	190.29
13.	Sofia Granda	GUA	1477	1509	1575	4561	190.04
14.	Virginia Bello	DOM	1467	1558	1481	4506	187.75
15.	Laura Fonnegra	COL	1548	1434	1517	4499	187.46
16.	Luz Adriana Leal	COL	1501	1467	1523	4491	187.13
17.	Yoselin Leon	PRC	1438	1479	1570	4487	186.96
18.	Melody Savage	CAN	1463	1569	1452	4484	186.83
19.	Mariana Ayala	PRC	1437	1477	1550	4464	186.00
20.	Miriam Perez	PRC	1462	1547	1436	4445	185.21
21.	Jessica Santiago	PRC	1326	1572	1494	4392	183.00
22.	Viviana Delgado	CRC	1533	1523	1298	4354	181.42
23.	Carol Castro	BRA	1365	1498	1481	4344	181.00
24.	Miriam Michelle Ayala	PRC	1463	1478	1315	4256	177.33
25.	Lea Castro	BRA	1325	1376	1537	4238	176.58
26.	Stephanie Martins	BRA	1263	1511	1460	4234	176.42
27.	Myrna Flores	PRC	1327	1418	1441	4186	174.42
28.	Paula Vilas	DOM	1407	1466	1283	4156	173.17
29.	Lucia Vieira	BRA	1295	1350	1405	4050	168.75
30.	Aida Sanchez	DOM	1175	1405	1314	3894	162.25
31.	Alexandra Guerra	DOM	949	1000	1164	3113	129.71

Men's Division - Round 3 Results

8 games on short/long oil

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	Total	Ave.
1.	Arturo Hernandez	VEN	218	206	222	221	228	200	221	264	1780	222.50
2.	Mark Buffa	CAN	184	197	222	187	234	228	217	223	1692	211.50
3.	Luis Rodriguez	PRC	203	203	183	204	202	201	234	234	1664	208.00
4.	Bruno Diaz	PRC	253	184	191	207	189	247	190	186	1647	205.88
5.	Rolando Ant. Sebelen	DOM	192	228	193	196	255	203	194	171	1632	204.00
6.	Rodrigo Hermes	BRA	183	193	246	172	214	212	200	204	1624	203.00
7.	Manuel Otalora Ortiz	COL	185	151	168	258	185	241	194	213	1595	199.38
8.	Mauricio Piñol	GUA	208	222	193	228	172	183	174	205	1585	198.13
9.	Gabriel Sanchez	PRC	167	174	232	191	163	193	258	206	1584	198.00
10.	Marcio Vieira	BRA	128	216	192	245	205	203	180	195	1564	195.50
11.	Eddy Fuentes	VEN	160	190	201	186	193	198	214	216	1558	194.75
12.	David Romero Rios	COL	215	193	216	183	204	208	178	156	1553	194.13
13.	Jaime Monroy	COL	163	197	194	247	167	189	186	205	1548	193.50
14.	Michel Clarac	VEN	214	190	187	155	222	168	195	197	1528	191.00
(tie)	Francisco Colon	PRC	235	168	202	172	191	187	180	193	1528	191.00
16.	Jorge Otalora Ortiz	COL	193	213	244	166	188	185	180	155	1524	190.50
17.	Andro Simounet	PRC	215	174	216	203	189	206	170	150	1523	190.38
18.	Alejandro Reyna	CRC	192	186	162	209	214	152	191	216	1522	190.25
19.	John Jr.	BRA	206	166	173	210	149	178	223	205	1510	188.75
20.	Ildemaro Ruiz	VEN	198	166	161	150	214	187	184	238	1498	187.25
21.	Luis Diego Rojas	CRC	178	197	167	189	205	181	198	177	1492	186.50
22.	Fidel Marchena	DOM	200	189	192	234	150	186	209	131	1491	186.38
23.	Gonzalo Gonzalez	VEN	212	147	191	187	160	172	165	191	1425	178.13
24.	Raffy Sebelen	DOM	166	170	181	153	223	191	166	171	1421	177.63
25.	Luis Mckinney	DOM	169	193	191	154	175	203	186	135	1406	175.75
26.	Erick Acon	VEN	168	173	183	194	185	128	171	183	1385	173.13
27.	Nando Muñoz	PRC	135	164	164	176	150	212	199	167	1367	170.88
28.	Tuto Fernandez	DOM	135	162	159	168	171	187	182	189	1353	169.13
29.	Ricardo Perez	DOM	154	149	199	172	166	157	151	151	1299	162.38
30.	Manino Fernandez	DOM	192	184	121	149	136	130	128	142	1182	147.75

