Boys’ and Girls’ Singles underway at 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships

27 July, 2016

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Filippa Persson of Sweden became the third girl to roll a perfect game in World Bowling Youth Championships competition, and it gave her just enough of a surge to secure the top seed for the singles semifinals at the 2016 event.

Persson’s (right) 1,390 six-game total Tuesday at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln, Nebraska, a 231.67 average, landed her just ahead of local collegiate standouts and Junior Team USA members Julia Bond (1,383) and Gazmine Mason (1,340), who hail from Aurora, Illinois, and Cranston, Rhode Island, respectively, but reside in Lincoln as members of the University of Nebraska bowling team.

Girls’ finalists: L-R Bond, Persson, Mason and Chin.

Malaysia’s Victoria Chin finished the day with a 235 game, the highest final effort of all 79 female competitors, to steal the last spot in the semifinals by just two pins with 1,314. Chin will face Persson in Wednesday’s semifinals, while Bond and Mason face off, guaranteeing the United States a spot in the gold-medal match.

“It’s really amazing, since I didn’t expect it,” said Persson, a 19-year-old right-hander making her first World Youth Championships appearance. “I was just trying to take it one shot at a time and just make good shots. It feels really good to start this well and make the medal round. We’ll see how far it takes me.”

The first 300 on the girls’ side at the World Youth Championships was by Mexico’s Daniela Alvarado in 2008, and Bernice Lim of Singapore added her name to the list in 2012.

Persson and Bond both competed on the earlier of the two qualifying squads Tuesday, and Bond stepped up in her final frame needing a double to move around Persson in the standings. Although she was unable to notch the second strike, she’s excited about finding success in her own World Youth Championships debut.

“This means a lot because this is my first world event, and it’s special to be here and experience it with such a great group of teammates,” Bond (pictured left with teammate Gazmine Mason, right) said.

“There’s a few shots I’d like back, but it was nice to bowl well and be able to advance. It’s a little sad that not both of us will be able to get what we want in singles, but it’s great to know Team USA will get to bowl for the gold. We’re both competitors, so it will be a good match, but it will not change our relationship as teammates and friends.”

The singles semifinals will take place live on BowlTV on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, followed immediately by the girls’ and boys’ finals. Semifinal winners will bowl for the gold, while semifinal losers share the bronze medals.

Competition on the boys’ side also kicked off Tuesday at Sun Valley Lanes, and the first of three qualifying squads set the pace for the 129-player field.

Aseel Alroomi (right) of Kuwait led the way with a 1,423 total, an average of more than 237, which included a 268 start and 279 finish. He was followed by Ryota Yakuwa of Japan (1,302), Lee Ho Hyeon of Korea (1,284) and Finnish two-hander Santtu Tahvanainen with 1,279, a 213.17 average.

Boys’ Squad A top 4: L-R Yakuwa, Alroomi, Lee and Tahvanainen.

The rest of the boys will hit the lanes Wednesday at 10 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. Eastern, vying for one of the four spots in the semifinals.

The 14th World Bowling Youth Championships includes more than 200 competitors from 37 countries, and bowlers will compete for medals in five events – singles, doubles, team, all-events and masters.

Bowling fans from around the globe will be able to watch the competition live on BOWL.com’s BowlTV with continued coverage of all qualifying, semifinal and final rounds. The complete live-streaming schedule (all times Eastern) can be found here.

For complete information on the World Youth Championships, click here.

Photos courtesy of ABF Online.

Nebraska standouts ready for 2016 World Bowling Youth Championships
Junior Team USA members selected for 2016 World Youth Championships

14th World Bowling Youth Championships – Boys Singles (Squad 1/3)

Players with position, country and 6-game total. Top 4 after three squads will advance to the playoffs.

