Team USA’s Johnson, Bidwell lead in Singles at Pan American Games

25 July, 2015

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Team USA’s Liz Johnson and Devin Bidwell led the women’s and men’s Singles qualifying at the XVII Pan American Games “Toronto 2015” on Friday as the field was reduced to the top eight bowlers for Saturday’s round robin match play.

The picture above shows the top eight men. L-R Francois Lavoie, Devin Bidwell, Amleto Monacelli, Mario Quintero, Marcelo Suartz, Tommy Jones, Dan MacLelland and Alejandro Cruz.

Bidwell (pictured right) was third after the morning qualifying session, 16 pins behind Canada’s Dan MacLelland, but took the lead in the second afternoon game. He finished with a 2753 total (229.42 average) for the 12 qualifying games and takes a 54-pin lead into Saturday.

MacLelland and his team mate Francois Lavoie (l-r), who won the gold medal in Doubles, finished qualifying in second and third place with 2699 and 2694, respectively.

Fourth and last place to advance to the medal round belonged to Marcelo Suartz (right) of Brazil with 2611 (217.58). Alejandro Cruz of Mexico took the eighth and last spot to advance with 2546 and an average of 212.17.

Johnson (left), the Pan American Games defending singles champion, had a 2709 total (225.75 average), and leads Colombia’s Clara Juliana Guerrero (right; 2634/219.50) by 75 pins. Johnson took the lead in the morning session and never relinquished it.

The picture above shows the top eight women. L-R Kristie Lopez, Liz Johnson, Clara Juliana Guerrero, Sandra Gongora, Aumi Guerra, Shannon Pluhowsky, Thashaina Seraus and Rocio Restrepo.

Thashaina Seraus of Aruba was further 43 pins behind Guerrero in third place with 2591 (215.92). Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, was just two pins behind in fourth place with 2589 (215.75).

Kristie Lopez of Puerto Rico took eighth place with 2445 and an average of 203.75.

Qualifying pinfall will be carried forward. Match play features one-game matches with the winner receiving 20 bonus pins. The top four bowlers after match play advance to the medal round, also on Saturday.

Held every four years, the Pan American Games are an Americas version of the Olympic Games which includes the Olympic program sports and others that are not part of the Olympics. The Pan American Games are the second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.

The XVII Pan American Games “Toronto 2015” run from July 10-26 in Toronto, Canada, with preliminary rounds in certain events having begun on July 7, 2015. This year, 6,100 athletes from 41 countries and territories from the Americas are competing in 36 sports in the 15 host communities of the Greater Golden Horseshoe region.

Bowling competition takes place at Planet Bowl in Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada, from July 22-26. 56 players, 28 men and 28 women, from 15 Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) member federations compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles.

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XVII Pan American Games “Toronto 2015” – Men’s Singles Qualifying

Top 8 advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Players	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G7-9	G10	G11	G12	G10-12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Devin Bidwell	United States	1389	214	237	244	695	247	212	210	669	1364	2753	229.42
2.	Dan MacLelland	Canada	1405	204	191	235	630	228	224	212	664	1294	2699	224.92
3.	Francois Lavoie	Canada	1350	205	255	213	673	215	227	229	671	1344	2694	224.50
4.	Marcelo Suartz	Brazil	1233	216	247	201	664	221	248	245	714	1378	2611	217.58
5.	Tommy Jones	United States	1382	218	202	169	589	221	209	202	632	1221	2603	216.92
6.	Mario Quintero	Mexico	1327	238	161	180	579	246	221	223	690	1269	2596	216.33
7.	Amleto Monacelli	Venezuela	1332	213	201	268	682	212	204	163	579	1261	2593	216.08
8.	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	1292	175	184	229	588	201	234	231	666	1254	2546	212.17
9.	Cristian Azcona	Puerto Rico	1396	258	128	185	571	151	184	184	519	1090	2486	207.17
10.	James Stanley	Costa Rica	1282	225	200	146	571	160	213	222	595	1166	2448	204.00
11.	Manuel Fernandez	Dominican Republic	1141	247	161	233	641	191	253	202	646	1287	2428	202.33
12.	Jean Perez	Puerto Rico	1270	178	200	235	613	222	159	158	539	1152	2422	201.83
13.	Armando Batres	Guatemala	1164	226	156	186	568	214	267	197	678	1246	2410	200.83
14.	Charles Robini	Brazil	1194	169	185	218	572	213	245	180	638	1210	2404	200.33
15.	Juan Narvaez	Panama	1160	164	220	250	634	158	212	234	604	1238	2398	199.83
16.	Rodolfo Madriz	Costa Rica	1219	218	188	160	566	216	195	176	587	1153	2372	197.67
17.	Jose Morales	Guatemala	1247	197	161	192	550	202	203	157	562	1112	2359	196.58
18.	Jaime Gonzalez	Colombia	1168	229	189	187	605	196	175	211	582	1187	2355	196.25
19.	Giancarlo Mateucci	El Salvador	1280	180	194	165	539	166	157	169	492	1031	2311	192.58
20.	Carlos Olmos	Panama	1190	170	155	190	515	181	185	234	600	1115	2305	192.08
21.	Ricardo Dalla Rosa	Argentina	1139	229	199	222	650	170	174	161	505	1155	2294	191.17
22.	Ildemaro Ruiz	Venezuela	1131	176	193	223	592	192	192	176	560	1152	2283	190.25
23.	Julio Acosta	El Salvador	1127	167	236	187	590	182	158	216	556	1146	2273	189.42
24.	Alex Prats	Dominican Republic	1013	204	245	210	659	216	189	182	587	1246	2259	188.25
25.	Ruben Favero	Argentina	1111	194	203	193	590	148	178	222	548	1138	2249	187.42
26.	Bryan Helmeyer	Aruba	1080	223	181	225	629	191	201	146	538	1167	2247	187.25
27.	Manuel Otalora	Colombia	1058	186	194	200	580	172	186	214	572	1152	2210	184.17
28.	Jason Odor	Aruba	1159	130	195	166	491	130	172	180	482	973	2132	177.67

