Sean Rash leads field of 53 survivors into PBA World Championship cashers’ round

    11/09/11

    2011-12 PBA Tour #5

    201112PBA03SeanRash.jpg201112PBA02JasonBelmonte.jpgSean Rash (pictured left) of Montgomery, Ill., dominated the first 32 games of the PBA World Series of Bowling and will lead the field of 53 survivors into the cashers’ round of the PBA World Championship, the Professional Bowlers Association’s first major championship of the 2011-12 season, Wednesday at South Point Bowling Center.

    Rash, a 29-year-old four-time PBA Tour title winner, averaged 239.81 over four eight-game rounds on the PBA’s Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark lane conditioning patterns for a total of 7,674 pins and a 314-pin lead over Australia’s Jason Belmonte (right).

    Rash, who has already qualified among the top four for the ESPN television finals in the Bayer Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion Open events, ranked second in the Shark field heading into Tuesday night’s final six qualifying games, and needs to remain among the top 16 after Wednesday’s final eight-game round of PBA World Championship qualifying to advance to an unprecedented five consecutive PBA World Series of Bowling telecasts.

    201112PBA01IldemaroRuiz.jpg201112PBA01StuartWilliams.jpgBelmonte, who led the Shark qualifying Tuesday and earned the No. 1 seed for the PBA Chameleon Open finals, was the best of 13 international bowlers who survived the cut, with 7360 total and an average of 230.

    Five of the international players, Belmonte, Ildemaro Ruiz (left), Venezuela (3rd, 7314); Stuart Williams (right), England (5th, 7246); Osku Palermaa, Finland (6th, 7213); and Dom Barrett, England T8th, 7191), finished qualifying in the top 8.

    Defending PBA World Champion Chris Barnes (below left) of Double Oak, Texas, also advanced to the cashers’ round, sitting in 12th place after 32 games. Exempt player Kelly Kulick (below right), Union, N.J., was the lone woman, who made the cashers' round in 18th place with 7063.

    2011EBT17ChrisBarnes3.jpg201011PBAKellyKulick.jpgChris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., took the 53rd and last place to advance with 6857 and an average of 214.28.

    Following Wednesday morning’s final round, the top qualifier will earn a $5,000 bonus and the top 16 will advance to a series of divisional elimination rounds named in honor of past PBA World Champions Don Carter, Billy Hardwick, Johnny Petraglia and Mike Aulby.

    In each divisional final, the highest of four seeded player (based on their qualifying totals) will select the lane condition and all four will bowl one game with the lowest-scoring player eliminated.

    The three surviving players will bowl a second game, again eliminating the low score. The two survivors will then bowl a game to decide who advances to the PBA World Championship finals which will follow the same format.

    2011DeajeonMikaKoivuniemi.jpg2011AUSMTommyJones2.jpgAll five PBA World Championship rounds will be contested on Saturday, Nov. 19, in a special arena lanes setup at South Point. The telecasts will air on ESPN on five consecutive Sundays except Christmas Day (Dec. 11, 18, Jan. 1, 8 and 15) at 1 p.m. ET.

    First prize in the 2011 PBA World Championship will be $50,000. If reigning PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi (left, 38th, 6920) or 13-time PBA Tour titlist Tommy Jones (right, 15th, 7093) should happen to win the event, the PBA Triple Crown club will have its seventh member.

    Wednesday’s cashers’ round (and all other World Series preliminaries) will be webcast live on pba.com’s exclusive online bowling channel, Xtra Frame. Special one-day and World Series of Bowling subscription packages are available on pba.com.

     


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    Qualifying after 32 games; top 53 advance to Wednesday’s cashers’ round.

    1, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 7,674
    2, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 7,360
    3, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 7,314
    4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 7,300
    5, Stuart Williams, England, 7,246
    6, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 7,213
    7, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 7,205
    8 (tie), Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., and Dom Barrett, England, 7,191
    10, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 7,167
    11, Mike Fagan, Dallas, 7,165
    12, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 7,130
    13, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 7,107
    14, Mitch Beasley, Clarksville, Tenn., 7,103
    15, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 7,093
    16, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 7,067
    17, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 7,066
    18, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 7,063
    19, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 7,060
    20, Josh Blanchard, Gilbert, Ariz., 7,055
    21 (tie), Dan MacLelland, Canada, and Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 7,039
    23, Kurt Pilon, Warren, Mich., 7,032
    24, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 7,024
    25, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 7,016
    26, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 7,009
    27, Patrick Allen, Baltimore, 7,008
    28, Rhino Page, Dade City, Fla., 6,976
    29, Lee Vanderhoef, Greenville, S.C., 6,964
    29, Brad Angelo, Lockport, N.Y., 6,964
    31, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 6,963
    32, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 6,953
    33, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 6,948
    34, Dave Wodka, Henderson, Nev., 6,939
    35, Stevie Weber, Chalmette, La., 6,934
    36, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 6,929
    37, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 6,925
    38, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 6,920
    39, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 6,919
    40, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 6,918
    41, Patrick Girard, Canada, 6,914
    42, Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 6,907
    43, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 6,903
    44, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 6,901
    45, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 6,897
    46, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 6,889
    47, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 6,888
    48 (tie), Matthew O'Grady, South Amboy, N.J., and Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 6,885
    50, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 6,867
    51, Kim Hyun Bum, South Korea, 6,862
    52, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 6,858
    53, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 6,857

