Swanson and Atria lead 17th qualifying squad with 750 and 745

    02/10/06

    5th Annual Super Bowl Mini Eliminator

    Squad 17 - Friday, Feb. 10 at 1pm

    Sean Swanson.jpg Vinnie Atria.jpg Sean Swanson (pictured), Springfield, MO, and Vinnie Atria, Louisville, KY, shot three-game series of 750 and 745 to lead the 17th of 26 qualifying squads in the Super Bowl Mini Eliminator here at the Orleans Bowling Center. Both players advanced to the Daily Finals and are guaranteed $250.

    Swanson already rolled a 737 Open Division high series yesterday en route to qualify for the Grand Finale on Sunday. He was practicing today as well as 2004 Super Bowl Mini Eliminator champion Lasse Lintilä from Finland, who advanced to the Daily Finals in third place with 714.

    Atria, the 1998 Mini Eliminator champion led the Super Seniors Division (60 and over), which is a sub-Division of this years tournament such as the Women's Division. Cuts to the finals for the woman and Super Seniors 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.

    Besides the high daily series in each division and the Daily Finals division winners, the top 2 women's series and the top 2 Super Senior not among the aforementioned will advance to the Grand Finale. A total of 76 players will battle it out for the $50,000 top prize on Sunday afternoon.


    Squad 17 - 39 and under Division

    Darrell Bean.jpg 1 Bean, Darrell (pictured) - Decatur, IL, 654 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Harper, John - Humble, TX, 642 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Brown, Steve - Anchorage, AK, 609 Advance to Daily Finals
    4 Smith, Steven J - San Diego, CA, 603
    5 White, Dan - Agawam, MA, 589
    6 Dyson, Mark - Las Vegas, NV, 576
    7 Hamaguchi, Steve - Escondido, CA, 575
    8 Young, Tom - Westbrook, ME, 570
    9 Salary, Derrick - Los Angeles, CA, 564
    10 Porter, Joshua - Brunswick, ME, 562
    11 Raymond, Floyd - Gaylord, MI, 553
    12 Fernandez, Anthony - Raymond, ME, 551
    13 Swartz, Clayton - Merrimack, NH, 527
    14 D'Alfonso III, Nicholas - Westbrook, ME, 503
    15 Blum, David - Kingwood, TX, 498
    16 Robinson, Terry - Gorham, ME, 495
    17 Kelly, Tim - Orland Park, IL, 477
    18 Ladd, Pete - Hudson, NH, 465
    19 Youells, Shane - Tacoma, WA, 460
    20 Edenstrom, Derren - Martinez, CA, 445
    21 Gursslin, Tom - Rialto, CA, 434
    22 Kempf, Peter - Manchester, NH, 388

    Squad 17 - 40-49 Division

    Steve Lown.jpg 1 Lown, Steve - Henderson, NV, 636 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Porter, James - Owosso, MI, 620
    3 Adcock, Tom - Decatur, IL, 614
    4 Wright, Steve - Cypress, TX, 596
    5 Armstrong, Dave - Naperville, IL, 570
    6 Welty, John - Calhoun, GA, 568
    7 Kazmierski, Bill - Pinconning, MI, 556
    8 Palojarvi, David A - Streamwood, IL, 544
    9 Coplan, Craig - Manchester, NH, 543
    10 Schwerdtfeger, Tim - Las Vegas, NV, 517
    11 Nichols, Dave - Manchester, NH, 504
    12 Crum, Gary - Youngstown, OH, 496
    13 Tjernstrom, Peter - Uppsala Sweden, 484
    14 Elefson, Andy - Manchester, NH, 465

    Squad 17 - 50-59 Division

    Bob Brady Sr.jpg 1 Brady, Bob - Santa Monica, CA, 631 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Winther, Rick - Fairbanks, AK, 606 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Nishida, Hisayoshi - Japan, 595
    4 DeVincent, Storm - Pembroke Pines, FL, 592
    5 Thompson, Lowell - Palmdale, CA, 589
    6 Blatchford, Don - Santa Monica, CA, 583
    7 Ohashi, Hiroshi - Henderson, NV, 570
    8 Fulford, Kerry - Fort Hood, TX, 558
    9 Corbin, Greg - Cary, NC, 544
    10 Sennett, Richard - Manchester, NH, 520
    11 Slaughter, James - Las Vegas, NV, 512
    12 Nasci, Rick - Sammamish, WA, 495
    13 Uribe, Antonio - Calexico, CA, 494
    14 Wagner, Jim - Ofallon, MO, 490
    15 Hess, Stanley - Bowling Green, KY, 415

