Puerto Rico took the gold medal, while Team USA earned the silver and bronze medals Tuesday in the doubles event at the 2015 Pan American Bowling Confederation Men's Championships.

Cristian Azcona and Israel Hernandez (pictured left, l-r) gave host Puerto Rico the gold medal with a six-game total of 2,739 (228.3 average) on the 39-foot Seoul pattern at AMF Bolera Paradise Lanes in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The photo above shows the medalists in Doubles: L-R O'Neill & Jones (2nd), Azcona & Hernandez (1st) and Kent & Rash.

Hernandez led the duo with a 1,404 total, while Azcona fired 1,335. The pair were propelled to the title by a huge fifth game, shooting a combined 537 (Azcona 248, Hernandez 289) to secure a big lead on the field.

The victory gave Puerto Rico its first doubles title in the event since 1993 when Jim Porter and Jaime Almendro won with 2,486 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Team USA's Bill O'Neill of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, South Carolina, (pictured right, r-l) made a late charge at the gold but came up short, earning the silver with 2,711.

Jones had the highest individual total of the day with 1,424, while O'Neill added 1,287. The U.S. pair finished with a 455 game but fell 28 pins short of the top spot on the podium.

Marshall Kent of Yakima, Washington, and Sean Rash of Montgomery, Illinois, combined to earn the bronze medal for Team USA with 2,665. Rash shot 1,379, while Kent had 1,286.

With 2,584 total and an average of 215.33 for twelve games, Jones took the lead in All-Events (combined scores in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Teams) from his teammate, Singles champion John Janawicz, who slipped to sixth place with 2,561.

Travis Cauley of Canada moved from fourth to second place with 2579, while Hernandez jumped from 16th to third place with 2,573. Rounding out the top 5 are Kent (2,571) and Colombia's Jaime E. Gonzalez (2,570).

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 Wednesday with the Trios event.

For more information read Bulletin No. 1.

 

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2015 PABCON Men's Championships - Doubles Results

