Swanson, Smith and Boghosian advance to Daily Finals

    02/10/06

    5th Annual Super Bowl Mini Eliminator

    Squad 13 - Thursday, Feb. 9 at 1pm

    Bryon Smith.jpg Sean Swanson.jpg Former PBA Touring pro Sean Swanson shot the field-best 737 three-game series in the first qualifying squad on Thursday, to advance to the Daily Finals in the Open Division of the Mini Eliminator. Joining Swanson this evening at 9pm are two ABC Masters champions, Bryon Smith (pictured right, 2003) and Brian Boghosian (1999), who landed in second and third place with 668 and 667.

    Richard_Fairley_4964.jpg Two former U.S. National Amateur Champions, Scott Norton (2001) and Richard Fairley Jr., (pictured2004) finished close behind in fourth and fifth place with 652 and 651. 22 of 118 players beloned to the Open Division. 1 in 8 players of each main division advance every day to the Daily Finals.

    Stoney Brown (649), Ron Case (647) and John Harper (637) made it in the 39 and under Division. Bill Kazmierski (630) and Dane Martinson (617) led the 40-49 Division. Gary Emerson (694), Edward Petrie and Hiroshi Ohashi (both 662) advanced from the 50-59 Division. Kevin McNeal (673) and Yutaka Ido of Japan (621) secured their spots in the 205 and under Division.

    64 of the 70 lanes in the Orleans Bowling Center were in use during the 13th of 26 qualifying squads including lanes 1-6 for the Brunswick Practice Range.


    Squad 13 - 39 and under Division

    Stoney Brown.jpg 1 Brown, Stoney (pictured) - Vancouver, WA, 649
    2 Case, Ron - Oakley, CA, 647 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Harper, John - Humble, TX, 637 Advance to Daily Finals
    4 Abel, Ryan - Bel Aire, KS, 630
    5 Holland, Chad - Boise, ID, 629
    6 Berger, Noah - Berkeley, CA, 618
    7 Rasmussen, Joel - Williston, ND, 604
    8 Nagle, Jeff - Beavarton, OR, 593
    9 Raymond, Floyd - Gaylord, MI, 582
    10 Nava, Pedro Felipe - Mexico, 580
    11 Raz, Jarrett - Beaverton, OR, 580
    12 Bateman, Ben - Epping, NH, 570
    13 Jackson, Clint - Olympia, WA, 562
    14 Colaianni, Jeff - Melrose Park, IL, 560
    15 Koning, Eric - Volendam, Netherlands, 559
    16 Turner, Teddy - San Diego, CA, 545
    17 Blum, David - Kingwood, TX, 535
    18 Lunsford, Dino - Prince George, VA, 530
    19 Stafford, Jason - Albany, CA, 519
    20 Edenstrom, Derren - Martinez, CA, 506
    21 Martin, Darryn - Franklin, NH, 490
    22 Speck, Joey - Lubbock, TX, 489
    23 Strickland, David - Levelland, TX, 488
    24 Higgins, Jason - Lacey, WA, 485
    25 Kouchi, Chouji, 481

    Squad 13 - 40-49 Division

    Bill Kazmierski.jpg 1 Kazmierski, Bill (pictured) - Pinconning, MI, 630 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Martinson, Dane - Tioga, ND, 617 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Gomez, Rafael - Mexico, 612
    4 Garrison, Jeff - Hawthorne, CA, 612
    5 Tribbett, Randy - Tacoma, WA, 593
    6 Simmons, Mark B - La Mesa, CA, 590
    7 Brockhoff, Ronald - Berkeley, CA, 544
    8 Nerona, Miles - New Westminster, BC,, 544
    9 Kahele, Richard - Las Vegas, NV, 542
    10 Nishijima, Hideki - Japan, 536
    11 Leppert, Matthew - Grove City, PA, 525
    12 Rubio, Eleazar - Las Vegas, NV, 501
    13 Speck, Randy - Lubbock, TX, 479
    14 Uthoff Jr, William - O'Fallon, MO, 466

