Aumi Guerra and Paula Vilas (r-l) from the Dominican Republic finished the Women's Doubles at the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games with the strongest game by blasting off 508 pins to jump from 5th to first place to earn the gold medal with 2604 six-game total and an average of 217.

The Dominicans had games of 383, 420 and 441 to sit in a tied fifth place after the first block. After another 383 in game #4, the duo narrowed the gap to the top 4 teams with 469 (the 3rd highest game of the day) and closed things out with 508 (Guerra 250, Vilas 258). Guerra led the way with 1383, a 230.50 average, and Vilas added 1221.

Mariana Ayala (left) and Mariangie Colon (right) won the first medal in the bowling competition for the host country Puerto Rico when they finished in second place with 2568 (214 ave.). The duo had five games between 401 and 436 and leaped from fourth to second with a 468 in the last game. Ayala led the team with 1314 and Colon contributed 1254.

Singles gold and bronze medalists, Rocio Restrepo (below left) and Clara Juliana Guerrero (below right), Colombia, led the field of 35 Doubles from 14 countries by mere eight pins over Mexico's Sandra Gongora and Iliana Lomeli.

Both the Colombians (429) and the Mexicans (412) finished with solid games but slipped two spots each and had to settle for third and fourth place with 2554 and 5429, respectively. Restrepo had 1304 and Guerrero added 1250 to help grab the bronze medal.

Lomeli had the field-best 1392 individual series, an average of 232, including the high game of the day with 269, while Gongora contributed 1137.

The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (XXI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe) will take place in the city of Mayagüez and in other cities of the Porta del Sol region in the west of Puerto Rico. The Bowling competition will be held at Bolera Caribe in Ponce from July 19-25, 2010.

72 women from 14 member federations of CONCECABOL (Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Bowling - Central and Caribbean Bowling Confederation) - Aruba (6), Bahamas (6), Bermuda (6), Colombia (6), Guatemala (6), Mexico (6), Panama (6), Puerto Rico (6), Venezuela (6), Dominican Republic (5), Costa Rica (4), El Salvador (4), Honduras (3), Virgin Islands (2) - will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Trios, 5-Player Teams, All Events and Masters.

 

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Women Doubles - Final Standings after six games

