Lilia Johnson of Lawton, Okla., found herself in familiar territory atop the standings at the USBC Senior Queens presented by Storm after averaging more than 234 at the National Bowling Stadium on Saturday.

The 62-year-old has been the early leader at the event before, but still is waiting for her breakthrough win. She closed her five-game block with games of 257 and 254, catapulting her into the lead with a 1,174 total.

USBC Hall of Famer Tish Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colo., is second with 1,143, while fellow hall of famer Robin Romeo of Newhall, Calif., is third with 1,140. Defending champion Lucy Sandelin of Tampa, Fla., is eighth with 1,057.

All 56 Senior Queens participants will bowl 15 games of qualifying over three days before the field is cut to the top 15, plus Sandelin, a USBC Hall of Famer, for the double-elimination match-play bracket starting Tuesday at 1 p.m. EDT. Should Sandelin not qualify, she automatically will earn the 16th seed.

BowlTV is providing free live streaming coverage of every round of the competition at the National Bowling Stadium, concluding the four-player stepladder finals Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern.

The player who survives the bracket to win the event will take home $3,500 of the $21,000 prize fund, which includes a $5,000 contribution by presenting sponsor Storm.

The Senior Queens, open to all female USBC members age 50 and older, marks the second stop of the Senior Women's Triple Crown Series presented by The Orleans. The Triple Crown Series is a special competition for bowlers who compete in the Senior Queens, National Golden Ladies Classic and Bowling's U.S. Senior Women's Open.

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.

Lilia Johnson finished fourth in the Senior Division (50 and over) of the 2014 National Golden Ladies Classic, while Tish Johnson was the runner-up to Sharon Powers of Lakewood, Colo.

The Triple Crown Shoot-Out will be held after the U.S. Senior Women's Open qualifying rounds July 24 at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford, Ill.

 

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2014 USBC Senior Queens - Qualifying Round 1 Results

Players with position, hometown and 5-game total

Complete Results

1, Lilia Johnson, Lawton, Okla., 1,174
2, Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,143
3, Robin Romeo, Newhall, Calif., 1,140
4, Mandy Wilson, Dayton, Ohio, 1,103
5, Dana Miller-Mackie, Albuquerque, N.M., 1,069
6, Della Kallenback, Fairfield, Calif., 1,059
7, Kristen Dehn, Great Falls, Mont., 1,058
8, Lucy Sandelin, Tampa, Fla., 1,057
9, LoriJo Turner, Sheridan, Wyo., 1,042
10, Carol Teel, The Villages, Fla., 1,038
11, Rocky Boubel, Selma, Texas, 1,032
12, Kristy Whitcher, Belfair, Wash., 1,029
13, Beth Owen Cipielewski, Bradenton, Fla., 1,020
14, Char Hammel, Las Vegas, 1,011
14, Sharon Powers, Lakewood, Colo., 1,011
16, Debbie Wade, Salt Lake City, 1,002
17, Susan Condeff, Fremont, Calif., 1,000
17, Barb Demorest, Bellingham, Wash., 1,000
19, Pam Lawrence, Pflugerville, Texas, 998
20, Diane Stokes, East Elmhurst, N.Y., 992
21, Penny Fentiman, Sweet Home, Ore., 986
22, Paula Vidad, Sun City, Calif., 985
23, Karla Alsgood, Rio Linda, Calif., 982
24, Pam Sprow, Lakeland, Fla., 976
25, Melanie McAllister, Colorado Springs, Colo., 973
26, Sharon Botkin, Albuquerque, N.M., 964
27, Darlene Monahan, Elizabethtown, Pa., 962
28, Norma Pilier, Bronx, N.Y., 959
29, Sandra Postma, Lansing, Ill., 957
30, Debbie McMullen, Denver, Colo., 954
31, Sharri Johnson, Tampa, Fla., 952
32, Tayna Fulmer, McKinney, Texas, 949
33, Jennifer Jones, Powder Springs, Ga., 940
34, Pam Buckner, Reno, Nev., 938
35, Diana Cavins, Boulder City, Nev., 931
36, Ann Swann, Wilmington, N.C., 914
37, Joyce Marshall, New York, N.Y., 913
38, Fran Deken, Coweta, Okla., 911
39, Janet Romig, Osprey, Fla., 892
40, Jennifer Nelson, Menlo Park, Calif., 889
41, Lynn Minning, Austin, Texas, 888
42, Jackie Wyckoff, Campbell, Calif., 883
43, Shelley Nell, Silverdale, Wash., 879
44, Carole Jones, Englewood, Colo., 878
45, Donna Johnson, Sparks, Nev., 873
46, Chirs Green, Westerly, R.I., 870
47, Theresa Depka, St. Thomas, VI, 864
48, Linda Andrews, Highlands Ranch, Colo., 860
49, Virginia Norton, Cypress, Calif., 853
50, Tonda Lee, Fredericksburg, Va., 848
51, Lynne Ono, Pearl City, Hawaii, 839
52, Joan Reilly, Wilmington, N.C., 829
53, Joanne Herman, Natick, Mass., 811
54, Anne Springer, Napavine, Wash., 790
55, Olivia Rice, Baltimore, 773
56, Sharon Aronson, Turlock, Calif., 398