Thashaïna Seraus wins first gold medal of Central American & Caribbean Games

27 July, 2018

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Thashaïna Seraus of Aruba averaged over 250 to kick off the bowling competition in the Central American & Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 with victory in women’s singles Thursday at Bowling Coliseum in Cali, Colombia.

Seraus (right) followed in the footprints of teammate Kamilah M. Dammers, who won the singles titles in the 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.

Seraus out-bowled the 57 opponents from Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela by 108 pins and more firing games of 212, 258, 298, 267, 256 and 212.

Sofia Rodriguez (left) of Guatemala had five games between 227 and 244 and a low game of 200 on her way to earn the silver medal with 1395 and an average of 232.50.

Rocio Restrepo (right) of Colombia, who won gold in trios in 2014, started her six-game series with 233, 216 and 225 before averaging 237.33 for the last three games (239, 228 and 245) to secure the bronze medal with 1386 (231.00).

Restrepo’s fellow countrywoman Juliana Franco fell 15 pins short of the medals and had to settle for fourth place with 1371 behind a 194 last game. Defending champion Dammers was fifth with 1336, including a 279 game.

Maribel Orozco of Mexico took sixth place with 1333. The top six all bowled in the second of two squads. Orozco’s teammate, 2014 CACG Masters champion Sandra Gongora, who led squad one with 1325, finished the first of five disciplines in seventh place.

Action shifts to men’s singles on Thursday and Friday. Francisco Valiente of Puerto Rico leads the 59-player field after the first of two squads with 1426 and an average of 237.67. His teammate Javier Diaz was second with distant 1362, with Marco Moretti of Costa Rica in third place with 1357.

The Central American & Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will be held from July 19 (Opening Ceremony) to August 3 (Closing Ceremony) in Barranquilla, Colombia.

The following 37 nations take part:

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Venezuela and the host country Colombia.

117 athletes, 59 men and 58 women, from 11 countries (Aruba, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela) will participate in the bowling competition at Bowling Coliseum in the city of Santiago de Cali, host of the 2013 World Games, from July 26 to August 2.

The bowling competition features five disciplines: Singles, Teams of Five, Doubles, Trios and Masters.