Pos	Players	Country	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Aseel Alroomi	Kuwait	A	268	243	188	699	207	238	279	724	1423	237.17
2.	Ryota Yakuwa	Japan	A	209	194	269	672	175	209	246	630	1302	217.00
3.	Lee Ho Hyeon	Korea	A	213	237	193	643	238	222	181	641	1284	214.00
4.	Santtu Tahvanainen	Finland	A	198	221	212	631	257	188	203	648	1279	213.17
5.	Jordan Klassen	Canada	A	206	234	195	635	236	170	235	641	1276	212.67
6.	Rafiq Ismail	Malaysia	A	193	158	234	585	234	265	182	681	1266	211.00
7.	George Ackerman	England	A	226	187	238	651	182	226	192	600	1251	208.50
8.	Seo Hyo Dong	Korea	A	230	211	214	655	212	190	188	590	1245	207.50
9.	Alex Yu	Hong Kong	A	225	207	186	618	213	232	180	625	1243	207.17
10.	Dylin Hunter	Canada	A	214	206	193	613	188	227	199	614	1227	204.50
11.	Rafael Pizzaro	Puerto Rico	A	213	221	191	625	215	155	228	598	1223	203.83
12.	Katsuhito Nakano	Japan	A	198	194	203	595	201	180	243	624	1219	203.17
13.	Mauricia Cabrera	Colombia	A	180	204	185	569	206	227	216	649	1218	203.00
14.	Wan Nadzmin Fikri	Malaysia	A	222	214	198	634	203	203	173	579	1213	202.17
15.	Arvid Espen	Norway	A	196	184	223	603	215	213	174	602	1205	200.83
16.	Pablo Velasco	Colombia	A	213	196	203	612	211	194	188	593	1205	200.83
17.	James Stanley	Costa Rica	A	177	191	213	581	186	231	199	616	1197	199.50
18.	Giancarlo Reyes	Germany	A	211	199	187	597	201	168	210	579	1176	196.00
19.	Fabian Lopez	Mexico	A	206	188	172	566	168	193	248	609	1175	195.83
20.	Sebastian Yuzuriha	Peru	A	228	225	119	572	165	204	224	593	1165	194.17
21.	Ho Man Lok	Macau	A	231	202	217	650	171	134	204	509	1159	193.17
22.	Michael Murray	Australia	A	205	180	225	610	212	179	156	547	1157	192.83
23.	Tomas Kayhko	Finland	A	192	147	173	512	176	187	279	642	1154	192.33
24.	Abdulsalam Alsaqer	Kuwait	A	157	193	199	549	159	211	233	603	1152	192.00
25.	Jamie Elliott	England	A	192	169	190	551	200	183	213	596	1147	191.17
26.	Gospel Gahol	Philippines	A	182	208	189	579	212	192	154	558	1137	189.50
27.	Fabricio Delgado	Peru	A	193	146	212	551	131	215	239	585	1136	189.33
28.	Dennis van den Berg	Netherlands	A	167	188	212	567	183	162	222	567	1134	189.00
29.	Tobias Beier	Germany	A	134	222	196	552	134	185	256	575	1127	187.83
30.	Martin Sanchez	Mexico	A	173	153	189	515	235	168	203	606	1121	186.83
31.	Ahmer Abbas Saldera	Pakistan	A	224	165	187	576	218	177	144	539	1115	185.83
32.	Chen Hsuan-Yu	Chinese Taipei	A	189	180	173	542	170	179	223	572	1114	185.67
33.	Kevin Van Rooijen	Netherlands	A	188	213	181	582	218	166	146	530	1112	185.33
34.	Eisam Hussein	Puerto Rico	A	166	164	224	554	138	197	215	550	1104	184.00
35.	Tseng Hung-En	Chinese Taipei	A	212	150	182	544	192	194	170	556	1100	183.33
36.	Gregory Morin	Dominican Republic	A	171	158	182	511	178	232	169	579	1090	181.67
37.	Ivan Tse	Hong Kong	A	189	168	185	542	160	199	182	541	1083	180.50
38.	Jens Mathiesen	Norway	A	223	158	199	580	162	148	189	499	1079	179.83
39.	Blayne Fletcher	Australia	A	142	150	213	505	179	179	208	566	1071	178.50
40.	Jonaykel Conejo	Costa Rica	A	148	159	189	496	147	213	214	574	1070	178.33
41.	Chiu Hou Leong	Macau	A	195	145	138	478	159	201	202	562	1040	173.33
42.	Louis Miquel Cantorna	Philippines	A	170	146	169	485	174	183	167	524	1009	168.17
43.	Rafael Rojo	Dominican Republic	A	168	151	172	491	167	145	177	489	980	163.33

14th World Bowling Youth Championships – Girls Singles (Squad 2/2)

Players with position, country and 6-game total. Top 4 advance to the playoffs.

