Jacqueline Snyder and Bill Calhoon, a married couple from Cooksville, Ill., spend their days helping bowlers find success at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, but the pair took a major step closer to their own tournament dreams when they moved into the lead in Classified Doubles on Wednesday.

Together, the couple runs the Ebonite booth at the USBC Open Championships, where they have provided advice and equipment to tournament bowlers since the event's first trip to the Albuquerque Convention Center in 2000. Unfortunately, the long hours, traveling and busy work schedule don't allow them to practice much.

Despite the lack of the practice, Snyder and Calhoon were determined to do their best on the tournament lanes and teamed up to shoot 1,282 on Wednesday. Calhoon led the way with a 644 set, while Snyder finished with a 258 game for 638. Jim Kohlman of St. Paul, Minn., and Michael Roscoe of White Bear Lake, Minn., previously held the lead with 1,196.

"This feels really nice," said Snyder, a 37-year-old right-hander who made her sixth Open Championships appearance and added 532 in singles and 449 in team for a 1,619 all-events total. "We work really hard helping other people with their bowling and bowling balls and don't get the chance to bowl much like we used to. It was a really good day. We both planned to come out here and have fun and just throw one ball at a time."

Calhoon, 54, also did well enough to move into second place in Classified All-Events. He added 642 in singles and 566 in team for a 1,852 all-events total. Jeffrey Kistler of Marion, Ind., leads with 1,887.

"This is a dream for me," said Calhoon, a right-hander who made his 16th Open Championships appearance. "I've drilled a lot of bowling balls for guys who have won eagles here, but I've never been on the leaderboard before, so today was a pretty nice thing to have happen."

Calhoon, who has had one knee replaced and multiple operations on the other, is limited in the amount of bowling he can do, and thanks to some recent work on his timing and footwork, he nearly cracked the top 10 in singles, too.

Although he ended the day sore and with an obvious limp, he was happy with his success on the lanes this year.

"I was trying my best in singles, but my knee just got stiff and I started having trouble bending it" Calhoon said. "That just comes from too many games out here for me at one time. Overall it was a great day, though. I've celebrated with a lot of guys who took home eagles or ended up with some of the top scores at the tournament with balls we drilled. Today it happened for me. "

Presenting sponsors for the 2008 USBC Open Championships are Eldorado Hotel Casino, Silver Legacy Resort Casino and Circus Circus Reno in Reno, Nev. Other participating sponsors are Kegel, official lane maintenance provider; Brunswick, capital equipment supplier; Storm Products, Inc.; Roto Grip, official sponsor of the Roto Grip Sport Bowling Challenge; Isleta Casino & Resort; Santa Ana Star Casino, the official brackets sponsor; Rainbow Ryders, the exclusive hot air balloon company of the 2008 Open Championships; and Sandia Resort & Casino.

Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, N.M.

Top 10 division leaders with hometown and pinfalls

Team
1, Rhino for President (David Haynes, Steve Kloempken, Ted Hannahs, Bill Hoffman, Rhino Page), Pleasant View, Utah, 3,298. 2, Bowlingfordumdums.com, Pritchett, Colo., 3,284. 3, Marcor Technologies, Gaylord, Mich., 3,235. 4, Armstrong Printing 1, Naperville, Ill., 3,231. 5, Clone Huskers, Milwaukee, 3,228. 6, Drillsheet.com, Rochester, N.Y., 3,219. 7, K & K Bowling Service 1, Henderson, Nev., 3,208. 8, Cambridge 1, Feeding Hills, Mass., 3,201. 9, Buddy Tierno Senior Tour, Mount Laurel, N.J., 3,197. 10, Pollard's Bowl, Versailles, Ind., 3,176.

Doubles
1, John Socha, Oak Creek, Wis./Dennis Rakauskas, Apopka, Fla., 1,467. 2, Todd Koehler, Appleton, Minn./Doug Blood, Montevideo, Minn., 1,444. 3, Erik Mattingly, Puyallup, Wash./Robert Hanson, Tacoma, Wash., 1,441. 4, Steven Levering, Landisville, Pa./Jim Rutherford, Coatesville, Pa., 1,428. 5, Ron Case, Oakley, Calif./Sam Carter, Ben Lomond, Calif., 1,422. 6, Mike Granberg, Batavia, Ill./Dave Rodak, Naperville, Ill., 1,419. 7, Brian Corley, Piedmont, Okla./Brett Erickson, Oklahoma City, 1,409. 8, Patrick Smart/Ricky Meneley, Santa Maria, Calif., 1,404. 9, Dan Guerrieri/Joe Nuzzo, Youngstown, Ohio, 1,401. 10, George Aboud, San Jose, Calif.,/Jeff Frankos, Daly City, Calif., 1,399.

