Fueled by three big games, Team USA's John Janawicz (pictured above) captured the gold medal in Singles Monday in the opening event of the 2015 Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) Men's Championships.

Janawicz had a six-game total of 1,319 (219.83 average) to take the gold medal at AMF Bolera Paradise Lanes in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

After opening the event with a 181 game, Janawicz caught fire and put up games of 258, 248 and 266 before finishing the event with 160 and 206 on the 33-foot Sydney pattern.

"I tried playing a little farther to the right the first game, and I think I got caught in the middle of what ball to use," said Janawicz, a seven-time Team USA member.

"Then I made a ball switch, moved in and tried to open the lane up. All the sudden I found something and I had it for three games. I just kind of grinded it out from there and fortunately it was enough to hold up for the win."

It was the third time Janawicz has won the singles gold at the PABCON Men's Championships, also taking the title in 2007 and 2012. His gold-medal total this year was the lowest winning score since 1993 when Anthony Chapman won for the United States with 1,306 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Team USA's Chris Barnes (left), who bowled alongside Janawicz in Singles, took the silver medal with 1,316, while Venezuela's Reydnier Chavez (right) captured the bronze with 1,296.

The PABCON Men's Championships features the best bowlers from the American Zone competing for medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All-Events and match-play Masters. Competition continues Tuesday with the doubles event on the 39-foot Seoul pattern.

For more information read Bulletin No. 1.

 

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2015 PABCON Men's Championships - Singles Results