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Puerto Rico	431	465	435	1331	443	537	428	1408	2739	228.25
	Cristian Azcona	220	217	226	663	210	248	214	672	1335	222.50
	Israel Hernandez	211	248	209	668	233	289	214	736	1404	234.00
2.	United States	449	464	415	1328	451	477	455	1383	2711	225.92
	Bill O'Neill	214	223	186	623	242	222	200	664	1287	214.50
	Tommy Jones	235	241	229	705	209	255	255	719	1424	237.33
3.	United States	483	398	479	1360	423	494	388	1305	2665	222.08
	Marshall Kent	256	176	225	657	212	248	169	629	1286	214.33
	Sean Rash	227	222	254	703	211	246	219	676	1379	229.83
4.	Colombia	496	450	398	1344	376	459	444	1279	2623	218.58
	Jaime E. Gonzalez	272	247	219	738	188	225	206	619	1357	226.17
	Manuel H. Otalora	224	203	179	606	188	234	238	660	1266	211.00
5.	Colombia	407	523	433	1363	368	427	440	1235	2598	216.50
	Andres Gomez	226	225	236	687	200	218	255	673	1360	226.67
	Jaime Monroy	181	298	197	676	168	209	185	562	1238	206.33
6.	Canada	456	435	428	1319	417	383	402	1202	2521	210.08
	David Simard	230	201	234	665	175	179	211	565	1230	205.00
	Travis Cauley	226	234	194	654	242	204	191	637	1291	215.17
7.	Dominican Republic	465	341	421	1227	448	480	331	1259	2486	207.17
	Fidel Marchena	210	197	219	626	192	215	174	581	1207	201.17
	Manuel Fernandez	255	144	202	601	256	265	157	678	1279	213.17
8.	Canada	374	400	449	1223	443	359	419	1221	2444	203.67
	Chris Fernandez	178	202	213	593	208	173	185	566	1159	193.17
	Joseph Ciach	196	198	236	630	235	186	234	655	1285	214.17
9.	Canada	418	405	395	1218	416	396	399	1211	2429	202.42
	Brock Finch	193	190	198	581	233	183	177	593	1174	195.67
	Graham Fach	225	215	197	637	183	213	222	618	1255	209.17
10.	Venezuela	451	486	371	1308	336	389	358	1083	2391	199.25
	Ildemaro Ruiz	256	219	192	667	157	189	168	514	1181	196.83
	Reydnier Chavez	195	267	179	641	179	200	190	569	1210	201.67
11.	Dominican Republic	347	332	455	1134	437	432	387	1256	2390	199.17
	Jose Estrada	157	155	259	571	234	218	191	643	1214	202.33
	Rolando A. Sebelen	190	177	196	563	203	214	196	613	1176	196.00
12.	Colombia	352	391	389	1132	395	426	412	1233	2365	197.08
	Oscar J. Rodriguez	191	198	223	612	183	236	191	610	1222	203.67
	Santiago Mejia	161	193	166	520	212	190	221	623	1143	190.50
13.	Puerto Rico	378	443	419	1240	376	410	326	1112	2352	196.00
	Javier Diaz	197	244	211	652	159	236	169	564	1216	202.67
	Michael Fonseca	181	199	208	588	217	174	157	548	1136	189.33
14.	Puerto Rico	338	427	366	1131	357	414	447	1218	2349	195.75
	Jean F. Perez	165	183	193	541	167	213	227	607	1148	191.33
	Josh L. Encarnacion	173	244	173	590	190	201	220	611	1201	200.17
15.	Mexico	412	390	374	1176	406	407	359	1172	2348	195.67
	Daniel Falconi	211	186	207	604	212	176	145	533	1137	189.50
	Ricardo Lecuona	201	204	167	572	194	231	214	639	1211	201.83
16.	Costa Rica	365	403	403	1171	336	459	376	1171	2342	195.17
	Marco Moretti	190	173	210	573	135	225	251	611	1184	197.33
	Rodolfo Madriz	175	230	193	598	201	234	125	560	1158	193.00
17.	Venezuela	420	400	356	1176	338	431	390	1159	2335	194.58
	Jorge Guedez	212	177	170	559	168	186	202	556	1115	185.83
	Jose V. Lander	208	223	186	617	170	245	188	603	1220	203.33
18.	United States	429	382	398	1209	362	362	398	1122	2331	194.25
	Chris Barnes	209	163	196	568	186	183	152	521	1089	181.50
	John Janawicz	220	219	202	641	176	179	246	601	1242	207.00
(tie)	Venezuela	429	413	344	1186	378	396	371	1145	2331	194.25
	Eddy A. Fuentes	216	188	174	578	189	172	214	575	1153	192.17
	Massimiliano Fridegotto	213	225	170	608	189	224	157	570	1178	196.33
20.	Dominican Republic	371	417	443	1231	375	377	346	1098	2329	194.08
	Ricardo Perez	189	189	208	586	187	204	170	561	1147	191.17