2018 Central American & Caribbean Games – Women’s Singles

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Thashaïna E. Seraus	Aruba	212	258	298	768	267	256	212	735	1503	250.50
2.	Sofia M. Rodriguez	Guatemala	244	234	227	705	244	200	246	690	1395	232.50
3.	Rocio Restrepo L.	Colombia	233	216	225	674	239	228	245	712	1386	231.00
4.	Juliana Franco A.	Colombia	267	214	235	716	238	223	194	655	1371	228.50
5.	Kamilah M. Dammers	Aruba	213	279	212	704	215	195	222	632	1336	222.67
6.	Maribel Orozco	Mexico	212	258	245	715	191	226	201	618	1333	222.17
7.	Sandra G. Gongora	Mexico	225	248	234	707	225	209	184	618	1325	220.83
8.	Karen Marcano P.	Venezuela	191	229	224	644	200	188	268	656	1300	216.67
9.	Clara J. Guerrero L.	Colombia	192	215	191	598	237	217	237	691	1289	214.83
10.	Taishaye Naranjo	Puerto Rico	199	210	197	606	236	252	194	682	1288	214.67
11.	Adriana Perez	Mexico	235	203	227	665	201	236	174	611	1276	212.67
12.	Alicia Marcano	Venezuela	222	224	223	669	236	194	177	607	1276	212.67
13.	Laura Plazas R.	Colombia	225	178	209	612	196	234	233	663	1275	212.50
14.	Iliana Lomeli	Mexico	213	200	261	674	201	182	211	594	1268	211.33
15.	Jessica Atan	Costa Rica	235	255	159	649	212	179	221	612	1261	210.17
16.	Ana L. Bolaños	Guatemala	222	226	208	656	213	205	172	590	1246	207.67
17.	Patricia V. De Faria Z.	Venezuela	223	182	180	585	216	213	231	660	1245	207.50
18.	Lys M. Harrison	El Salvador	225	245	225	695	191	190	164	545	1240	206.67
19.	Viviana M. Delgado	Costa Rica	211	200	227	638	234	140	223	597	1235	205.83
20.	Eugenia E. Quintanilla	El Salvador	247	188	223	658	204	164	207	575	1233	205.50
21.	Laura L. Barrios	Guatemala	224	185	245	654	224	191	155	570	1224	204.00
22.	Lilia M. Robles	Mexico	203	208	218	629	193	164	223	580	1209	201.50
23.	Aseret Zetter	Mexico	146	180	227	553	210	224	222	656	1209	201.50
24.	Maria P. Vilas	Dominican Republic	258	205	170	633	165	197	211	573	1206	201.00
25.	Jessica Santiago	Puerto Rico	193	191	257	641	176	215	165	556	1197	199.50
26.	Anggie Y. Ramirez P.	Colombia	156	184	197	537	224	232	196	652	1189	198.17
27.	Maria J. Rodriguez O.	Colombia	179	197	201	577	215	181	210	606	1183	197.17
28.	Ana G. Henriquez	Dominican Republic	246	194	181	621	182	191	166	539	1160	193.33
29.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	185	193	209	587	195	168	204	567	1154	192.33
30.	Sarah J. Sanes	Puerto Rico	182	210	188	580	140	227	202	569	1149	191.50
31.	Mariana Ayala	Puerto Rico	212	204	165	581	196	162	207	565	1146	191.00
32.	Gilant Gonzalez	Venezuela	246	164	174	584	169	204	183	556	1140	190.00
33.	Virginia M. Bello	Dominican Republic	208	204	197	609	171	158	192	521	1130	188.33
34.	Joan Gonzalez	Venezuela	191	179	236	606	173	206	143	522	1128	188.00
35.	Ericka Quesada	Costa Rica	183	268	208	659	170	164	134	468	1127	187.83
36.	Danela Torres	Dominican Republic	205	181	231	617	170	200	139	509	1126	187.67
37.	Joselyn Valverde	Costa Rica	188	184	184	556	205	152	206	563	1119	186.50
38.	Carmela Figuera	Venezuela	226	169	182	577	197	184	157	538	1115	185.83
39.	Pamela M. Monzon	Guatemala	142	169	190	501	223	223	167	613	1114	185.67
40.	Cristina M. Acosta	Panama	184	157	183	524	193	215	173	581	1105	184.17
41.	Desiree Negron	Puerto Rico	179	176	153	508	210	235	149	594	1102	183.67
42.	Astrid Valiente	Dominican Republic	190	247	185	622	177	149	149	475	1097	182.83
43.	Kristie Lopez	Puerto Rico	160	138	190	488	172	244	192	608	1096	182.67
44.	Vanessa N. Valdes	Aruba	148	199	204	551	215	165	158	538	1089	181.50
45.	Natalie Fung	Panama	186	168	193	547	188	155	164	507	1054	175.67
46.	Jeadine R. Luidens	Aruba	189	203	158	550	193	158	147	498	1048	174.67
47.	Abigail Dammers	Aruba	177	143	186	506	182	165	192	539	1045	174.17
48.	Fabiola Sandoval	Costa Rica	140	173	157	470	163	194	217	574	1044	174.00
49.	Ana P. Morales	Guatemala	162	161	193	516	138	183	200	521	1037	172.83
50.	Nicole Fung	Panama	164	196	189	549	171	141	171	483	1032	172.00
51.	Alexa Fernandez	Costa Rica	129	150	193	472	226	161	148	535	1007	167.83
52.	Victoria I. Narvaez	Panama	146	160	179	485	187	170	155	512	997	166.17
53.	Roxana A. Fajardo	El Salvador	164	144	158	466	158	182	190	530	996	166.00
54.	Floriann Chang	El Salvador	189	169	142	500	158	127	203	488	988	164.67
55.	Xanthe Lobbrecht	Aruba	165	149	170	484	166	157	162	485	969	161.50
56.	Claudia A. Barrios	Guatemala	145	133	166	444	189	157	167	513	957	159.50
57.	Vivian E. Lee	Panama	159	161	135	455	167	142	146	455	910	151.67
58.	Azhira Valdes	Panama	143	127	125	395	172	143	151	466	861	143.50