Mandy Wilson (pictured left) of Dayton, Ohio, surged into the lead after the second round Saturday at the 2012 United States Bowling Congress Senior Queens presented by Storm.

Wilson, who sat in third after the opening round, leads the 56-player field with a 10-game total of 2,265 (226.5 average) at the International Training and Research Center in Arlinton, Texas.

"My goal is to try and stay in the top three going into match play," Wilson said. "Usually it seems like I am right around the cut number and have to bowl the higher seeds, so I want to try and be as high as possible this time."

After opening the tournament with 1,143 in Friday's first round, Wilson put together a five-game block of 1,122 on games of 220, 235, 248, 198 and 221.

Char Hammel (left) of Las Vegas, who won the 2010 Senior Queens, sits in second place with 2,254, while USBC Hall of Famer Robin Romeo (right) of Van Nuys, Calif., is third with 2,182.

All participants will bowl 15 games of qualifying over three days before the field is cut to the top 15 plus defending champion Paula Vidad of Sun City, Calif., for the double-elimination match-play bracket starting Monday.

BowlTV is providing free live streaming coverage of every round of the competition, concluding with the four-player stepladder finals Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern.

The Senior Queens also caps off the Senior Women's Triple Crown Series, which is a special competition for bowlers who compete in the Senior Queens, Senior U.S. Women's Open and National Golden Ladies Classic.

The top 10 players in the Triple Crown standings, which combines qualifying totals from all three events, will take part in the Triple Crown Shoot-Out presented by The Orleans live on BowlTV on Sunday at 5 p.m. Eastern.

With five games remaining, Romeo leads in the Triple Crown standings with 9,546, while Lucy Sandelin of Tampa, Fla., is second with 9,426.

 

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2012 USBC Senior Queens - Qualifying Round 2

Players with position, hometown and 10-game total

1, Mandy Wilson, Dayton, Ohio, 2,265
2, Char Hammel, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,254
3, Robin Romeo, Van Nuys, Calif., 2,182
4, Kristy Whitcher, Belfair, Wash., 2,176
5, Lucy Sandelin, Tampa, Fla., 2,170
6, Paula Vidad, Sun City, Calif., 2,145
7, Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,135
8, Carole Jones, Englewood, Colo., 2,118
9, Dana Miller-Mackie, Albuquerque, N.M., 2,117
10, Sharon Powers, Lakewood, Colo., 2,105
11, Lilia Johnson, Lawton, Okla., 2,099
12, Anne Marie Duggan, Edmond, Okla., 2,097
13, Yolanda Garrett, The Colony, Texas, 2,074
14, Terri Ward, Loveland, Colo., 2,040
15, Joan Reilly, Wilmington, N.C., 2,032
16, Rosa Mendez, Miami, Fla., 1,973
16, Carol Teel, The Villages, Fla., 1,973
18, Graciela Dube, Miami, Fla., 1,968
19, Lori Jo Turner, Sauk Rapids, Minn., 1,965
20, Pattie Fell, El Paso, Texas, 1,962
21, Kim Crompton, Trussville, Ala., 1,961
22, Cindy McBride, Plano, Texas, 1,960
23, Janie Edgerton, Alameda, Calif., 1,958
24, Sue West, Tujunga, Calif., 1,951
25, Tayna Fulmer, McKinney, Texas, 1,948
26, Melanie McAllister, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,943
26, Teresa Ross, Cedar Hill, Texas, 1,943
28, Debbie Wade, Taylorsville, Utah, 1,935
29, Marci Williams, Wichita, Kan., 1,903
29, Debra Willett, Pearland, Texas, 1,903
31, Judy Gurney, Mesa, Ariz., 1,897
32, Fran Deken, Coweta, Okla., 1,879
33, Shelley Nell, Silverdale, Wash., 1,851
34, Dawn Leonard, Virginia Beach, Va., 1,844
35, Linda Andrews, Highlands Ranch, Colo., 1,835
36, Lisa Wasson, Murphy, Texas, 1,830
37, Pam Lawrence, Pflugerville, Texas, 1,826
37, Erin Wilson, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,826
39, Anita Pope, Silsbee, Texas, 1,817
40, Christina Green, Westerly, R.I., 1,816
41, Jeanette Porter, Omaha, Neb., 1,813
42, Dena Kearney, Lanham, Md., 1,810
43, Jennifer Nelson, Menlo Park, Calif., 1,807
44, Pam Buckner, Reno, Nev., 1,804
45, Mary Brooks, Hyattsville, Md., 1,793
46, Terry Davis, Washington, D.C., 1,788
47, Cynthia Johnson, Bowie, Md., 1,786
48, Georgette McNally, Pasadena, Texas, 1,779
49, Diane Wemple, Corrales, N.M., 1,773
50, Lynn Minning, Austin, Texas, 1,760
51, Karen Hoyle, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1,715
52, Cheryl Polak, Pearland, Texas, 1,703
53, Sharon Taylor, Frederick, Md., 1,679
54, Mireya Gomez, Hialeah, Fla., 1,632
55, Tanya Dean, Tampa, Fla., 1,523
56, Karla Alsgood, Rio Linda, Calif., 1,522