    Squad 17 - 205 and under Division

    Cliff Conners.jpg 1 Conard, Cliff - Aptes, CA, 579 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Watanabe, Sadahiko - Japan, 571
    3 Dyson, Sharman - Rockville, MD, 571 Advance to Daily Finals
    4 Holland, Marty - Burley, ID, 564
    5 Karlberg, Geir, 554
    6 Galvan, Tony - Lubbock, TX, 553
    7 Ido, Yutaka - Japan, 552
    8 White, Paul Jr. - Klamath Falls, OR, 550
    9 Bernhardt, David Jr. - Bruce Township, MI, 545
    10 Smith, Karen - San Marcos, CA, 545
    11 Schmidt, Jan - Naperville, IL, 524
    12 Michaud, Adam - Westbrook, ME, 522
    13 Oka, Toshio - Hiroshima, Japan, 510
    14 Flannery, Jerry - Henderson, NV, 509
    15 Craig, Bobby - Salinas, CA, 507
    16 Jones, Maurice - Resaca, GA, 490
    17 McTernon, Steve - Las Vegas, NVN, 464
    18 Holland, Jared - Providence, UT, 450
    19 Long III, William - Las Vegas, NV, 445
    20 St. Cyr, Gregory - Steep Falls, ME, 419

    Squad 17 - Open Division

    Sean Swanson.jpg 1 Swanson, Sean - Springfield, MO, 750 Advance to Daily Finals
    2 Hess, Tom - Urbandale, IA, 730 Advance to Daily Finals
    3 Lintilä, Lasse - Lohja, Finland, 714 Advance to Daily Finals
    4 Michalojko, Bob - Mars, PA, 685 Advance to Daily Finals
    5 Page, Rhino - Lawrence, KS, 682
    6 Boresch, Lennie - Kenosha, WI, 669
    7 Pilon, Kurt - Warren, MI, 665
    8 Kulick, Kelly - Union, NJ, 665
    9 Brazeau, Brian - Ocala, FL, 650
    10 Richmond, Evan - Ruffin, NC, 643
    11 Miyamoto, Daniel - Mililani, HI, 640
    12 Reyes, Joel - Chula Vista, CA, 640
    13 Johnson, Liz - Cheektowaga, NY, 631
    14 Husted, Corey - Clackamas, OR, 625
    15 Burgess, Jay - Houston, TX, 620
    16 Frankos, Jeff - Daly City, CA, 618
    17 Waliczek, Brian - Birch Run, MI, 615
    18 Ozio, David - Beaumont, TX, 612
    19 Scroggins, Mark - Amarillo, TX, 591
    20 Sendan, Minoru - Japan, 582
    21 Alpert, Bryan, 580
    22 Brandon, Jon - Santa Clarita, CA, 568
    23 Kreft, Kerry - Warren, MI, 565
    24 Markwardt, Drew - Wesley Chapel, FL, 562
    25 Vanderhoef, Lee - Greenville, SC, 559
    26 Keefauver, Shane - Canton, IL, 557
    27 Goede, Ben - St Cloud, MN, 552
    28 Moser, Don - Murrieta, CA, 545
    29 Ussery, Jeff - Lawrence, KS, 470
    30 Amkie, Isaac - Mexico City, Mexico, 400

    Squad 17 - Super Senior Division

    Vinnie Atria.jpg 1 Atria, Vinnie - Louisville, KY, 745
    2 Lucero, Art - Trinidad, CO, 509
    3 Kelly, Eric - Eugene, OR, 437





    Squad 17 - Women's Division

    1 Papa, Ruth - Derby, KS, 587
    2 Muramatsu, Miyuki - Henderson, NV, 452