Israel Hernández, Gabriel Sanchez and Andraunick Simounet (pictured) won the first bowling gold medal for the host country, Puerto Rico, in the men's Trios event of the 21st Central American and Caribbean Games at Bolera Caribe in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

The trio averaged 237 for the last three games (759, 707, 667) to secure the title with 4027 six-game total and an average of 223.72. Sanchez led the team with the field-best 1406 series including the highest game (289) and the highest 3-game series (791) of the Games thus far. Hernández had 1356 and Simounet added 1265.

Marcos Baeza, Alejandro Cruz and Daniel Falconi (pictured right, l-r), Mexico, jumped from fifth to second place in the sixth game (668) after posting 687 in game #5. The Mexicans finished with 3853 (214.06) trailing Puerto Rico by 174 pins.

The trios from the Dominican Republic battled it out for the bronze medal. Manuel Fernandez, Fidel Marchena and Victor Richards (pictured left, r-l) beat out Doubles champions Jose Estrada, Francisco Prats and Rolando Sebelen by 14 pins, 3830 to 3816.

The second Puerto Rican trio, Francisco Colon, Bruno Díaz and Luis Rodríguez landed in fifth place with 3777.

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.

74 men from 14 member federations of CONCECABOL (Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Bowling - Central and Caribbean Bowling Confederation) - Bahamas (6), Bermuda (6), Colombia (6), Costa Rica (6), Dominican Republic (6), Guatemala (6), Mexico (6), Panama (6), Puerto Rico (6), Venezuela (6), El Salvador (5), Honduras (4), Netherlands Antilles (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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Men's Trios - Final Standings after six games