    Failed to advance:
    54, Eddie Graham, Centerville, Ohio, 6,853
    55, Andy Mortensen, Tulsa, Okla., 6,848
    56, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 6,847
    57, Jesse Buss, Wichita, Kan., 6,844
    58, Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, Texas, 6,838
    59, Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 6,832
    60, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 6,827
    61, Jason Couch, Clermont, Fla., 6,825
    62, Floyd Raymond, Gaylord, Mich., 6,812
    63 (tie), Michael Machuga, Erie, Pa., and Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 6,810
    65, Ray Eddy III, Saginaw, Mich., 6,807
    66 (tie), Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, and Cha Ji-Hyun, South Korea, 6,803
    68, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 6,801
    69, PJ Haggerty, Roseville, Calif., 6,795
    70, Wayne Garber, Modesto, Calif., 6,791
    71, D.J. Archer, Mineral Wells, Texas, 6,788
    72, John Szczerbinski, North Tonawanda, N.Y., 6,784
    73, Jon Brandon, Santa Clarita, Calif., 6,770
    74, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 6,762
    75, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 6,761
    76, Patrick Dombrowski, Parma, Ohio, 6,756
    77, Billy Rogers, Dallas, 6,752
    78, Antonio Medina, Louisville, Ky., 6,744
    79, James Wallace, Hicksville, N.Y., 6,740
    80 (tie), Anthony LaCaze, Melrose Park, Ill., and John Furey, East Windsor, N.J., 6,739
    82, Paul Moor, England, 6,732
    83, Frank Guccione, Castle Rock, Colo., 6,730
    84, Jake Peters, Decatur, Ill., 6,728
    85, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 6,722
    86, Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 6,721
    87, Zack Hattori, Las Vegas, 6,700
    88 (tie), Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., and David Beres, Waukesha, Wis., 6,687
    90, Joseph Hostetler, Minerva, Ohio, 6,681
    91, Clara Guerrero, Colombia, 6,680
    92 (tie), Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., and Wu Siu Hong, Hong Kong, 6,667
    94, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 6,666
    95, John Nolen, Waterford, Mich., 6,664
    96, Chuck Tillson, Rohnert Park, Calif., 6,636
    97 (tie), Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, and Craig Auerbach, Sunrise, Fla., 6,631
    99, Joshua McBride, Wichita, Kan., 6,621
    100, Fawaz Abdullah, Bahrain, 6,612
    101, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 6,607
    102, Daniel Falconi, Mexico, 6,604
    103, Kasey Normandin, Canada, 6,602
    104, Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 6,596
    105 (tie), Paola Gomez, Colombia, and Yousif Falah, Bahrain, 6,594
    107, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 6,579
    108 (tie), Chris Cundiff, Lake Station, Ind., and Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 6,562
    110, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 6,559
    111, Tommy Gollick, Oberlin, Pa., 6,558
    112 (tie), John DeBenedetta Jr., Las Vegas, and Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 6,549
    114, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 6,548
    115, Robert Piroozshad, Ranch Santa Margarita, Calif., 6,546
    116, Jason Poli, West Des Moines, Iowa, 6,545
    117, Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 6,539
    118, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 6,528
    119, Diandra Asbaty, Chicago, 6,519
    120, Mathias Arup, Sweden, 6,518
    121 (tie), Chris Hayden, Las Vegas, and Billy Rohde, Marietta, Ga., 6,509
    123, Martin Paulsson, Sweden, 6,489
    124, Dennis Horan Jr., Temecula, Calif., 6,487
    125, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 6,479
