Colombia’s Guerrero, Restrepo claim gold in Women’s Doubles

21 September, 2016

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Colombia’s Clara Juliana Guerrero was a little disappointed about falling short in her bid for a second consecutive singles title at the Pan American Bowling Confederation Adult Championships, but she knows earning the silver medal against such a strong field is a special accomplishment.

Fast forward a day, and it was Guerrero’s name atop the standings as she and fellow Professional Women’s Bowling Association champion Rocio Restrepo claimed the gold medal in women’s doubles at Bolera Departamental in Cali, Colombia.

PABCON Doubles champions Clara Juliana Guerrero and Rocio Restrepo (r-l).

The two faced some struggles in the middle of the six-game block Tuesday morning, but good communication helped them average more than 251 for their final two games to claim the title with a 2,756 total, a 229.67 overall average on the 36-foot Beijing oil pattern.

Guerrero led the way with a 1,394 total for her six games, and Restrepo added 1,362.

“We felt like the lanes were a little different today, and we struggled early, but we had a talk and made some moves, and we were able to finish with two big games,” Guerrero said. “We were relieved afterward and pleased with our overall performance.”

Aruba’s Kamilah Dammers (1,404) and Thashaina Seraus (1,312) claimed the silver medal for the second consecutive time with a 2,716 total, and Maria Rodriguez (1,359) and Juliana Franco (1,303) of Colombia earned the bronze medal with a 2,662 effort.

The bowlers from the United States struggled in the second event of the week but feel optimistic about trios and team, which will take place Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

Singles medalists Missy Parkin (right; gold) and Bryanna Coté (bronze) led the way for Team USA in doubles Tuesday with a 2,592 total, good for a fourth-place finish. Coté set the pace with a 1,324 effort and Parkin contributed 1,268.

The last time the Team USA women didn’t medal in PABCON doubles was at the 2012 event in Las Vegas.

As the singles and doubles medals are awarded Wednesday at Bolera Departamental between trios squads, Parkin and Guerrero will switch places from the last time the tournament was held in Cali.

At the same venue in 2014, Guerrero was the singles winner at the PABCON Women’s Championships with a record 1,498 total, while Parkin and Kelly Kulick claimed the doubles crown with a 2,861 performance, also a tournament record.

Guerrero (left) and Restrepo (right) overtook Parkin in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles, trios and team event) with 12 out of 24 games in the books. Guerrero, who had 1,415 in singles and 1,394 in doubles sits atop the leaderboard with 2,809 and an average of 234.08. Restrepo is 93 pins behind in second place with 2,716 while defending champion Parkin slipped to third place with 2705.

Competition at the 2016 event will resume Wednesday with trios squads at 10 a.m. Eastern and 3 p.m. EDT. The tournament includes 79 women from 15 countries.

The 2016 PABCON Adult Championships includes more than a dozen countries, with more on the line than just gold medals. The top eight men’s teams and top eight women’s teams qualify for the combined 2017 World Bowling World Championships in Kuwait.

This is determined by a combined total pinfall from the following categories in each division – top four singles scores, top two doubles scores, top trios set and pinfall in team competition.

The qualifying teams on the men’s side were the United States, Canada, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The women will have the same opportunity this week.

Additionally, the top two countries across the two-week stretch in Colombia will qualify for the World Games, which is held every fourth year and next will be contested in Wroclaw, Poland, in July 2017. This will be a combined pinfall total for the top two men and top two women for each country during the 24 games at the PABCON event.

The United States, Venezuela and Colombia previously qualified for the 2017 World Games through the PABCON Champion of Champions event in Mexico last April.

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2016 PABCON Women’s Doubles medalists – from left, Kamilah Dammers & Thashaina Seraus (Aruba; 2nd), Clara Juliana Guerrero & Rocio Restrepo (Colombia; 1st) and Maria Jose Rodriguez & Juliana Franco (Colombia; 3rd).