Pos	Players	Country	Squad	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Filippa Persson	Sweden	A	198	215	300	713	255	195	227	677	1390	231.67
2.	Julia Bond	United States	A	235	178	222	635	286	256	206	748	1383	230.50
3.	Gazmine Mason	United States	B	237	220	267	724	209	198	209	616	1340	223.33
4.	Victoria Chin	Malaysia	A	180	267	199	646	226	207	235	668	1314	219.00
5.	Tracy See	Singapore	A	213	265	162	640	247	201	224	672	1312	218.67
6.	Nora Lyana Kamal	Malaysia	B	233	155	189	577	211	266	224	701	1278	213.00
7.	Anna Andersson	Sweden	A	220	190	206	616	221	235	202	658	1274	212.33
8.	Natasha Roslan	Malaysia	A	220	226	194	640	202	215	214	631	1271	211.83
9.	Seika Fujiwara	Japan	B	236	221	232	689	200	177	201	578	1267	211.17
10.	Maribel Orozco	Mexico	A	236	213	236	685	175	212	190	577	1262	210.33
11.	Nur Syazwani Sahar	Malaysia	B	227	267	170	664	161	212	221	594	1258	209.67
12.	Veronica Cepeda	Colombia	A	239	246	168	653	163	206	230	599	1252	208.67
13.	Stephanie Schwartz	United States	A	208	212	186	606	227	226	184	637	1243	207.17
14.	Lee Yeong Seung	Korea	B	211	210	196	617	215	205	201	621	1238	206.33
15.	Park Yu Na	Korea	B	215	154	227	596	181	243	218	642	1238	206.33
16.	Mykaela Mitchell	Canada	A	221	277	157	655	212	185	178	575	1230	205.00
17.	Raquel Orozco	Mexico	A	192	181	258	631	184	185	218	587	1218	203.00
18.	Emily Allen	England	B	160	235	193	588	204	207	211	622	1210	201.67
19.	Saskia Malz	Germany	B	195	203	210	608	235	197	165	597	1205	200.83
20.	Keira Reay	England	B	202	186	234	622	191	166	222	579	1201	200.17
21.	Giselle Poss	Puerto Rico	B	214	200	208	622	184	171	220	575	1197	199.50
22.	Amabel Chua	Singapore	B	207	204	177	588	225	199	177	601	1189	198.17
23.	Alexa Rodriquez	Puerto Rico	A	171	172	205	548	194	225	221	640	1188	198.00
24.	Shion Izumune	Japan	B	191	212	158	561	223	210	183	616	1177	196.17
25.	Lea Deqenhardt	Germany	A	156	169	177	502	212	225	234	671	1173	195.50
26.	Miranda Panas	Canada	B	234	203	209	646	166	176	180	522	1168	194.67
27.	Hong Sun Hwa	Korea	A	161	194	174	529	217	236	185	638	1167	194.50
28.	Senni Savikurki	Finland	A	165	204	233	602	167	206	190	563	1165	194.17
29.	Janet Hunt	Australia	A	265	179	180	624	205	165	167	537	1161	193.50
30.	Laura Plazas	Colombia	B	185	194	175	554	198	206	203	607	1161	193.50
31.	Kim Jin Ju	Korea	A	167	194	189	550	236	200	174	610	1160	193.33
32.	Naomi Lawson	Scotland	B	201	179	182	562	175	192	223	590	1152	192.00
33.	Charlene Lim	Singapore	B	179	187	206	572	159	202	212	573	1145	190.83
34.	Emily Rigney	Australia	B	225	181	202	608	192	193	148	533	1141	190.17
35.	Wong Son Ian	Macau	A	211	190	144	545	200	223	172	595	1140	190.00
36.	Veronica Dias De Souza	Macau	B	196	207	178	581	154	190	212	556	1137	189.50
37.	Isabella Correa	Colombia	B	176	199	199	574	173	179	210	562	1136	189.33
38.	Vilma Salo	Finland	B	208	171	204	583	184	171	195	550	1133	188.83
39.	Katey Furze	Australia	B	201	167	144	512	190	208	222	620	1132	188.67