	Rolando R. Sebelen	182	228	235	645	188	173	176	537	1182	197.00
21.	Peru	422	416	330	1168	381	374	380	1135	2303	191.92
	Juan A. Yuzuriha	188	243	146	577	199	185	172	556	1133	188.83
	Kenny Kishimoto	234	173	184	591	182	189	208	579	1170	195.00
22.	Costa Rica	314	416	408	1138	394	340	377	1111	2249	187.42
	Alberto Lizano	121	214	193	528	215	175	212	602	1130	188.33
	David Villalobos	193	202	215	610	179	165	165	509	1119	186.50
(tie)	Mexico	353	398	295	1046	471	325	407	1203	2249	187.42
	Humberto Vazquez	184	207	155	546	246	155	245	646	1192	198.67
	Alejandro Montijo	169	191	140	500	225	170	162	557	1057	176.17
24.	Brazil	330	321	397	1048	395	390	393	1178	2226	185.50
	Igor Pizzoli	166	147	193	506	191	213	207	611	1117	186.17
	Nilson Wada	164	174	204	542	204	177	186	567	1109	184.83
25.	Ecuador	309	338	429	1076	379	446	322	1147	2223	185.25
	Armando Santacruz	139	182	231	552	221	204	147	572	1124	187.33
	Ivan Vallejo	170	156	198	524	158	242	175	575	1099	183.17
(tie)	Ecuador	347	417	339	1103	362	351	407	1120	2223	185.25
	Diogenes Saverio	183	196	175	554	180	191	216	587	1141	190.17
	Mario Lemos	164	221	164	549	182	160	191	533	1082	180.33
27.	Mexico	358	363	354	1075	379	361	401	1141	2216	184.67
	Andre Fors	174	156	196	526	197	162	193	552	1078	179.67
	Arturo Quintero	184	207	158	549	182	199	208	589	1138	189.67
28.	Peru	344	379	341	1064	374	385	373	1132	2196	183.00
	Alejandro Ishikawa	148	196	146	490	190	201	164	555	1045	174.17
	Sebastian Yuzuriha	196	183	195	574	184	184	209	577	1151	191.83
29.	Brazil	405	354	339	1098	350	347	372	1069	2167	180.58
	Marcio Vieira	214	197	180	591	154	177	176	507	1098	183.00
	Fabio Grossi	191	157	159	507	196	170	196	562	1069	178.17
30.	Brazil	318	320	360	998	365	380	374	1119	2117	176.42
	Jamil Sales	153	153	199	505	199	200	171	570	1075	179.17
	Paulo Feijo	165	167	161	493	166	180	203	549	1042	173.67
31.	Bolivia	377	328	321	1026	366	344	346	1056	2082	173.50
	Gonzalo Aranibar	181	139	154	474	194	172	168	534	1008	168.00
	Jose I. Miranda	196	189	167	552	172	172	178	522	1074	179.00
32.	Costa Rica	326	323	372	1021	348	374	334	1056	2077	173.08
	Alberto Quesada	168	163	184	515	158	190	143	491	1006	167.67
	Antonio Robert	158	160	188	506	190	184	191	565	1071	178.50
33.	Ecuador	334	376	344	1054	360	348	313	1021	2075	172.92
	David Wong	177	184	175	536	188	179	155	522	1058	176.33
	Fabian Barriga	157	192	169	518	172	169	158	499	1017	169.50
34.	Virgin Islands	353	368	326	1047	338	314	365	1017	2064	172.00
	Alwyn Baptiste	172	146	178	496	179	155	177	511	1007	167.83
	David Johnson	181	222	148	551	159	159	188	506	1057	176.17
35.	Peru	330	333	295	958	387	340	362	1089	2047	170.58
	Felipe Suenaga	181	177	150	508	177	163	154	494	1002	167.00
	Rafael Demichelli	149	156	145	450	210	177	208	595	1045	174.17
36.	Chile	341	351	313	1005	295	387	352	1034	2039	169.92
	Luis F. Nazar	149	157	133	439	129	150	196	475	914	152.33
	Patricio Borquez	192	194	180	566	166	237	156	559	1125	187.50
37.	Bolivia	337	335	344	1016	324	357	330	1011	2027	168.92
	Joel Duran	156	163	167	486	178	183	169	530	1016	169.33
	Marcos Cordova	181	172	177	530	146	174	161	481	1011	168.50
38.	Virgin Islands	368	339	308	1015	337	353	295	985	2000	166.67
	Adanskee Henry	171	160	162	493	203	192	149	544	1037	172.83
	Hugo Moorehead	197	179	146	522	134	161	146	441	963	160.50
39.	Virgin Islands	275	297	306	878	336	293	370	999	1877	156.42
	Henry Schjang	155	174	164	493	155	138	176	469	962	160.33
	Raphael Bramble	120	123	142	385	181	155	194	530	915	152.50
40.	Bolivia	296	322	286	904	291	247	275	813	1717	143.08
	Gonzalo Viladegut	170	177	149	496	139	106	141	386	882	147.00
	Nibaldo Rojas	126	145	137	408	152	141	134	427	835	139.17