XVII PABCON Adult Championship – Women’s Doubles

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Colombia	467	428	441	1336	415	516	489	1420	2756	229.67
	Clara Juliana Guerrero	250	203	206	659	211	280	244	735	1394	232.33
	Rocio Restrepo	217	225	235	677	204	236	245	685	1362	227.00
2.	Aruba	398	456	474	1328	471	408	509	1388	2716	226.33
	Thashaina Seraus	194	219	211	624	248	196	244	688	1312	218.67
	Kamilah Dammers	204	237	263	704	223	212	265	700	1404	234.00
3.	Colombia	499	400	473	1372	449	416	425	1290	2662	221.83
	Maria J. Rodriguez	246	197	237	680	226	221	232	679	1359	226.50
	Juliana Franco	253	203	236	692	223	195	193	611	1303	217.17
4.	United States	408	419	448	1275	439	426	452	1317	2592	216.00
	Bryanna Coté	211	200	226	637	239	211	237	687	1324	220.67
	Missy Parkin	197	219	222	638	200	215	215	630	1268	211.33
5.	United States	429	350	439	1218	501	415	454	1370	2588	215.67
	Shannon O’Keefe	213	178	203	594	276	211	178	665	1259	209.83
	Danielle McEwan	216	172	236	624	225	204	276	705	1329	221.50
6.	Venezuela	426	414	467	1307	386	446	449	1281	2588	215.67
	Karen Marcano	243	231	212	686	200	227	246	673	1359	226.50
	Alicia Marcano	183	183	255	621	186	219	203	608	1229	204.83
7.	Mexico	433	467	409	1309	375	444	444	1263	2572	214.33
	Iliana Lomeli	189	223	204	616	170	208	243	621	1237	206.17
	Sandra Gongora	244	244	205	693	205	236	201	642	1335	222.50
8.	Dominican Republic	440	460	383	1283	390	458	411	1259	2542	211.83
	Aumi Guerra	215	278	147	640	209	243	198	650	1290	215.00
	Anna Henriquez	225	182	236	643	181	215	213	609	1252	208.67
9.	Venezuela	419	427	388	1234	421	440	379	1240	2474	206.17
	Patricia De Faria	212	214	190	616	228	232	236	696	1312	218.67
	Ingelimar Contreras	207	213	198	618	193	208	143	544	1162	193.67
10.	Mexico	432	382	429	1243	347	475	386	1208	2451	204.25
	Adriana Perez	228	191	233	652	179	252	199	630	1282	213.67
	Veronica Hernandez	204	191	196	591	168	223	187	578	1169	194.83
11.	Brazil	422	375	339	1136	470	406	434	1310	2446	203.83
	Stephanie Martins	225	167	162	554	214	176	236	626	1180	196.67
	Roberta Rodriguez	197	208	177	582	256	230	198	684	1266	211.00
12.	Canada	419	404	332	1155	373	501	402	1276	2431	202.58
	Summar Farhat	233	199	164	596	203	203	175	581	1177	196.17
	Lynne Gauthier	186	205	168	559	170	298	227	695	1254	209.00
13.	Puerto Rico	403	421	418	1242	373	407	404	1184	2426	202.17
	Mariana Ayala	194	238	234	666	192	213	157	562	1228	204.67
	Valerie Bermudez	209	183	184	576	181	194	247	622	1198	199.67
14.	Puerto Rico	430	341	398	1169	451	415	371	1237	2406	200.50
	Kristie Lopez	198	205	202	605	252	235	177	664	1269	211.50
	Giselle Poss	232	136	196	564	199	180	194	573	1137	189.50
15.	El Salvador	405	426	351	1182	403	366	440	1209	2391	199.25
	Eugenia Quintanilla	202	204	191	597	180	166	219	565	1162	193.67
	Marcela Sanchez	203	222	160	585	223	200	221	644	1229	204.83
16.	Canada	387	395	393	1175	390	452	371	1213	2388	199.00
	Samantha How	201	235	212	648	169	268	178	615	1263	210.50
	Miranda Panas	186	160	181	527	221	184	193	598	1125	187.50
17.	Mexico	413	380	388	1181	344	468	354	1166	2347	195.58
	Pamela Alvarez	197	183	217	597	146	223	180	549	1146	191.00
	Tannya Lopez	216	197	171	584	198	245	174	617	1201	200.17
18.	United States	373	394	371	1138	403	430	350	1183	2321	193.42
	Shannon Pluhowsky	173	214	191	578	233	209	182	624	1202	200.33
	Josie Earnest	200	180	180	560	170	221	168	559	1119	186.50
19.	Guatemala	386	455	358	1199	384	332	393	1109	2308	192.33
	Laura Barrios	174	236	201	611	196	155	154	505	1116	186.00