40.	Joy Yap	Singapore	A	164	221	178	563	174	191	193	558	1121	186.83
41.	Paola Limon	Mexico	B	211	163	190	564	182	180	190	552	1116	186.00
42.	Petra Stankova	Slovakia	B	217	159	220	596	171	182	166	519	1115	185.83
43.	Sophie Thompson	England	A	213	172	187	572	186	178	178	542	1114	185.67
44.	Annie Thorell	Sweden	B	165	194	187	546	169	203	185	557	1103	183.83
45.	Caisa Wegner	Sweden	B	179	172	196	547	179	199	176	554	1101	183.50
46.	Emily Cross	Australia	A	204	144	189	537	208	210	144	562	1099	183.17
47.	Laura Garzon	Colombia	A	182	190	201	573	187	177	159	523	1096	182.67
48.	Bea Hernandez	Philippines	B	157	191	224	572	162	171	191	524	1096	182.67
49.	Mirai Ishimoto	Japan	A	161	147	191	499	206	192	196	594	1093	182.17
50.	So Cheng Lam	Macau	A	178	176	177	531	162	187	212	561	1092	182.00
51.	Ashleigh Gill	Scotland	A	188	160	197	545	159	176	212	547	1092	182.00
52.	Alison Williamson	Scotland	A	139	156	217	512	183	179	215	577	1089	181.50
53.	Lin Tzu-Ting	Chinese Taipei	A	165	212	168	545	173	203	165	541	1086	181.00
54.	Estefania Cobo	Puerto Rico	A	175	190	199	564	218	161	140	519	1083	180.50
55.	Xyrra Cabusas	Philippines	A	111	214	204	529	182	187	181	550	1079	179.83
56.	Brittney Turcotte	Canada	A	167	216	176	559	157	156	204	517	1076	179.33
57.	Rica Macatula	Philippines	A	180	153	224	557	155	174	190	519	1076	179.33
58.	Laura Murphy	Scotland	B	170	177	193	540	198	184	153	535	1075	179.17
59.	Sara Pelayo	Mexico	B	145	145	224	514	191	194	172	557	1071	178.50
60.	Jordan Richard	United States	B	152	196	187	535	171	172	191	534	1069	178.17
61.	Maude Demers	Canada	B	203	179	158	540	167	170	191	528	1068	178.00
62.	Paulina Torres	Puerto Rico	B	186	176	177	539	163	212	153	528	1067	177.83
63.	Bettina Burghard	Germany	A	193	163	188	544	166	182	172	520	1064	177.33
64.	Wang Yu-Huei	Chinese Taipei	B	189	152	155	496	204	183	180	567	1063	177.17
65.	Janja Kovacic	Slovenia	B	190	171	184	545	149	180	181	510	1055	175.83
66.	Ani Juntunen	Finland	A	178	200	158	536	184	143	188	515	1051	175.17
67.	Gina-Maria Merkel	Germany	B	124	196	204	524	193	155	172	520	1044	174.00
68.	Kristina Sramkova	Slovakia	B	199	162	178	539	173	206	125	504	1043	173.83
69.	Varvara Gryaznova	Russia	A	188	194	167	549	158	161	169	488	1037	172.83
70.	Sayyora Makhmudova	Uzbekistan	A	187	191	179	557	148	169	163	480	1037	172.83
71.	Katie Taqq	England	A	157	113	260	530	183	147	175	505	1035	172.50
72.	Futaba Imai	Japan	A	171	143	176	490	164	193	180	537	1027	171.17
73.	Adriana Laquado	Venezuela	A	172	206	153	531	174	176	140	490	1021	170.17
74.	Lidia Serrano	Spain	B	169	180	179	528	169	177	144	490	1018	169.67
75.	Peng Hsiao-Fen	Chinese Taipei	B	189	153	176	518	164	158	169	491	1009	168.17
76.	Chen Hsuan-Yu	Chinese Taipei	A	181	183	161	525	138	158	170	466	991	165.17
77.	Rijoy Daval-Santos	Philippines	B	148	130	158	436	138	181	159	478	914	152.33
78.	Rikka Hakala	Finland	B	145	140	160	445	158	137	157	452	897	149.50
79.	Ian Un Lam	Macau	B	159	128	129	416	141	198	137	476	892	148.67