 

2015 PABCON Men's Championships - All-Events Standings after 12 of 24 games

Top 3 after 24 games will earn the medals; top 16 will advance to match-play Masters.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Trios	Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Tommy Jones	United States	12	1160	1424			2584	215.33
2.	Travis Cauley	Canada	12	1288	1291			2579	214.92
3.	Israel Hernandez	Puerto Rico	12	1169	1404			2573	214.42
4.	Marshall Kent	United States	12	1285	1286			2571	214.25
5.	Jaime E. Gonzalez	Colombia	12	1213	1357			2570	214.17
6.	John Janawicz	United States	12	1319	1242			2561	213.42
7.	Cristian Azcona	Puerto Rico	12	1192	1335			2527	210.58
8.	Graham Fach	Canada	12	1269	1255			2524	210.33
9.	Bill O'Neill	United States	12	1222	1287			2509	209.08
10.	Reydnier Chavez	Venezuela	12	1296	1210			2506	208.83
11.	Andres Gomez	Colombia	12	1143	1360			2503	208.58
12.	Sean Rash	United States	12	1120	1379			2499	208.25
13.	Manuel H. Otalora	Colombia	12	1222	1266			2488	207.33
14.	Manuel Fernandez	Dominican Republic	12	1146	1279			2425	202.08
15.	Massimiliano Fridegotto	Venezuela	12	1240	1178			2418	201.50
16.	Arturo Quintero	Mexico	12	1271	1138			2409	200.75
17.	Chris Barnes	United States	12	1316	1089			2405	200.42
18.	Michael Fonseca	Puerto Rico	12	1249	1136			2385	198.75
19.	Ildemaro Ruiz	Venezuela	12	1203	1181			2384	198.67
20.	Javier Diaz	Puerto Rico	12	1159	1216			2375	197.92
21.	Joseph Ciach	Canada	12	1081	1285			2366	197.17
22.	Jose V. Lander	Venezuela	12	1143	1220			2363	196.92
23.	David Simard	Canada	12	1123	1230			2353	196.08
24.	Fidel Marchena	Dominican Republic	12	1145	1207			2352	196.00
(tie)	Jose Estrada	Dominican Republic	12	1138	1214			2352	196.00
26.	Josh L. Encarnacion	Puerto Rico	12	1150	1201			2351	195.92
27.	Chris Fernandez	Canada	12	1167	1159			2326	193.83
28.	Rolando R. Sebelen	Dominican Republic	12	1133	1182			2315	192.92
29.	Oscar J. Rodriguez	Colombia	12	1084	1222			2306	192.17
30.	Jaime Monroy	Colombia	12	1058	1238			2296	191.33
31.	Marco Moretti	Costa Rica	12	1101	1184			2285	190.42
32.	Antonio Robert	Costa Rica	12	1213	1071			2284	190.33
(tie)	Juan A. Yuzuriha	Peru	12	1151	1133			2284	190.33
34.	Eddy A. Fuentes	Venezuela	12	1130	1153			2283	190.25
35.	Brock Finch	Canada	12	1106	1174			2280	190.00
36.	Santiago Mejia	Colombia	12	1124	1143			2267	188.92
37.	Daniel Falconi	Mexico	12	1122	1137			2259	188.25
38.	Ricardo Lecuona	Mexico	12	1045	1211			2256	188.00
39.	Jean F. Perez	Puerto Rico	12	1090	1148			2238	186.50
40.	Diogenes Saverio	Ecuador	12	1095	1141			2236	186.33
41.	Humberto Vazquez	Mexico	12	1043	1192			2235	186.25
42.	Rodolfo Madriz	Costa Rica	12	1074	1158			2232	186.00
43.	Sebastian Yuzuriha	Peru	12	1059	1151			2210	184.17
44.	Kenny Kishimoto	Peru	12	1037	1170			2207	183.92
45.	Alejandro Montijo	Mexico	12	1149	1057			2206	183.83
46.	Rolando A. Sebelen	Dominican Republic	12	1008	1176			2184	182.00
47.	Ivan Vallejo	Ecuador	12	1084	1099			2183	181.92
48.	Nilson Wada	Brazil	12	1069	1109			2178	181.50
49.	Andre Fors	Mexico	12	1092	1078			2170	180.83
50.	Marcio Vieira	Brazil	12	1065	1098			2163	180.25
51.	Alberto Lizano	Costa Rica	12	1032	1130			2162	180.17
52.	Igor Pizzoli	Brazil	12	1043	1117			2160	180.00
53.	Armando Santacruz	Ecuador	12	1034	1124			2158	179.83
54.	Ricardo Perez	Dominican Republic	12	1010	1147			2157	179.75
55.	Mario Lemos	Ecuador	12	1057	1082			2139	178.25
56.	Alberto Quesada	Costa Rica	12	1108	1006			2114	176.17
57.	Fabio Grossi	Brazil	12	1025	1069			2094	174.50
58.	Patricio Borquez	Chile	12	964	1125			2089	174.08
59.	Rafael Demichelli	Peru	12	1038	1045			2083	173.58
60.	David Villalobos	Costa Rica	12	956	1119			2075	172.92
61.	Jamil Sales	Brazil	12	999	1075			2074	172.83
62.	Fabian Barriga	Ecuador	12	1045	1017			2062	171.83
63.	Paulo Feijo	Brazil	12	1013	1042			2055	171.25
64.	Gonzalo Aranibar	Bolivia	12	1041	1008			2049	170.75
65.	Jose I. Miranda	Bolivia	12	933	1074			2007	167.25
(tie)	Jorge Guedez	Venezuela	12	892	1115			2007	167.25
67.	Alejandro Ishikawa	Peru	12	936	1045			1981	165.08
68.	Felipe Suenaga	Peru	12	970	1002			1972	164.33
69.	David Wong	Ecuador	12	911	1058			1969	164.08
70.	Marcos Cordova	Bolivia	12	945	1011			1956	163.00
71.	Luis F. Nazar	Chile	12	1023	914			1937	161.42
72.	Raphael Bramble	Virgin Islands	12	1015	915			1930	160.83
73.	David Johnson	Virgin Islands	12	865	1057			1922	160.17
74.	Adanskee Henry	Virgin Islands	12	879	1037			1916	159.67
75.	Joel Duran	Bolivia	12	894	1016			1910	159.17
76.	Alwyn Baptiste	Virgin Islands	12	861	1007			1868	155.67
77.	Henry Schjang	Virgin Islands	12	896	962			1858	154.83
78.	Gonzalo Viladegut	Bolivia	12	927	882			1809	150.75
79.	Hugo Moorehead	Virgin Islands	12	811	963			1774	147.83
80.	Nibaldo Rojas	Chile	12	900	835			1735	144.58