	Sofia Rodriguez	212	219	157	588	188	177	239	604	1192	198.67
20.	Colombia	427	353	392	1172	360	392	380	1132	2304	192.00
	Laura Plazas	224	153	192	569	180	189	189	558	1127	187.83
	Andrea Ruiz	203	200	200	603	180	203	191	574	1177	196.17
21.	Canada	399	381	433	1213	385	354	341	1080	2293	191.08
	Robin Orlikowski	213	207	211	631	180	209	161	550	1181	196.83
	Isabelle Rioux	186	174	222	582	205	145	180	530	1112	185.33
22.	Costa Rica	361	437	390	1188	349	355	377	1081	2269	189.08
	Viviana Delgado	186	205	198	589	183	213	199	595	1184	197.33
	Sylvia Villalobos	175	232	192	599	166	142	178	486	1085	180.83
23.	Costa Rica	334	351	375	1060	401	440	341	1182	2242	186.83
	Ericka Quesada	171	153	214	538	202	246	161	609	1147	191.17
	Marianne Robert	163	198	161	522	199	194	180	573	1095	182.50
24.	Puerto Rico	433	343	364	1140	383	322	396	1101	2241	186.75
	Grace Rodriguez	218	153	172	543	150	162	208	520	1063	177.17
	Estefania Cobo	215	190	192	597	233	160	188	581	1178	196.33
25.	Guatemala	392	349	367	1108	354	394	375	1123	2231	185.92
	Ana P. Morales	213	203	175	591	182	221	183	586	1177	196.17
	Claudia Barrios	179	146	192	517	172	173	192	537	1054	175.67
26.	Venezuela	363	371	372	1106	362	358	354	1074	2180	181.67
	Joan Gonzalez	211	186	203	600	184	181	205	570	1170	195.00
	Jessika Ramirez	152	185	169	506	178	177	149	504	1010	168.33
27.	Aruba	338	324	365	1027	374	328	398	1100	2127	177.25
	Jeadine Luidens	166	126	202	494	192	192	185	569	1063	177.17
	Abigail Dammers	172	198	163	533	182	136	213	531	1064	177.33
28.	Guatemala	289	339	336	964	325	393	412	1130	2094	174.50
	Ana L. Palacios	155	175	158	488	190	236	212	638	1126	187.67
	Perla A. Quinto	134	164	178	476	135	157	200	492	968	161.33
29.	Brazil	378	317	344	1039	401	310	333	1044	2083	173.58
	Lucia Viera	167	169	163	499	198	163	179	540	1039	173.17
	Neuza Kae	211	148	181	540	203	147	154	504	1044	174.00
30.	Brazil	319	362	367	1048	368	370	278	1016	2064	172.00
	Lea Castro	189	176	188	553	201	135	122	458	1011	168.50
	Dayse Silva	130	186	179	495	167	235	156	558	1053	175.50
31.	Aruba	368	321	371	1060	316	332	336	984	2044	170.33
	Micheline Jeandor	181	186	177	544	148	171	158	477	1021	170.17
	Giaira Arends	187	135	194	516	168	161	178	507	1023	170.50
32.	Curacao	361	357	337	1055	366	336	286	988	2043	170.25
	Vanessa Valdez	140	175	182	497	173	126	133	432	929	154.83
	Adeline Winklaar	221	182	155	558	193	210	153	556	1114	185.67
33.	Costa Rica	352	366	361	1079	270	342	330	942	2021	168.42
	Susana Jimenez	181	162	181	524	143	175	145	463	987	164.50
	Guiselle Araujo	171	204	180	555	127	167	185	479	1034	172.33
34.	Curacao	317	325	415	1057	382	272	303	957	2014	167.83
	Sabrina Pomario	162	132	200	494	164	104	136	404	898	149.67
	Ariadna Ibanez	155	193	215	563	218	168	167	553	1116	186.00
35.	Bahamas	273	320	306	899	416	349	340	1105	2004	167.00
	Driskell Rolle	134	172	160	466	223	172	181	576	1042	173.67
	Jonice Lockhart	139	148	146	433	193	177	159	529	962	160.33
36.	Bahamas	296	331	332	959	324	324	282	930	1889	157.42
	Camille Burnside	143	195	154	492	155	177	138	470	962	160.33
	Marina Mcclain	153	136	178	467	169	147	144	460	927	154.50
37.	Bahamas	261	348	306	915	296	283	316	895	1810	150.83
	Janice Hoyte	123	172	173	468	148	143	166	457	925	154.17
	Kayla Nixon	138	176	133	447	148	140	150	438	885	147.50
38.	Curacao	258	233	260	751	319	267	257	843	1594	132.83
	Andelien Johannes	123	105	93	321	128	122	134	384	705	117.50
	Mee Har Chang	135	128	167	430	191	145	123	459	889	148.17