    Squad 13 - 50-59 Division

    Gary Emerson.jpg 1 Emerson, Gary (pictured) - Las Vegas, NV, 694 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Petrie, Edward - Las Cruces, NM, 662 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Ohashi, Hiroshi - Henderson, NV, 662 Advance to Daily Finals
    4 Staikoff, Ted - Black Hawk, SD, 645
    5 Regehr, Edward - Hesperia, CA, 638
    6 Wilcox, Robert - Des Moines, WA, 635
    7 Ferreira, Fred - Kings Park, NY, 601
    8 McLean, Rod - N Las Vegas, NV, 594
    9 Webber, Ken - Orlando, FL, 591
    10 Willis, Willie R - Hamden, CT, 566
    11 Johnson, Jim - Marysville, OH, 557
    12 Fulford, Kerry - Fort Hood, TX, 548
    13 Hall, George - Genoa, IL, 541
    14 Solis, Jorge - Mexico City, DF 14050, 539
    15 Lentine, Gip - Chino, CA, 537
    16 Gonzalez, Angel - Mexico City, 532
    17 Shee, Glynn - Benlord, TX, 531
    18 Psaropoulos, Dennis - Lake Worth, FL, 528
    19 Fairchild, Chuck - Boardman, OH, 517
    20 Young, Don - Orchard Park, NY, 517
    21 Chinn, Gerry - Castaic, CA, 513
    22 Askins, James - N. Richland Hills, TX, 507
    23 Hill, Terry W. - Shoreham, NY, 489
    24 Anderson, Robert - San Antonio, TX, 486
    25 Johns, Eric - Niagra Falls, NY, 463
    26 Kitano, Katsuhiko - Japan, 463
    27 Whitfield, General - Fort Worth, TX, 456

    Squad 13 - 205 and under Division

    Kevin McNeal.jpg 1 McNeal, Kevin (pictured) - Los Angeles, CA, 673 Advance to Grand Finale
    2 Ido, Yutaka - Japan, 621 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Webber, Russell - Athens, AL, 618
    4 Bailey, Richard - Reno, NV, 587
    5 Dickens Jr., Richard - Dover, NH, 567
    6 Stewart, Ed - Rochester, NY, 537
    7 Holland, Marty - Burley, ID, 530
    8 Catalanello, David - Stickney, IL, 517
    9 Cabello, Lou - Albany, CA, 513
    10 Barrow, Kyle - Puyallup, WA, 497
    11 Watanabe, Sadahiko - Japan, 494
    12 Wiltse, Darris - Rose City, MI, 475
    13 Holland, Jared - Providence, UT, 469
    14 Bergantino, John M - Poplar Grove, IL, 468
    15 Ritt, Dwayne - Springfield, MO, 463
    16 Souliere Jr., Phillip - Portsmouth, NH, 457
    17 Klosin, Mike - Windham, NH, 455
    18 Brownell III, James - Del Mar, CA, 455
    19 Hamilton, David - Walhalla, SC, 421

    Squad 13 - Open Division

    Sean Swanson.jpg 1 Swanson, Sean (pictured) - Springfield, MO, 737 Advance to Grand Finale
    2 Smith, Bryon - Roseburg, OR, 668 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Boghosian, Brian - Agawam, MA, 667 Advance to Daily Finals
    4 Norton, Scott - Cypress, CA, 652
    5 Fairley, Richard - Blacksburg, VA, 651
    6 Cooper, Brett - Aurora, CO, 636
    7 Pojas, Chad - Hawaii, HI, 626
    8 Sendan, Minoru - Japan, 617
    9 Burton, Steve - Fremont, CA, 614
    10 Husted, Corey - Clackamas, OR, 612
    11 Ozio, David - Beaumont, TX, 610
    12 Ewald, David - Macomb, MI, 607
    13 Michalojko, Bob - Mars, PA, 607
    14 Vanderhoef, Lee - Greenville, SC, 594
    15 Humphrey, Tom - Waverly, NY, 565
    16 Smith, Scott - Warrenville, IL, 561
    17 Moor, Paul - Hull, East Yorkshire, UK, 558
    18 Kovack, Jason - Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 548
    19 Richmond, Evan - Ruffin, NC, 496
    20 Cato, Tony - Marshville, NC, 488
    21 Salmon Sr, Randolph R. - McLeansville, NC, 470
    22 Tibboel, Russell - Amarillo, TX, 310

    Squad 13 - Super Seniors Division

    1 Casey, Richard - Roanoke, VA, 716
    2 Krajkovich, Joe - North Brunswick, NJ, 683
    3 Graybeal, Larry - Elizabethton, TN, 631
    4 Strommen, Ed - Anaconda, MT, 624
    5 Breihan, Donald - Columbia, SC, 557
    6 McDonald, Ron - Newman Lake, WA, 555
    7 Dyar, Kenny - Boynton Beach, FL, 543
    8 Lucero, Art - Trinidad, CO, 524
    9 Cuesta, Luis - Atrapan, MX, 519
    10 Hughes, Robert - Newport News, VA, 477

    Squad 13 - Women's Division

    1 Nishimura, Takami - Japan, 606

    Cuts to the finals for the woman and the 60 and over is done on a daily basis. All advancing women will bowl in their appropriate age division in the Daily Finals, while the Senior and the Super Senior division will be combined.