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Puerto Rico	661	590	643	1894	759	707	667	2133	4027	223.72
	Israel Hernández	201	228	236	665	279	214	198	691	1356	226.00
	Gabriel Sanchez	235	175	205	615	245	257	289	791	1406	234.33
	Andraunick Simounet	225	187	202	614	235	236	180	651	1265	210.83
2.	Mexico	628	675	595	1898	600	687	668	1955	3853	214.06
	Marcos Baeza	205	247	194	646	175	229	199	603	1249	208.17
	Alejandro Cruz	199	210	210	619	209	217	235	661	1280	213.33
	Daniel Falconi	224	218	191	633	216	241	234	691	1324	220.67
3.	Dominican Republic	655	610	649	1914	579	724	613	1916	3830	212.78
	Manuel Fernandez	216	219	236	671	204	246	236	686	1357	226.17
	Fidel Marchena	227	209	217	653	196	224	192	612	1265	210.83
	Victor Richards	212	182	196	590	179	254	185	618	1208	201.33
4.	Dominican Republic	608	606	684	1898	603	691	624	1918	3816	212.00
	Jose Estrada	254	205	252	711	192	233	185	610	1321	220.17
	Francisco Prats	176	211	223	610	205	193	225	623	1233	205.50
	Rolando Sebelen	178	190	209	577	206	265	214	685	1262	210.33
5.	Puerto Rico	605	558	698	1861	650	676	590	1916	3777	209.83
	Francisco Colon	196	194	258	648	243	214	215	672	1320	220.00
	Bruno DÍaz	197	189	231	617	203	259	177	639	1256	209.33
	Luis Rodríguez	212	175	209	596	204	203	198	605	1201	200.17
6.	Mexico	590	671	683	1944	656	577	576	1809	3753	208.50
	Enrique Calvo	164	254	238	656	170	209	228	607	1263	210.50
	Isi Eskenasi	228	216	211	655	262	189	164	615	1270	211.67
	Ernesto Franco	198	201	234	633	224	179	184	587	1220	203.33
7.	Venezuela	595	566	678	1839	595	648	650	1893	3732	207.33
	Reydnier Chavez	191	194	224	609	229	214	239	682	1291	215.17
	Luis Olivo	188	167	226	581	160	236	204	600	1181	196.83
	Ildemaro Ruiz	216	205	228	649	206	198	207	611	1260	210.00
8.	Venezuela	639	597	624	1860	729	561	576	1866	3726	207.00
	Danny Fung	199	173	187	559	233	201	197	631	1190	198.33
	J Lander	251	204	239	694	244	193	189	626	1320	220.00
	Rafael Medina	189	220	198	607	252	167	190	609	1216	202.67
9.	Colombia	659	649	559	1867	739	545	564	1848	3715	206.39
	Andres Gomez	220	254	215	689	214	187	173	574	1263	210.50
	Jaime Monroy	188	212	187	587	257	203	191	651	1238	206.33
	Manuel Otalora	251	183	157	591	268	155	200	623	1214	202.33
10.	Guatemala	556	626	532	1714	630	584	648	1862	3576	198.67
	Armando Batres	182	212	139	533	175	171	234	580	1113	185.50
	Antonio De Leon	196	191	201	588	218	188	199	605	1193	198.83
	Luis Herrera	178	223	192	593	237	225	215	677	1270	211.67
11.	Colombia	556	585	640	1781	578	633	574	1785	3566	198.11
	Fabio Garcia	188	224	201	613	190	237	215	642	1255	209.17
	Juan Rodriguez	191	191	162	544	206	182	187	575	1119	186.50
	David Romero	177	170	277	624	182	214	172	568	1192	198.67
12.	Panama	612	561	650	1823	599	574	540	1713	3536	196.44
	Diego Esposito	217	225	220	662	190	213	191	594	1256	209.33
	Carlo Sing	190	171	209	570	235	182	182	599	1169	194.83
	Rodrigo Rosales	205	165	221	591	174	179	167	520	1111	185.17
13.	Costa Rica	502	522	606	1630	604	647	640	1891	3521	195.61
	Alberto Lizano	151	157	172	480	207	198	189	594	1074	179.00
	Alejandro Reyna	189	184	220	593	236	223	236	695	1288	214.67
	Federico Reyna	162	181	214	557	161	226	215	602	1159	193.17
14.	Netherlands Antilles	604	540	626	1770	579	573	565	1717	3487	193.72
	Carlos Finx	200	197	192	589	211	217	201	629	1218	203.00
	Emiel Samandar	246	174	191	611	169	161	173	503	1114	185.67
	Tarik Samandar	158	169	243	570	199	195	191	585	1155	192.50
15.	Panama	584	590	614	1788	523	572	587	1682	3470	192.78
	Javier Solanilla	207	219	212	638	183	183	172	538	1176	196.00
	Jorge Quintero	177	192	194	563	142	198	233	573	1136	189.33
	Luis Vasquez	200	179	208	587	198	191	182	571	1158	193.00
16.	Bahamas	599	558	517	1674	595	583	593	1771	3445	191.39
	Roscoe Dickenson	191	164	188	543	212	137	203	552	1095	182.50
	Jethro Miller	183	178	158	519	188	240	200	628	1147	191.17
	Clarence Wallace	225	216	171	612	195	206	190	591	1203	200.50
17.	Costa Rica	637	518	605	1760	524	548	597	1669	3429	190.50
	Alvaro Castro	195	178	209	582	201	174	212	587	1169	194.83
	Marvin Murillo	246	161	183	590	151	192	183	526	1116	186.00
	Mario Valverde	196	179	213	588	172	182	202	556	1144	190.67
18.	Bermuda	552	585	573	1710	597	523	569	1689	3399	188.83
	Damien Matthews	183	192	189	564	197	170	182	549	1113	185.50
	David Maycock	182	200	202	584	221	170	194	585	1169	194.83
	Delmont Tucker	187	193	182	562	179	183	193	555	1117	186.17
19.	Honduras	680	577	505	1762	532	542	541	1615	3377	187.61
	Kendal Laitano	248	194	201	643	168	159	215	542	1185	197.50
	Carlos Rojas	212	191	159	562	165	189	160	514	1076	179.33
	G Valle	220	192	145	557	199	194	166	559	1116	186.00
20.	El Salvador	611	508	629	1748	553	585	474	1612	3360	186.67
	Miguel Arevalo	153	194	203	550	194	167	139	500	1050	175.00
	Rudy Quintanilla	245	139	223	607	158	205	145	508	1115	185.83
	Francisco Sanchez	213	175	203	591	201	213	190	604	1195	199.17
21.	Bermuda	542	532	574	1648	546	532	552	1630	3278	182.11
	Kevin Swam	194	164	211	569	155	187	152	494	1063	177.17
	Lamar Richardson	181	190	184	555	170	166	200	536	1091	181.83
	Levinc Samuels	167	178	179	524	221	179	200	600	1124	187.33
22.	Bahamas	548	573	538	1659	550	515	530	1595	3254	180.78
	Lindberg Cooper	190	189	194	573	159	169	181	509	1082	180.33
	Orville Forbes	188	184	162	534	188	208	156	552	1086	181.00
	Arthur Sawyer	170	200	182	552	203	138	193	534	1086	181.00
23.	Guatemala	526	557	538	1621	564	470	543	1577	3198	177.67
	Miguel Aguilar	182	203	193	578	180	130	166	476	1054	175.67
	Rene Batres	194	180	200	574	172	167	193	532	1106	184.33
	Roberto Rueda	150	174	145	469	212	173	184	569	1038	173.00

 

Team High Games/High Series:
1 Game - Israel Hernández/Gabriel Sanchez/Andraunick Simounet, Puerto Rico, 759
3 Games - Israel Hernández/Gabriel Sanchez/Andraunick Simounet, Puerto Rico, 2133
6 Games - Israel Hernández/Gabriel Sanchez/Andraunick Simounet, Puerto Rico, 4027

Individual High Games/High Series:
1 Game - Gabriel Sanchez, Puerto Rico, 289
3 Games - Gabriel Sanchez, Puerto Rico, 791
6 Games - Gabriel Sanchez, Puerto Rico, 1406