XVII PABCON Adult Championship – Women’s All Events after 12/24 games

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Trios	Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Clara Juliana Guerrero	Colombia	12	1415	1394			2809	234.08
2.	Rocio Restrepo	Colombia	12	1354	1362			2716	226.33
3.	Missy Parkin	United States	12	1437	1268			2705	225.42
4.	Bryanna Coté	United States	12	1370	1324			2694	224.50
5.	Karen Marcano	Venezuela	12	1274	1359			2633	219.42
6.	Danielle McEwan	United States	12	1300	1329			2629	219.08
7.	Thashaina Seraus	Aruba	12	1311	1312			2623	218.58
8.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	12	1326	1290			2616	218.00
9.	Juliana Franco	Colombia	12	1292	1303			2595	216.25
10.	Alicia Marcano	Venezuela	12	1356	1229			2585	215.42
11.	Kamilah Dammers	Aruba	12	1179	1404			2583	215.25
12.	Sandra Gongora	Mexico	12	1245	1335			2580	215.00
13.	Kristie Lopez	Puerto Rico	12	1309	1269			2578	214.83
14.	Iliana Lomeli	Mexico	12	1332	1237			2569	214.08
15.	Samantha How	Canada	12	1299	1263			2562	213.50
16.	Patricia De Faria	Venezuela	12	1245	1312			2557	213.08
17.	Tannya Lopez	Mexico	12	1321	1201			2522	210.17
18.	Maria J. Rodriguez	Colombia	12	1157	1359			2516	209.67
19.	Shannon O’Keefe	United States	12	1250	1259			2509	209.08
20.	Mariana Ayala	Puerto Rico	12	1225	1228			2453	204.42
21.	Giselle Poss	Puerto Rico	12	1315	1137			2452	204.33
22.	Andrea Ruiz	Colombia	12	1258	1177			2435	202.92
23.	Shannon Pluhowsky	United States	12	1227	1202			2429	202.42
24.	Valerie Bermudez	Puerto Rico	12	1227	1198			2425	202.08
25.	Marcela Sanchez	El Salvador	12	1194	1229			2423	201.92
26.	Adriana Perez	Mexico	12	1129	1282			2411	200.92
27.	Pamela Alvarez	Mexico	12	1263	1146			2409	200.75
(tie)	Stephanie Martins	Brazil	12	1229	1180			2409	200.75
29.	Josie Earnest	United States	12	1286	1119			2405	200.42
30.	Roberta Rodriguez	Brazil	12	1120	1266			2386	198.83
31.	Laura Barrios	Guatemala	12	1268	1116			2384	198.67
32.	Veronica Hernandez	Mexico	12	1202	1169			2371	197.58
33.	Ingelimar Contreras	Venezuela	12	1187	1162			2349	195.75
34.	Sofia Rodriguez	Guatemala	12	1147	1192			2339	194.92
35.	Miranda Panas	Canada	12	1208	1125			2333	194.42
36.	Robin Orlikowski	Canada	12	1151	1181			2332	194.33
37.	Lynne Gauthier	Canada	12	1077	1254			2331	194.25
