Junior Team USA's Anthony Simonsen and Malaysia's Natasha Roslan capped an exciting week at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships by capturing the Masters gold medals Tuesday in Lincoln, Neb. Simonsen collected his third gold medal of the event by defeating all-events gold medalist Pontus Andersson of Sweden, 2-0, in the best-of-three championship match, while Roslan defeated Singapore's Amabel Chua in the deciding game, 227-187, to win the match, 2-1.
The top 24 in the boys and girls all-events standings at the 14th World Bowling Youth Championships 2016 still have some bowling to do as Masters match play got underway Monday. The competition features best-of-three single-elimination matches on the event's 45-foot Rome oil pattern. The first two steps took place Monday, and eight remaining bowlers on each side will return to the lanes Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The Masters semifinals will begin Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. EDT, with the finals taking place immediately after, all live on BowlTV.
The Junior Team USA boys (l.) used a near-perfect deciding-game effort to claim their third consecutive team gold medal at the World Bowling Youth Championships Monday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Korea (r.) was dominant on the girls' side to return to the winner's circle for the first time since 2010.
Pontus Andersson (SWE) and Gazmine Mason (USA) emerge as All-Events champions; Team finals get underway live on BowlTV on Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern
The United States boys broke two more scoring records Sunday and locked up the top seed for the team semifinals at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships, but their performance over the last two days will seem insignificant if they can't finish the job Monday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The two-time defending champions will meet No. 4 Canada in the semifinals live on BowlTV, while No. Sweden takes on No. 3 Japan.
Junior Team USA's Wesley Low Jr. earned his second gold medal in as many events at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships, while Lee Yeong Seung and Park Yu Na of Korea broke two qualifying records Friday on the way to the girls' doubles title. Low, the boys' singles winner earlier in the week, teamed with World Youth Championships first-timer Anthony Simonsen to win gold in boys' doubles with a 418-338 victory against Malaysia's Rafiq Ismail and Tun Hakim.
The United States swept the gold medals Wednesday at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships as Wesley Low of Palmdale, California, earned the redemption he waited two years for, and local collegiate standout Gazmine Mason of Cranston, Rhode Island, triumphed in her adopted hometown. Low (l.) cruised to a 224-134 win against Mohammed Al Merekhi of Qatar, while Mason escaped with a 211-207 victory over Victoria Chin of Malaysia at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Persson, Bond, Mason and Chin to bowl for the girls' title; Sweden's Filippa Persson achieves perfection in girls' preliminaries
Filippa Persson of Sweden (pictured) became the third girl to roll a perfect game in World Bowling Youth Championships competition, and it gave her just enough of a surge to secure the top seed for the singles semifinals at the 2016 event. Persson's 1,390 six-game total Tuesday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Neb., a 231.67 average, landed her just ahead of local collegiate standouts and Junior Team USA members Julia Bond (1,383), Gazmine Mason (1,340) and Malaysia's Victoria Chin (1,314).
BOWL.com's BowlTV will broadcast wire-to-wire coverage starting Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern
While top competitors from nearly 40 countries make their way to Lincoln, Nebraska, for the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships, two members of Junior Team USA will find themselves feeling right at home as the biennial event gets underway Tuesday. Julia Bond (l.) and Gazmine Mason (r.) already have brought a NCAA championship to Lincoln as members of the University of Nebraska women's bowling team.
The eight bowlers who will represent the United States at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships this summer have been selected by the Team USA coaching staff. The World Youth Championships will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska, from July 26-Aug. 2. The Team USA coaching staff also selected the four Junior Team USA members who will compete at the Lee Evans Bowling Tournament of the Americas. That event will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from July 25-30.
Junior Team USA's Anthony Simonsen and Malaysia's Natasha Roslan capped an exciting week at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships by capturing the Masters gold medals Tuesday in Lincoln, Neb. Simonsen collected his third gold medal of the event by defeating all-events gold medalist Pontus Andersson of Sweden, 2-0, in the best-of-three championship match, while Roslan defeated Singapore's Amabel Chua in the deciding game, 227-187, to win the match, 2-1.
The top 24 in the boys and girls all-events standings at the 14th World Bowling Youth Championships 2016 still have some bowling to do as Masters match play got underway Monday. The competition features best-of-three single-elimination matches on the event's 45-foot Rome oil pattern. The first two steps took place Monday, and eight remaining bowlers on each side will return to the lanes Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern. The Masters semifinals will begin Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. EDT, with the finals taking place immediately after, all live on BowlTV.
The Junior Team USA boys (l.) used a near-perfect deciding-game effort to claim their third consecutive team gold medal at the World Bowling Youth Championships Monday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Korea (r.) was dominant on the girls' side to return to the winner's circle for the first time since 2010.
The United States boys broke two more scoring records Sunday and locked up the top seed for the team semifinals at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships, but their performance over the last two days will seem insignificant if they can't finish the job Monday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The two-time defending champions will meet No. 4 Canada in the semifinals live on BowlTV, while No. Sweden takes on No. 3 Japan.
Junior Team USA's Wesley Low Jr. earned his second gold medal in as many events at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships, while Lee Yeong Seung and Park Yu Na of Korea broke two qualifying records Friday on the way to the girls' doubles title. Low, the boys' singles winner earlier in the week, teamed with World Youth Championships first-timer Anthony Simonsen to win gold in boys' doubles with a 418-338 victory against Malaysia's Rafiq Ismail and Tun Hakim.
The United States swept the gold medals Wednesday at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships as Wesley Low of Palmdale, California, earned the redemption he waited two years for, and local collegiate standout Gazmine Mason of Cranston, Rhode Island, triumphed in her adopted hometown. Low (l.) cruised to a 224-134 win against Mohammed Al Merekhi of Qatar, while Mason escaped with a 211-207 victory over Victoria Chin of Malaysia at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Filippa Persson of Sweden (pictured) became the third girl to roll a perfect game in World Bowling Youth Championships competition, and it gave her just enough of a surge to secure the top seed for the singles semifinals at the 2016 event. Persson's 1,390 six-game total Tuesday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Neb., a 231.67 average, landed her just ahead of local collegiate standouts and Junior Team USA members Julia Bond (1,383), Gazmine Mason (1,340) and Malaysia's Victoria Chin (1,314).
While top competitors from nearly 40 countries make their way to Lincoln, Nebraska, for the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships, two members of Junior Team USA will find themselves feeling right at home as the biennial event gets underway Tuesday. Julia Bond (l.) and Gazmine Mason (r.) already have brought a NCAA championship to Lincoln as members of the University of Nebraska women's bowling team.
The eight bowlers who will represent the United States at the 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships this summer have been selected by the Team USA coaching staff. The World Youth Championships will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska, from July 26-Aug. 2. The Team USA coaching staff also selected the four Junior Team USA members who will compete at the Lee Evans Bowling Tournament of the Americas. That event will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from July 25-30.