XVII Pan American Games “Toronto 2015” – Women’s Singles Qualifying

Top 8 advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Players	Country	Block 1	G7	G8	G9	G7-9	G10	G11	G12	G10-12	Block 2	Total	Ave.
1.	Liz Johnson	United States	1334	258	203	249	710	224	238	203	665	1375	2709	225.75
2.	Clara Juliana Guerrero	Colombia	1283	256	215	236	707	203	226	215	644	1351	2634	219.50
3.	Thashaina Seraus	Aruba	1333	187	201	222	610	239	187	222	648	1258	2591	215.92
4.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	1280	204	227	225	656	226	228	199	653	1309	2589	215.75
5.	Shannon Pluhowsky	United States	1217	244	218	276	738	199	182	217	598	1336	2553	212.75
6.	Rocio Restrepo	Colombia	1318	176	202	265	643	216	172	201	589	1232	2550	212.50
7.	Sandra Gongora	Mexico	1237	232	214	195	641	244	205	183	632	1273	2510	209.17
8.	Kristie Lopez	Puerto Rico	1169	243	198	230	671	146	235	224	605	1276	2445	203.75
9.	Vanesa Rinke	Argentina	1205	148	212	191	551	269	211	202	682	1233	2438	203.17
10.	Isabelle Rioux	Canada	1217	183	256	192	631	249	171	156	576	1207	2424	202.00
11.	Marcela Sanchez	El Salvador	1076	237	269	207	713	222	168	233	623	1336	2412	201.00
12.	Karen Marcano	Venezuela	1158	192	206	233	631	194	198	209	601	1232	2390	199.17
13.	Mariana Ayala	Puerto Rico	1138	211	191	244	646	181	162	255	598	1244	2382	198.50
14.	Robin Orlikowski	Canada	1213	204	178	169	551	201	236	158	595	1146	2359	196.58
15.	Ana Henriquez	Dominican Republic	1165	180	161	191	532	218	201	231	650	1182	2347	195.58
16.	Laura Barrios	Guatemala	1176	212	170	211	593	204	160	200	564	1157	2333	194.42
17.	Roberta Rodrigues	Brazil	1184	237	164	164	565	217	185	177	579	1144	2328	194.00
18.	Sofía Rodriguez	Guatemala	1146	195	143	190	528	234	173	244	651	1179	2325	193.75
19.	Stephanie Martins	Brazil	1155	181	181	189	551	190	212	210	612	1163	2318	193.17
20.	Patricia De Faria	Venezuela	1208	165	164	192	521	191	201	189	581	1102	2310	192.50
21.	Eugenia Quintanilla	El Salvador	1170	161	168	166	495	166	223	232	621	1116	2286	190.50
22.	Maria Ramirez	Costa Rica	1189	194	160	195	549	169	224	144	537	1086	2275	189.58
23.	Maria Lanzavecchia	Argentina	1212	192	170	167	529	196	152	184	532	1061	2273	189.42
24.	Iliana Lomeli	Mexico	1073	168	177	154	499	256	176	227	659	1158	2231	185.92
25.	Kamilah Dammers	Aruba	1009	126	186	201	513	180	187	232	599	1112	2121	176.75
26.	Cony Bahamóndez	Chile	1121	168	171	188	527	132	151	173	456	983	2104	175.33
27.	Ghiselle Araujo	Costa Rica	1035	195	161	177	533	167	133	211	511	1044	2079	173.25
28.	Veronica Valdebenito	Chile	885	136	170	198	504	189	170	183	542	1046	1931	160.92