Singles
1, Jason Price, Grand Island, Neb., 817. 2, Wilbert Moorer, Dover, Del., 784. 3, Warren Crawford, McKinleyville, Calif., 779. 4, William Uthoff, O'Fallon, Mo., 775. 5, Alan Pecora, Drums, Pa., 773. 6, Don Pyle, Wilmington, Del., 768. 7, Mike Preston, High Springs, Fla., 764. 8, Greg Benefield, Lees Summit, Mo., 763. 9, Mike Leonard, Front Royal, Va., 762. 10 (tie), Andrew Udahl, Elk Grove, Calif., and Scott Shimer, Kokomo, Ind., 761.

All-Events
1, Mike Rose Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 2,161. 2, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 2,160. 3, Warren Crawford, McKinleyville, Calif., 2,159. 4, Edward Gallagher, Clarksville, Tenn., 2,141. 5, Chris Gibbons, Madison, Wis., 2,122. 6, Don Pyle, Wilmington, Del., 2,118. 7, Brian Diede, Huron, S.D., 2,113. 8, Jeff Jensen, Fall River, Kan., 2,111. 9, David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 2,094. 10, John Gaines, Orlando, Fla., 2,092.

Team All-Events
1, Team Pabst (Jeff Prein, Troy Cox, Scott Erickson, Kevin Thompson, Chris Gibbons), Madison, Wis., 9,977. 2, MoRich Enterprises, West Bend, Wis., 9,901. 3, Rhino for President, Pleasant View, Utah, 9,801. 4 (tie), S & B Pro Shop 2, Sterling Heights, Mich., and Pam's Boys 1, Salem, Ore., 9,736. 6, Pollard's Bowl, Versailles, Ind., 9,708. 7, J & S Auto Supply Inc., Valparaiso, Ind., 9,684. 8, Lodge Lanes 1, Saline, Mich., 9,664. 9, Browning Pontiac, Eminence, Ky., 9,662. 10, ABC Souvenirs 1, Fall River, Kan., 9,637.

Top 10 division leaders with hometown and pinfalls

Team
1, Lake Country Rollers 1 (Butch Booker, Dave Lisson, Wayne Booker, Michael Booker, Danny Booker), Clarissa, Minn., 2,799. 2, T-Rays, Jamestown, N.D., 2,795. 3, Garden Center Lanes 2, Alexandria, Minn., 2,789. 4, Plattsburgh Bowl, Plattsburgh, Mo., 2,773. 5, Sego Electric, Clarion, Iowa, 2,759. 6, Pla-Mor Lanes 5, New Weston, Ohio, 2,750. 7, Lady Pros, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,748. 8, Firenab 2, Lincoln, Neb., 2,745. 9, Red Carpet, Sauk Centre, Minn., 2,744. 10, Scots-Am, Hancock, Maine, 2,701.

Doubles
1, Jacqueline S. Snyder/Bill Calhoon, Cooksville, Ill., 1,282. 2, Jim Kohlman, St. Paul, Minn./Michael Roscoe, White Bear Lake, Minn., 1,196. 3, Larry Tschoepe, San Antonio/Ted Smith LaVernia, Texas, 1,188. 4, (tie), Lenny Boogaard, Osakis, Minn./Larry Sorenson, West Union, Minn., and Sue Kendall, Converse, Ind./Jeffrey Kistler, Marion, Ind., 1,184. 6, Butch Booker, Clarissa, Minn./Dave Lisson, Browerville, Minn., 1,181. 7, Myron Asleson/Tony Haugen, Devils Lake, N.D., 1,179. 8 (tie), Jim Selgo, Phoenix/Doug Krauss, Archbold, Ohio, and Mark Powell/Barry Fortner, Hobbs, N.M., 1,173. 10, Rich Ayers Jr., Webster City, Iowa/Darrell Pedersen, Eagle Grove, Iowa, 1,166.

Singles
1, Brian Washington, Hopewell, Va., 676. 2, Tim Wagner, Hardin, Mont., 669. 3, Jeffrey Kistler, Marion, Ind., 668. 4, John Zapalac, Bishop, Texas, 662. 5, Randy Gaines, Austin, Minn., 658. 6, Ed Wethington, Poplar Grove, Ill., 657. 7 (tie), Dale Fuller, Otter Lake, Mich., and Bill Ingram, Aloha, Ore., 648. 9, Stefanie Suntum, Montrose, Colo., 647. 10, (tie), Lynn Parker, Berwick, La., and Mike Leblanc, New Iberia, La., 644.

All-Events
1, Jeffrey Kistler, Marion, Ind., 1,887. 2, Bill Calhoon, Cooksville, Ill., 1,852. 3, John Millet Jr., Greenland, N.H., 1,821. 4, Troy Schultz, Clarion, Iowa, 1,820. 5, Dave Lisson, Browerville, Minn., 1,815. 6, Glenn Shields, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1,791. 7, Hartsell Duhart, Compton, Calif., 1,789. 8, Dave Dubois, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,782. 9, John Albaugh, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,773. 10, Bob Godden, Las Vegas, 1,767.