Top-seeded Johnson, MacLelland eliminated in semifinal round
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky and Marcelo Suartz of Brazil captured the gold medals in women's and men's singles Saturday to end the bowling competition of the XVII Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pluhowsky, seeded second, defeated Aumi Guerra of the Dominican Republic in the gold medal match, 223-212. Suartz, also seeded second, topped Venezuela's Amleto Monacelli for the men's title, 201-189.
Team USA's Liz Johnson (l.) and Devin Bidwell (r.) led the women's and men's Singles qualifying at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" on Friday as the field was reduced to the top eight bowlers for Saturday's round robin match play. Qualifying pinfall will be carried forward. Match play features one-game
matches with the winner receiving 20 bonus pins. The top four bowlers
after match play advance to the medal round, also on Saturday.
Lavoie ends the 300 game jinx; rolls the first perfecto in the history of the Pan American Games; Colombia earns the silver medal and the U.S. team takes bronze
Francois Lavoie and Dan MacLelland (l-r) from the host country Canada rewrote the Pan American games bowling record book by posting five new records Thursday at the Pan Am bowling center on their way to the gold medal in men's doubles at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015". The Canadians out averaged their nearest competitors, Jaime Gonzalez and Manuel Otalora of Colombia, by more than 13 pins. The U.S. duo of Devin Bidwell and Tommy Jones took the bronze medal.
Team USA takes silver medal and Venezuela gets bronze
Clara Juliana Guerrero and Rocio Restrepo (l-r) captured the title in Women's Doubles Thursday at the Pan Am bowling center to win the first gold medal in the bowling competition at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" for Colombia. The duo led the 14-nation field after 12 games with with 5074 total an average of 211.42. Team USA's Liz Johnson and Shannon Pluhowsky took the silver medal and Patricia De Faria and Karen Marcano of Venezuela got bronze.
Colombia's Clara Juliana Guerrero and Rocio Restrepo (l-r) set the pace in Women's Doubles at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" as competition reached its halfway mark Wednesday at the Pan American Games bowling center in Toronto, Canada. In sharp contrast to the record-breaking performance of the men's Doubles earlier on Wednesday, the Colombians were the only women's team of the participating 14 PABCON member federations which averaged over 200.
Canadians and silver medalists Devin Bidwell, Tommy Jones USA) set four records on opening day of the Pan American Games Bowling competition
Francois Lavoie and Dan MacLelland (r-l) from the host country Canada averaged 226 in the first of two six-game blocks to take the lead in men's doubles at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" with 2712 pinfall total. MacLelland led the way with the field-best 1416 series, while Lavoie contributed 1296. Devin Bidwell and Tommy Jones, United States, were second (2649) with Colombia's Jaime Gonzalez and Manuel Otalora in third place (2605).
Team USA will have a mix of newcomers and veterans when the four-member bowling team takes part in the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, this week. Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, New York, Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, Devin Bidwell of Wichita, Kansas, and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, South Carolina, will represent the United States in what is considered the most important event in the four-year cycle of the Team USA bowling program.
6,100 athletes from 41 countries and territories from the Americas are competing in 36 sports
The XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" run from July 10-26 in Toronto, Canada. This year, 6,100 athletes from 41 countries and territories from the Americas are competing in 36 sports in the 15 host communities of the Greater Golden Horseshoe region. Bowling competition takes place at Planet Bowl in Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada, from July 22-26. Maximum two men and two women from the 15 PABCON member federations compete for medals in Singles and Doubles.
Shannon Pluhowsk of Dayton, Ohio, and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, New York (r-l), will represent Team USA at the prestigious 2015 Pan American Games this July in Toronto. The qualifying process was based on performance at the 2015 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials and the 2015 USBC Queens. The Pan American Games are an Americas version of the Olympic Games
which includes the Olympic program sports and others that are not part
of the Olympics.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Tenpin Federation (CTF) have announced the athletes nominated to represent Team Canada at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" from July 10-26. The ladies roster will consist of Isabelle Rioux of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, and Robin Orlikowski who resides in Michigan. The Canadian men's roster features World Champions Dan MacLelland from Kitchener, Ontario, and François Lavoie of Quebec City.
Devin Bidwell (l.) of Wichita, Kansas, and Tommy Jones (r.) of Simpsonville, South Carolina, will represent Team USA at the prestigious 2015 Pan American Games this July 10-26 in Toronto, Canada. The qualifying process was based on performance at the 2015 USBC Team USA Trials and the 2015 USBC Masters. The Team USA women's representatives will be decided after the 2015 USBC Queens in May.
PASO President Mario Vázquez Raña made the announcement during the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization in Kingston, Jamaica
Team USA's Shannon Pluhowsky and Marcelo Suartz of Brazil captured the gold medals in women's and men's singles Saturday to end the bowling competition of the XVII Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pluhowsky, seeded second, defeated Aumi Guerra of the Dominican Republic in the gold medal match, 223-212. Suartz, also seeded second, topped Venezuela's Amleto Monacelli for the men's title, 201-189.
Team USA's Liz Johnson (l.) and Devin Bidwell (r.) led the women's and men's Singles qualifying at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" on Friday as the field was reduced to the top eight bowlers for Saturday's round robin match play. Qualifying pinfall will be carried forward. Match play features one-game
matches with the winner receiving 20 bonus pins. The top four bowlers
after match play advance to the medal round, also on Saturday.
Francois Lavoie and Dan MacLelland (l-r) from the host country Canada rewrote the Pan American games bowling record book by posting five new records Thursday at the Pan Am bowling center on their way to the gold medal in men's doubles at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015". The Canadians out averaged their nearest competitors, Jaime Gonzalez and Manuel Otalora of Colombia, by more than 13 pins. The U.S. duo of Devin Bidwell and Tommy Jones took the bronze medal.
Colombia's Clara Juliana Guerrero and Rocio Restrepo (l-r) set the pace in Women's Doubles at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" as competition reached its halfway mark Wednesday at the Pan American Games bowling center in Toronto, Canada. In sharp contrast to the record-breaking performance of the men's Doubles earlier on Wednesday, the Colombians were the only women's team of the participating 14 PABCON member federations which averaged over 200.
Francois Lavoie and Dan MacLelland (r-l) from the host country Canada averaged 226 in the first of two six-game blocks to take the lead in men's doubles at the XVII Pan American Games "Toronto 2015" with 2712 pinfall total. MacLelland led the way with the field-best 1416 series, while Lavoie contributed 1296. Devin Bidwell and Tommy Jones, United States, were second (2649) with Colombia's Jaime Gonzalez and Manuel Otalora in third place (2605).
Team USA will have a mix of newcomers and veterans when the four-member bowling team takes part in the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, this week. Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, New York, Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, Devin Bidwell of Wichita, Kansas, and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, South Carolina, will represent the United States in what is considered the most important event in the four-year cycle of the Team USA bowling program.
Shannon Pluhowsk of Dayton, Ohio, and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, New York (r-l), will represent Team USA at the prestigious 2015 Pan American Games this July in Toronto. The qualifying process was based on performance at the 2015 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials and the 2015 USBC Queens. The Pan American Games are an Americas version of the Olympic Games
which includes the Olympic program sports and others that are not part
of the Olympics.
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) hosts an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO/ODEPA) February 7 & 8 in Kingston. Representing the sport of tenpin bowling at the assembly is PABCON President José Guandique of El Salvador. Guandique was pleased to inform the PABCON member federations that PASO President Mario Vázquez Raña has announced Thursday afternoon that Bowling will be included again in the official program of the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, Canada.