38.	Anna Henriquez	Dominican Republic	12	1074	1252			2326	193.83
(tie)	Estefania Cobo	Puerto Rico	12	1148	1178			2326	193.83
40.	Viviana Delgado	Costa Rica	12	1125	1184			2309	192.42
41.	Joan Gonzalez	Venezuela	12	1134	1170			2304	192.00
42.	Summar Farhat	Canada	12	1119	1177			2296	191.33
43.	Laura Plazas	Colombia	12	1168	1127			2295	191.25
44.	Ericka Quesada	Costa Rica	12	1126	1147			2273	189.42
45.	Ana P. Morales	Guatemala	12	1088	1177			2265	188.75
46.	Isabelle Rioux	Canada	12	1152	1112			2264	188.67
47.	Dayse Silva	Brazil	12	1184	1053			2237	186.42
48.	Eugenia Quintanilla	El Salvador	12	1059	1162			2221	185.08
49.	Jeadine Luidens	Aruba	12	1154	1063			2217	184.75
50.	Marianne Robert	Costa Rica	12	1107	1095			2202	183.50
51.	Ariadna Ibanez	Curacao	12	1078	1116			2194	182.83
52.	Adeline Winklaar	Curacao	12	1079	1114			2193	182.75
53.	Sylvia Villalobos	Costa Rica	12	1074	1085			2159	179.92
54.	Claudia Barrios	Guatemala	12	1098	1054			2152	179.33
55.	Abigail Dammers	Aruba	12	1074	1064			2138	178.17
56.	Grace Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	12	1069	1063			2132	177.67
57.	Ana L. Palacios	Guatemala	12	996	1126			2122	176.83
58.	Jessika Ramirez	Venezuela	12	1091	1010			2101	175.08
59.	Erika Saveiro	Ecuador	12	953	1099			2052	171.00
60.	Giaira Arends	Aruba	12	1028	1023			2051	170.92
61.	Lea Castro	Brazil	12	1033	1011			2044	170.33
62.	Micheline Jeandor	Aruba	12	1020	1021			2041	170.08
63.	Vanessa Valdez	Curacao	12	1108	929			2037	169.75
64.	Guiselle Araujo	Costa Rica	12	995	1034			2029	169.08
65.	Driskell Rolle	Bahamas	12	981	1042			2023	168.58
66.	Perla A. Quinto	Guatemala	12	1037	968			2005	167.08
67.	Lucia Viera	Brazil	12	962	1039			2001	166.75
68.	Jonice Lockhart	Bahamas	12	992	962			1954	162.83
69.	Lys Harrison	El Salvador	12	916	1030			1946	162.17
70.	Susana Jimenez	Costa Rica	12	947	987			1934	161.17
71.	Camille Burnside	Bahamas	12	951	962			1913	159.42
72.	Neuza Kae	Brazil	12	860	1044			1904	158.67
73.	Janice Hoyte	Bahamas	12	955	925			1880	156.67
74.	Marina Mcclain	Bahamas	12	951	927			1878	156.50
75.	Sabrina Pomario	Curacao	12	936	898			1834	152.83
76.	Kayla Nixon	Bahamas	12	909	885			1794	149.50
77.	Shantall Hungria	Dominican Republic	12	898	852			1750	145.83
78.	Mee Har Chang	Curacao	12	858	889			1747	145.58
79.	Andelien Johannes	Curacao	12	688	705			1393	116.08