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	John Janawicz	United States	181	258	248	687	266	160	206	632	1319	219.83
2.	Chris Barnes	United States	259	193	201	653	230	255	178	663	1316	219.33
3.	Reydnier Chavez	Venezuela	201	246	199	646	173	235	242	650	1296	216.00
4.	Travis Cauley	Canada	221	183	258	662	215	217	194	626	1288	214.67
5.	Marshall Kent	United States	210	237	201	648	238	206	193	637	1285	214.17
6.	Arturo Quintero	Mexico	180	236	216	632	225	238	176	639	1271	211.83
7.	Graham Fach	Canada	268	186	191	645	186	215	223	624	1269	211.50
8.	Michael Fonseca	Puerto Rico	236	245	140	621	237	222	169	628	1249	208.17
9.	Massimiliano Fridegotto	Venezuela	242	203	139	584	168	252	236	656	1240	206.67
10.	Manuel H. Otalora	Colombia	247	193	170	610	241	192	179	612	1222	203.67
(tie)	Bill O'Neill	United States	191	215	200	606	275	206	135	616	1222	203.67
12.	Jaime E. Gonzalez	Colombia	156	175	175	506	217	246	244	707	1213	202.17
(tie)	Antonio Robert	Costa Rica	178	231	178	587	182	241	203	626	1213	202.17
14.	Ildemaro Ruiz	Venezuela	199	192	170	561	231	189	222	642	1203	200.50
15.	Cristian Azcona	Puerto Rico	212	222	155	589	198	170	235	603	1192	198.67
16.	Israel Hernandez	Puerto Rico	243	194	212	649	181	194	145	520	1169	194.83
17.	Chris Fernandez	Canada	168	240	165	573	213	220	161	594	1167	194.50
18.	Tommy Jones	United States	166	201	145	512	203	235	210	648	1160	193.33
19.	Javier Diaz	Puerto Rico	214	209	219	642	191	168	158	517	1159	193.17
20.	Juan A. Yuzuriha	Peru	232	167	184	583	180	213	175	568	1151	191.83
21.	Josh L. Encarnacion	Puerto Rico	235	178	177	590	222	182	156	560	1150	191.67
22.	Alejandro Montijo	Mexico	169	187	178	534	188	227	200	615	1149	191.50
23.	Manuel Fernandez	Dominican Republic	236	245	185	666	141	201	138	480	1146	191.00
24.	Fidel Marchena	Dominican Republic	190	197	181	568	211	156	210	577	1145	190.83
25.	Andres Gomez	Colombia	237	192	190	619	213	142	169	524	1143	190.50
(tie)	Jose V. Lander	Venezuela	172	178	185	535	197	179	232	608	1143	190.50
27.	Jose Estrada	Dominican Republic	180	210	229	619	181	170	168	519	1138	189.67
28.	Rolando R. Sebelen	Dominican Republic	179	186	202	567	212	188	166	566	1133	188.83
29.	Eddy A. Fuentes	Venezuela	192	190	182	564	225	167	174	566	1130	188.33
30.	Santiago Mejia	Colombia	147	171	212	530	218	163	213	594	1124	187.33
31.	David Simard	Canada	192	203	199	594	169	169	191	529	1123	187.17
32.	Daniel Falconi	Mexico	197	235	165	597	146	176	203	525	1122	187.00
33.	Sean Rash	United States	148	167	223	538	165	211	206	582	1120	186.67
34.	Alberto Quesada	Costa Rica	207	170	214	591	166	180	171	517	1108	184.67
35.	Brock Finch	Canada	178	182	205	565	208	176	157	541	1106	184.33
36.	Marco Moretti	Costa Rica	178	192	214	584	125	222	170	517	1101	183.50
37.	Diogenes Saverio	Ecuador	204	172	190	566	160	186	183	529	1095	182.50
38.	Andre Fors	Mexico	189	195	189	573	161	166	192	519	1092	182.00
39.	Jean F. Perez	Puerto Rico	158	189	241	588	174	159	169	502	1090	181.67
40.	Oscar J. Rodriguez	Colombia	172	191	180	543	146	172	223	541	1084	180.67
(tie)	Ivan Vallejo	Ecuador	181	170	195	546	196	177	165	538	1084	180.67
42.	Joseph Ciach	Canada	184	196	184	564	140	177	200	517	1081	180.17
43.	Rodolfo Madriz	Costa Rica	206	193	157	556	181	180	157	518	1074	179.00
44.	Nilson Wada	Brazil	146	162	138	446	177	202	244	623	1069	178.17
45.	Marcio Vieira	Brazil	147	206	155	508	185	189	183	557	1065	177.50
46.	Sebastian Yuzuriha	Peru	165	150	223	538	189	163	169	521	1059	176.50
47.	Jaime Monroy	Colombia	120	177	195	492	192	160	214	566	1058	176.33
48.	Mario Lemos	Ecuador	146	176	230	552	137	202	166	505	1057	176.17
49.	Fabian Barriga	Ecuador	144	221	144	509	189	167	180	536	1045	174.17
(tie)	Ricardo Lecuona	Mexico	121	191	175	487	165	180	213	558	1045	174.17
51.	Igor Pizzoli	Brazil	165	196	172	533	192	177	141	510	1043	173.83
(tie)	Humberto Vazquez	Mexico	178	166	205	549	186	143	165	494	1043	173.83
53.	Gonzalo Aranibar	Bolivia	141	176	182	499	181	164	197	542	1041	173.50
54.	Rafael Demichelli	Peru	141	145	216	502	165	160	211	536	1038	173.00
55.	Kenny Kishimoto	Peru	210	204	151	565	177	147	148	472	1037	172.83
56.	Armando Santacruz	Ecuador	192	194	155	541	190	140	163	493	1034	172.33
57.	Alberto Lizano	Costa Rica	152	159	189	500	180	173	179	532	1032	172.00
58.	Fabio Grossi	Brazil	154	167	178	499	169	178	179	526	1025	170.83
59.	Luis F. Nazar	Chile	142	183	177	502	193	141	187	521	1023	170.50
60.	Raphael Bramble	Virgin Islands	155	187	190	532	176	146	161	483	1015	169.17
61.	Paulo Feijo	Brazil	140	148	147	435	173	190	215	578	1013	168.83
62.	Ricardo Perez	Dominican Republic	220	178	150	548	148	137	177	462	1010	168.33
63.	Rolando A. Sebelen	Dominican Republic	171	152	220	543	139	153	173	465	1008	168.00
64.	Jamil Sales	Brazil	185	141	205	531	155	148	165	468	999	166.50
65.	Felipe Suenaga	Peru	156	133	171	460	190	156	164	510	970	161.67
66.	Patricio Borquez	Chile	148	147	164	459	150	171	184	505	964	160.67
67.	David Villalobos	Costa Rica	136	150	172	458	152	143	203	498	956	159.33
68.	Marcos Cordova	Bolivia	173	133	183	489	147	144	165	456	945	157.50
69.	Alejandro Ishikawa	Peru	158	146	175	479	153	167	137	457	936	156.00
70.	Jose I. Miranda	Bolivia	153	128	158	439	182	130	182	494	933	155.50
71.	Gonzalo Viladegut	Bolivia	141	166	155	462	152	147	166	465	927	154.50
72.	David Wong	Ecuador	122	160	165	447	152	135	177	464	911	151.83
73.	Nibaldo Rojas	Chile	124	128	122	374	169	155	202	526	900	150.00
74.	Henry Schjang	Virgin Islands	182	129	139	450	130	182	134	446	896	149.33
75.	Joel Duran	Bolivia	172	160	128	460	150	143	141	434	894	149.00
76.	Jorge Guedez	Venezuela	136	138	144	418	158	160	156	474	892	148.67
77.	Adanskee Henry	Virgin Islands	124	117	134	375	145	213	146	504	879	146.50
78.	David Johnson	Virgin Islands	117	147	127	391	180	129	165	474	865	144.17
79.	Alwyn Baptiste	Virgin Islands	99	152	135	386	143	146	186	475	861	143.50
80.	Hugo Moorehead	Virgin Islands	181	120	140	441	132	130	108	370	811	135.17