    126, Park Jong Soo, South Korea, 6,474
    127, Jimmy Mortensen, Denmark, 6,464
    128, Adrian Anderson, Roseburg, Ore., 6,460
    129, William Guszczo, Orland Park, Il., 6,459
    130, Gu Yong-Jin, South Korea, 6,454
    131, Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 6,452
    132, Ricky Schissler, Henderson, Colo., 6,450
    133, Brian Robinson, Morgantown, W.V., 6,448
    134, Matt Freiberg, Somerset, N.J., 6,445
    135, Richard Horsley, Morrisville, N.C., 6,444
    136, Julio Cesar Blancas, Mexico, 6,426
    137, Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, 4,818
    138, Andre Eubanks, Los Angeles, 6,415
    139, Carlos Cottone, Venezuela, 6,400
    140, Jerry Johnson Jr., Las Vegas, 6,367
    141 (tie), Travis Celmer, Wernersville, Pa., and Rocio Restrepo, Colombia, 6,340
    143, Tony Campagna Jr., Hendersonville, Tenn., 6,335
    144, Ernest Lukacs Jr., Manville, N.J., 6,319
    145, Paul Gibson, Brunswick, Ohio, 6,316
    146, Erik Andersin, Sweden, 6,315
    147, Matthew Thornton, Montgomery, Ill., 6,314
    148, Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif., 6,276
    149, Park Kyung-Shin, South Korea, 6,273
    150 (tie), Adam Monks, San Diego, and Alan Mojado, Pala, Calif., 6,264
    152, Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C., 6,254
    153, Brett Cooper, Fort Worth, Texas, 6,248
    154, Isaac Amkie Amkie, Mexico, 6,238
    155, Santiago Garcia, Colombia, 6,237
    156, Kurt Bogner, Longview, Wash., 6,234
    157, Glenn Morgan, Carson City, Nev., 6,203
    158, Kevin Gallagher, Torrance, Calif., 6,198
    159, Mahd Assad, Bahrain, 6,186
    160, Jason Miller, Portland, Ore., 6,151
    161, Krzysztof Olesinski, Poland, 6,116
    162, Bubba Harrison, Citrus Heights, Calif., 6,111
    163, Sean Mamlok, San Jose, Calif., 6,105
    164, Eric Malone, Brewster, N.Y., 6,102
    165, Mike Armstrong Jr., Tucson, Ariz., 6,100
    166, Toni Palermaa, Finland, 6,090
    167, Adam Miller, Charlotte, N.C., 6,084
    168, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 6,079
    169, Michael Ciardulli Jr., Valley Stream, N.Y., 6,075
    170, Mohammed Al Swawoosh, Bahrain, 6,073
    171, Jeff Toyne, Columbia, S.C., 6,068
    172, Will Wells, New Zealand, 6,066
    173, Kenneth Bland Jr., Germany, 6,053
    174, David Peterson, Plano, Texas, 6,051
    175, Hameed Taqi, Bahrain, 6,047
    176, Chad Lusche, Arvada, Colo., 6,043
    177, Masoud Saberi, Bahrain, 6,037
    178, Carl Labayan, Long Beach, Calif., 6,013
    179, Darrell Gilbert Jr., Valparaiso, Ind., 5,987
    180, Jim Horan, Oakley, Calif., 5,945
    181, Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, 5,942
    182, Don Mathey, Turlock, Calif., 2,714
    183, Dwight Tincher, Perris, Calif., 4,262
    184, Jimmy Smith, Puyallup, Wash., 5,858
    185 (tie), J.T. Jackson, Tarzana, Calif., and Mark Fennell, Seattle, 5,832
    187, Robert McBride, Plano, Texas, 5,808
    188, Frank Boyer, Lebanon, Pa, 5,805
    189, Glen Nakagawa, Highland Village, Texas, 5,792
    190, Chuck Galaviz, Salt Lake City, Utah, 5,754
    191, Adam James, Redmond, Wash., 5,721
    192, Rachel Vaughn, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 5,664
    193, Miroslaw Pajak, Poland, 5,661
    194, Steve Ford, Seaside, Ore., 5,605
    195, Chris Helton, Fountain, Colo., 5,586
    196, Jorge Tello, Colombia, 5,572
    197, Kevin Prior, Allen, Texas, 5,558
    198, Travis Thomas, Lumberton, N.C., 5,543
    199, Sam Grihm, Portland, Ore., 5,519
    200, Rickey Smith, Gulf Breeze, Fla., 5,513
    201, David Meadows, Houston, 5,494
    202, Courtney Miller, Charleston, S.C., 5,468
    203, Mathew Tabor, Cooperstown, N.Y., 5,206
    204, Tyler Johnson, Surprise, Ariz., 5,181

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