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- January 2017
USBC TEAM USA Trials
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WOMEN
1, Sydney Brummett, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1,472.
2, Shannon O’Keefe, O’Fallon, Ill., 1,425.
3, Rebecca Gotterbarn, Garden City, N.Y., 1,381.
4, Julia Bond, Aurora, Ill., 1,371.
5, Stephanie Schwartz, Racine, Wis., 1,357.
6, Lauren Hoffman, Monroe Township, N.J., 1,356.
7, Erin McCarthy, Omaha, Neb., 1,353.
8, Josie Earnest, Nashville, Tenn., 1,350.
9, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 1,347.
10, Megan Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,340.
11, Laura Branch, Victor, N.Y., 1,334.
12, Stephanie Zavala, Downey, Calif., 1,333.
13, Correen Lieber, Tolleson, Ariz., 1,325.
14, Kayla Crawford, Silvis, Ill., 1,322.
15, Katherine Sutphin, Maitland, Fla., 1,321.
16, Sarah Lokker, New Baltimore, Mich., 1,320.
17, Gazmine Mason, Cranston, R.I., 1,317.
T18, Bryanna Coté, Red Rock, Ariz., 1,312.
T18, Jacqueline Evans, Acton, Mass., 1,312.
T20, Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 1,305.
T20, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 1,305.
T20, Kaitlyn Reth, Baltimore, 1,305.
OVERALL – TOP 20
(Position, name, hometown, total points. Points based on
finishing position in each round.)
MEN
1, Jakob Butturff, Tempe, Ariz., 45.
2, Matt Russo, Millstone Township, N.J., 58.
3, Steven Badovinac, Monument, Colo., 63.
4, AJ Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 73.
5, Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., 75.
6, AJ Chapman, Wichita, Kan., 76.
7, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 83.
8, Nick Kruml, Downers Grove, Ill., 85.
9, Cortez Schenck, Phoenix, 96.
10, Nick Pate, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 107.
T11, Kyle Sherman, O’Fallon, Mo., 108.
T11, Kyle King, Glendale, Ariz., 108.
13, Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 112.
14, Thomas McNeal, Seattle, 114.
15, Perry Crowell IV, Hoquiam, Wash., 118.
16, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 127.
17, Brandon Biondo, Carpentersville, Ill., 136.
18, Steve Smith, San Diego, 137.
19, Chris Via, Springfield, Ohio, 141.
20, John Janawicz, Winter Haven, Fla., 144.
WOMEN
1, Sydney Brummett, Fort Wayne, Ind., 26.
2, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 27.
3, Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 37.
T4, Erin McCarthy, Omaha, Neb., 41.
T4, Shannon O’Keefe, O’Fallon, Ill., 41.
6, Stephanie Zavala, Downey, Calif., 43.
7, Bryanna Coté, Red Rock, Ariz., 49.
8, Julia Bond, Aurora, Ill., 52.
9, Stephanie Schwartz, Racine, Wis., 56.
T10, Josie Earnest, Nashville, Tenn., 67.
T10, Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 67.
12, Lauren Hoffman, Monroe Township, N.J., 77.
13, Kayla Johnson, Washington, Ill., 79.
14, Giselle Poss, Montgomery, Ill., 83.
15, Shannon Pluhowsky, Dayton, Ohio, 84.
16, Megan Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 87.
17, Breanna Clemmer, Clover, S.C., 95.
18, Sarah Lokker, New Baltimore, Mich., 98.
19, Laura Branch, Victor, N.Y., 99.
20, Paige Kraushaar, Crown Point, Ind., 112.
Champions Determined At 2017 USBC
Team USA Trials
By Aaron Smith
HENDERSON, Nev. –
Erin McCarthy of Omaha, Ne-
braska, and Jakob Butturff of Tempe, Arizona, captured
the 2017 United States Bowling Congress Team USA
Trials titles Sunday, while Julia Bond of Aurora, Illinois,
and Matt Russo of Millstone Township, New Jersey,
closed the weekend with wins at the United States Na-
tional Amateur Bowling Championships.
McCarthy finished the event at Sunset Station’s Strike
Zone Bowling Center with a 241 game, giving her a fifth
-place finish in the final round and moving her into the
top spot in the women’s standings with 46 total ranking
points. Butturff had built a lead during the week’s first
four rounds and used a 14th-place finish Sunday on the
39-foot Seoul oil pattern to collect the win with 59 rank-
ing points.
The players earned points based on their finishing
positions in each qualifying round. The top bowler of
the block earned one ranking point, second place
earned two points, etc., with the lowest total of ranking
points after the five six-game blocks determining the
2017 USBC Team USA Trials champions.
Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, led Sunday’s
final round, firing a 1,465 six-game block. Chris Via of
Springfield, Ohio, paced the men’s field in the final
round with a 1,478 total.
The women’s title came down to the final frame as
McCarthy delivered a strike to move ahead of Shannon
O’Keefe of O’Fallon, Illinois, and hold off a late run by
Kelly Kulick of Union, New Jersey.