Women's Division - Round 3 Results

8 games on short/long oil

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	Total	Ave.
1.	Caroline Lagrange	CAN	224	205	158	237	224	190	237	209	1684	210.50
2.	Rocio Restrepo	COL	216	223	184	200	255	180	201	201	1660	207.50
3.	Alicia Marcano	VEN	188	171	227	180	266	189	207	205	1633	204.13
4.	Karen Marcano	VEN	193	184	193	244	224	187	197	199	1621	202.63
5.	Lynne Gauthier	CAN	191	231	185	187	202	224	206	194	1620	202.50
6.	Mariela Alarza	VEN	199	190	183	224	183	213	177	227	1596	199.50
7.	Ingellimar Contreras	VEN	227	216	161	203	226	204	170	180	1587	198.38
8.	Paola Gomez	COL	204	175	178	188	204	216	210	207	1582	197.75
9.	Sofia Granda	GUA	168	182	187	204	207	233	203	191	1575	196.88
10.	Yoselin Leon	PRC	182	199	138	168	185	205	248	245	1570	196.25
11.	Mariana Ayala	PRC	180	190	196	186	189	194	213	202	1550	193.75
12.	Annie Henriquez	DOM	171	200	220	165	206	169	198	218	1547	193.38
13.	Aumi Guerra	DOM	168	190	203	207	216	202	183	170	1539	192.38
14.	Lea Castro	BRA	223	158	184	209	212	204	167	180	1537	192.13
15.	Sara Vargas	COL	194	181	161	235	167	216	247	125	1526	190.75
16.	Luz Adriana Leal	COL	245	155	216	163	190	200	168	186	1523	190.38
17.	Laura Fonnegra	COL	209	178	198	193	193	182	179	185	1517	189.63
18.	Jessica Santiago	PRC	182	181	213	169	192	203	183	171	1494	186.75
19.	Virginia Bello	DOM	210	189	154	213	173	199	157	186	1481	185.13
(tie)	Carol Castro	BRA	169	170	168	244	163	202	221	144	1481	185.13
21.	Patricia Ciotti	VEN	255	174	193	160	215	144	154	170	1465	183.13
22.	Stephanie Martins	BRA	226	194	159	237	199	128	158	159	1460	182.50
23.	Melody Savage	CAN	180	149	195	167	194	157	212	198	1452	181.50
24.	Myrna Flores	PRC	186	118	144	178	196	191	203	225	1441	180.13
25.	Miriam Perez	PRC	123	190	181	233	189	168	161	191	1436	179.50
26.	Lucia Vieira	BRA	186	194	163	201	130	141	221	169	1405	175.63
27.	Miriam Michelle Ayala	PRC	105	190	150	187	210	160	160	153	1315	164.38
28.	Aida Sanchez	DOM	239	171	154	149	147	133	152	169	1314	164.25
29.	Viviana Delgado	CRC	175	166	150	156	169	174	148	160	1298	162.25
30.	Paula Vilas	DOM	160	153	165	159	162	173	158	153	1283	160.38
31.	Alexandra Guerra	DOM	136	161	158	133	104	186	145	141	1164	145.50

Day Two
Day One