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Dominican Republic	383	420	441	1244	383	469	508	1360	2604	217.00
	Aumi Guerra	216	224	226	666	212	255	250	717	1383	230.50
	Paula Vilas	167	196	215	578	171	214	258	643	1221	203.50
2.	Puerto Rico	423	436	401	1260	436	404	468	1308	2568	214.00
	Mariana Ayala	211	200	221	632	223	237	222	682	1314	219.00
	Mariangie Colon	212	236	180	628	213	167	246	626	1254	209.00
3.	Colombia	465	358	443	1266	440	419	429	1288	2554	212.83
	Clara Guerrero	228	181	198	607	212	204	227	643	1250	208.33
	Rocio Restrepo	237	177	245	659	228	215	202	645	1304	217.33
4.	Mexico	467	427	396	1290	369	458	412	1239	2529	210.75
	Sandra Gongora	198	179	201	578	173	211	175	559	1137	189.50
	Iliana Lomeli	269	248	195	712	196	247	237	680	1392	232.00
5.	Venezuela	392	467	407	1266	445	390	352	1187	2453	204.42
	Ingellimar Contreras	226	230	210	666	244	175	143	562	1228	204.67
	Patricia De Faria	166	237	197	600	201	215	209	625	1225	204.17
6.	Venezuela	337	364	470	1171	469	381	431	1281	2452	204.33
	Nardy Del Biondo	169	204	242	615	213	168	228	609	1224	204.00
	Joan Gonzalez	168	160	228	556	256	213	203	672	1228	204.67
7.	Colombia	440	357	431	1228	373	457	376	1206	2434	202.83
	Paola Gomez	237	194	232	663	201	235	204	640	1303	217.17
	Sara Vargas	203	163	199	565	172	222	172	566	1131	188.50
8.	Puerto Rico	411	380	452	1243	380	389	402	1171	2414	201.17
	Yoselin León	226	201	215	642	224	192	174	590	1232	205.33
	Jessica Santiago	185	179	237	601	156	197	228	581	1182	197.00
9.	Mexico	386	400	458	1244	385	394	377	1156	2400	200.00
	Adriana Perez	181	179	245	605	198	222	183	603	1208	201.33
	Lilia Robles	205	221	213	639	187	172	194	553	1192	198.67
10.	Guatemala	348	438	396	1182	394	416	393	1203	2385	198.75
	Sofia Rodriguez	189	224	215	628	203	235	189	627	1255	209.17
	Ximena Soto	159	214	181	554	191	181	204	576	1130	188.33
11.	Mexico	405	385	383	1173	382	442	378	1202	2375	197.92
	Maria Cornejo	181	202	185	568	202	185	205	592	1160	193.33
	Adriana Ortega	224	183	198	605	180	257	173	610	1215	202.50
12.	Costa Rica	306	389	412	1107	450	437	379	1266	2373	197.75
	Ghiselle Araujo	158	238	210	606	225	206	206	637	1243	207.17
	Sylvia Villalobos	148	151	202	501	225	231	173	629	1130	188.33
13.	Venezuela	440	399	352	1191	433	381	367	1181	2372	197.67
	Karen Marcano	238	178	166	582	231	171	177	579	1161	193.50
	Alicia Marcano	202	221	186	609	202	210	190	602	1211	201.83
14.	Costa Rica	352	355	464	1171	367	399	393	1159	2330	194.17
	Viviana Delgado	183	176	244	603	188	185	213	586	1189	198.17
	Maria Ramirez	169	179	220	568	179	214	180	573	1141	190.17
15.	Colombia	423	338	399	1160	365	416	382	1163	2323	193.58
	Luz Leal	186	149	183	518	171	199	189	559	1077	179.50
	Natalia Rico	237	189	216	642	194	217	193	604	1246	207.67
16.	Panama	393	390	449	1232	365	343	378	1086	2318	193.17
	Edissa Andrade	204	202	222	628	170	171	194	535	1163	193.83
	E Bebbett	189	188	227	604	195	172	184	551	1155	192.50
17.	Puerto Rico	402	359	370	1131	377	389	363	1129	2260	188.33
	Michelle Ayala	193	184	187	564	172	202	171	545	1109	184.83
	Mónica Guzmán	209	175	183	567	205	187	192	584	1151	191.83
18.	Panama	366	347	338	1051	392	392	423	1207	2258	188.17
	Yvette Chen	195	169	166	530	200	208	238	646	1176	196.00
	Tilcia Chong	171	178	172	521	192	184	185	561	1082	180.33
19.	Honduras	355	337	426	1118	363	381	382	1126	2244	187.00
	Maria Breve	152	147	223	522	163	187	177	527	1049	174.83
	Eloina Valle	203	190	203	596	200	194	205	599	1195	199.17
20.	Dominican Republic	403	316	390	1109	345	380	375	1100	2209	184.08
	Ana Henriquez	200	173	236	609	161	185	216	562	1171	195.17
	Paola Mendez	203	143	154	500	184	195	159	538	1038	173.00
21.	El Salvador	339	389	366	1094	388	305	410	1103	2197	183.08
	Aleyda Lopez	167	183	158	508	202	157	152	511	1019	169.83
	Eugenia Quintanilla	172	206	208	586	186	148	258	592	1178	196.33
22.	Aruba	353	354	399	1106	364	330	360	1054	2160	180.00
	Suzette Croes	189	163	210	562	175	147	172	494	1056	176.00
	Thashaina Seraus	164	191	189	544	189	183	188	560	1104	184.00
(tie)	Guatemala	341	353	335	1029	364	386	381	1131	2160	180.00
	Judith Colindres	170	167	152	489	197	205	193	595	1084	180.67
	Elisa Guerra	171	186	183	540	167	181	188	536	1076	179.33
24.	Bermuda	368	395	381	1144	384	310	318	1012	2156	179.67
	Rochelle Harvey	178	213	165	556	181	167	163	511	1067	177.83
	Earlene Tucker	190	182	216	588	203	143	155	501	1089	181.50
25.	El Salvador	349	358	358	1065	339	362	380	1081	2146	178.83
	Berta Amador	201	176	179	556	163	180	175	518	1074	179.00
	Carmen Granillo	148	182	179	509	176	182	205	563	1072	178.67
26.	Panama	302	317	392	1011	361	353	377	1091	2102	175.17
	Anna Fung	174	180	223	577	182	175	194	551	1128	188.00
	Karen Holder	128	137	169	434	179	178	183	540	974	162.33
27.	Guatemala	285	347	368	1000	340	370	387	1097	2097	174.75
	Laura Barrios	155	190	188	533	167	173	182	522	1055	175.83
	Leslie Cuevas	130	157	180	467	173	197	205	575	1042	173.67
(tie)	Bermuda	381	324	297	1002	347	391	357	1095	2097	174.75
	Gloria Dill	210	150	131	491	182	200	188	570	1061	176.83
	Dianne Jones	171	174	166	511	165	191	169	525	1036	172.67
29.	Aruba	352	352	295	999	384	340	370	1094	2093	174.42
	Shary Albertus	189	163	149	501	223	162	191	576	1077	179.50
	Kamilah Dammers	163	189	146	498	161	178	179	518	1016	169.33
30.	Bermuda	359	338	372	1069	322	370	312	1004	2073	172.75
	Kathleen Christopher	192	148	174	514	149	181	128	458	972	162.00
	Patricia Price	167	190	198	555	173	189	184	546	1101	183.50
31.	Virgin Islands	322	373	332	1027	335	400	277	1012	2039	169.92
	Theresa Depka	213	187	193	593	156	215	133	504	1097	182.83
	Mercedes Petersen	109	186	139	434	179	185	144	508	942	157.00
32.	Bahamas	336	305	319	960	289	385	343	1017	1977	164.75
	Michelle Lightbourne	172	155	169	496	161	196	167	524	1020	170.00
	Justina Sturrup	164	150	150	464	128	189	176	493	957	159.50
33.	Bahamas	305	378	362	1045	265	329	313	907	1952	162.67
	Naobi Hanna	159	158	186	503	116	180	155	451	954	159.00
	Marie Sealy	146	220	176	542	149	149	158	456	998	166.33
34.	Bahamas	281	303	323	907	341	313	332	986	1893	157.75
	Stephanie Bowe	132	140	144	416	157	126	172	455	871	145.17
	Anya Fyne	149	163	179	491	184	187	160	531	1022	170.33
35.	Aruba	273	201	262	736	271	359	341	971	1707	142.25
	Estridita Hernandis	67	67	126	260	134	174	180	488	748	124.67
	Micheline Jeandor	206	134	136	476	137	185	161	483	959	159.83

Team High Games/High Series:
1 Game - Aumi Guerra/Paula Vilas, Dominican Republic, 508
3 Games - Aumi Guerra/Paula Vilas, Dominican Republic, 1360
6 Games - Aumi Guerra/Paula Vilas, Dominican Republic, 2604

Individual High Games/High Series:
1 Game - Iliana Lomeli, Mexico, 269
3 Games - Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, 717
6 Games - Iliana Lomeli, Mexico, 1392