―I tried my best to not look at the scoreboard all week,
so I didn’t know how close it was, which probably
helped take the nerves away,‖ said McCarthy, who
made Team USA for the third consecutive year. ―I went
into that game focused on making good shots and the
team. I’ve been battling some things with my swing
since the U.S. Women’s Open and really worked hard
the past two or three months trying to get it fixed. It
really paid off this week, and I’m on cloud nine. Making
the team again is a dream in itself, but I don’t know if
this win will sink in for a couple of weeks.‖
The victories also earned McCarthy and Butturff the
opportunity to represent the United States at the 2017
QubicaAMF World Cup in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Also earning automatic spots on Team USA 2017
based on their overall performances at the Team USA
Trials were O’Keefe, Kulick, Bond and Stephanie Za-
vala of Downey, California.
Missy Parkin of Laguna Hill, California, Sydney Brum-
mett of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Kayla Johnson of Wash-
ington, Illinois, and Stephanie Schwartz of Racine, Wis-
consin, were selected by the National Selection Com-
mittee based on their performances this week.
Pluhowsky, Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, New
York, Bryanna Coté of Red Rock, Arizona, Josie Ear-
nest of Nashville, Tennessee, and Stefanie Johnson of
Grand Prairie, Texas, were selected by the National
Selection Committee based on submitted resumes.
The red hot Butturff, who won two Professional Bowl-
ers Association Tour titles and a record nine PBA re-
gional titles in 2016, carried that momentum into the
new year.
―Knowing you can handle the grind and deal with the
pressure of winning this event against a very talented
field of bowlers is a great feeling,‖ said Butturff, who is
making his first appearance on Team USA. ―It’s amaz-
ing to be one of the few who gets the chance to repre-
sent this country and the sport of bowling.‖
Joining Butturff with automatic spots on Team USA
2017 are Russo, Marshall Kent of Yakima, Washington,
Steven Badovinac of Monument, Colorado, and An-
drew Cain of Phoenix.
AJ Johnson of Oswego, Illinois, Nick Pate of Inver
Grove Heights, Minnesota, Kyle King of Glendale, Ari-
zona, and Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, were
selected by the National Selection Committee based on
their performances at the Team USA Trials this week.
Via, AJ Chapman of Wichita, Kansas, Ronnie Russell
of Marion, Indiana, Tommy Jones of Simpsonville,
South Carolina, and Sean Rash of Montgomery, Illinois,
were selected by the National Selection Committee
based on submitted resumes.
Making Team USA and winning the U.S. Amateur
marked the next big steps for Bond, a Junior Team
USA member and collegiate standout at Nebraska.
She put together a clean game in the women’s U.S.
Amateur final, but left an opening for Zavala to double
in the 10th frame and capture the title. Zavala left the 2-
4-10 split on her first offering as Bond collected the win,
229-204. ―It’s hard to put into words what all of this
means,‖ said Bond, who also joined Junior Team USA
for the fourth consecutive year. ―It’s an honor to be a
part of both teams, and winning the U.S. Amateur
makes it even better. It was an amazing week.‖
Zavala earned her spot in the title match by defeating
Brummett in the opening match, 220-210.
Russo grabbed an early lead in the men’s U.S. Ama-
teur final against Badovinac with strikes in five of the
first seven frames. Badovinac was unable to strike on
the left lane until the 10th frame, and Russo delivered
an eight count on the first ball of his final frame to se-
cure the victory, 212-197.
―All of the hard work really paid off this week, and I’m
going home as a member of Team USA, Junior Team
USA and as the U.S. Amateur champion,‖ said Russo,
who earned a spot on Junior Team USA for the second
consecutive year. ―It hasn’t fully sunken in yet, but I
know it will when I wake up tomorrow morning. I can’t
even describe the feeling now.‖
Badovinac advanced to the championship match after
defeating Cortez Schenck of Phoenix in the semifinal,
266-190.
Many of the nation’s top young bowlers also found
success at Sunset Station this week, earning spots on
Junior Team USA 2017.
Automatic spots for the girls went to Zavala, Schwartz,
Breanna Clemmer of Clover, South Carolina, and Re-
becca Gotterbarn of Garden City, New York.
Lauren Pate of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and
Jessica Mellott of Lauderhill, Florida, were selected by
the National Selection Committee based on perform-
ance.
Bond, Brummett, Heather Penatzer of Tucson, Ari-
zona, Sierra Kanemoto of Riverside, Ohio, Adrianna
Stacy of Sebring, Florida, and Haley Cummings of
Huber Heights, Ohio, already earned their spots on
Junior Team USA 2017 based on their performances at
the 2016 Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis.
Earning automatic spots on the boys’ side was Russo,
Schenck, Brandon Biondo of Carpentersville, Illinois,
and Bryan Hahlen of Greenwood, South Carolina.
Richard Paul III of Winton, California, and Briley
Haugh of Faribault, Minnesota, were selected by the
National Selection Committee based on performance.
Jared Armstrong of Louisville, Kentucky, Pete Vergos
of Apopka, Florida, Thomas McNeal of Seattle, Jeffery
Mann of West Lafayette, Indiana, Dustin Zehner of
South Bend, Indiana, and Kennon McFalls of Gastonia,
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