DETROIT – Qualifying is now complete at the 2024 Junior Gold Championships in Detroit and the advancer rounds start Friday morning, as the nation’s top youth bowlers continue their hunt for a national championship.

U18 BOYS
STANDINGS

Leading the U18 Boys division was Keaton Ostrowski of Rochester, New York, finishing qualifying with an overall total of 3,673, averaging over 229 for 16 games. Nicolas Trentler of Phoenix, Maryland, qualified second at 3,607 and Riley Speer of Beech Grove, Indiana, was third with 3,586. Chance Mclane of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, and Dylan Jablonski of Canton, Michigan, round out the top five with 3,564 and 3,494, respectively.

Derrick Lewandowski of Muscatine, Iowa, and Evan Magsino of Cerritos, California, tied for the final spot into the Advancers Round with 3,091, meaning 192 competitors will continue their journey for a national championship tomorrow morning.

U18 GIRLS
STANDINGS

Kaitlyn Stull of Raleigh, North Carolina, held steady in today’s block and goes into the next round as the U18 Girls leader with an overall total of 3,542. Melia Mitskavich of Du Bois, Pennsylvania, is second with 3,393 and Karina Capron of Fremont, Nebraska, is third at 3,389. Erin Klemencic of Powder Springs, Georgia, and Sydney Bohn of Jackson, New Jersey, wrap up the top five with 3,373 and 3,305, respectively.

Kendalyn Wilson of Leslie, Michigan, took the final spot into the Advancers Round in 78th and an overall total of 2,946.

U15 BOYS
STANDINGS

Brothers Elliott and Miles Gordon end qualifying in first and second with overall totals of 3,801 and 3,656, respectively. Miles had an outstanding final block, shooting games of 269, 235, 259 and 279 for a four-game total of 1,042 to jump to second. Mel Sim of Queens Village, New York (3,619), Ryan Campbell of Clinton, South Carolina (3,586) and Jackson Alexander Veitch of Edinburg, Virginia (3,568), close out the top five.

Andrew Parker of Miamisburg, Ohio, was the final competitor to advance with an overall total of 3,148 and 88 U15 Boys will continue their quest for the title.

U15 GIRLS
STANDINGS

Bella Castillo of Odessa, Texas, was the U15 Girls qualifying leader with an overall total of 3,326, good for over a 207 average for the week. Lindsay Greim of Poway, California, is second with 3,312 while Larielle Tharps of Orlando, Florida, settled into third at 3,249. Baylie Massingill of Troy, Ohio and Savannah Portillo of Bellevue, Michigan, round out the top five with 3,233 and 3,149, respectively.

Tharps, last year’s U15 Girls champion, had a great final block to jump into the top five with a 949 block total after heading into the final round of qualifying outside the top 10.

“I knew I needed something good because I was 100 under and I came in here and bowled good, I’m happy where I’m at,” said Tharps, who is a part of the Junior Team USA Development Team and finished up their camp in June

“I took what I learned at camp, like getting around the ball so that when transition comes, I have a better line and that helped me today.”

U15 Girls saw 43 competitors advance and the final person in for the Advancers Round is Michelle Wilson of Des Moines, Iowa, with an overall total of 2,797.

U12 BOYS
STANDINGS

Nehemiah Keefer leads the U12 Boys division with 3,240 overall and was the only one in the division to average over 200, using a final four-game block of 885 to take the lead. Vincent Cintron of Jacksonville, Florida, is second with 3,192 and Eli Franco of Fishers, Indiana, sits in third at 3,157. Thomas Ault of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and Noah Ausderau of Virginia Beach, Virginia, round out the top five with 3,149 and 3,036, respectively.

Cameron Plyler of Meadville, Pennsylvania, was the last bowler in to advance to the next round with an overall total of 2,739 and only 30 U12 Boys remain for the title.

U12 GIRLS
STANDINGS

Alyssa Randisi out of Brooklyn, New York, started the week leading qualifying from Round 1 and never relinquished the spot, ending at 3,077 overall, over 200 pins ahead of second place Olivia Titus of St. Charles, Missouri, who had a total of 2,890. Bryonna Camp of Brick, New Jersey (2,870), Lea Besevic of Machesney Park, Illinois (2,857) and Isabella Jones of Edinburgh, Indiana (2,803) close out the rest of the top five.

The cut number belonged to Araceli Hunt of Tucson, Arizona, ending qualifying as the 17th and final person into the Final Advancers Round with an overall total of 2,587.

QUALIFYING SEES SIX PERFECT GAMES THROWN

Six 300s were thrown in qualifying this week by the following bowlers:

- Mithrandir Loutan, Rosedale, New York, Round 1 (U15)
- Adam Dubois, Holt, Michigan, Round 2 (U15)
- Mateo Ruiz of Boynton Beach, Florida, Round 2 (U15)
- Dylan Jablonski, Canton, Michigan, Round 3 (U18)
- Christian Ortega, Casa Grande, Arizona, Round 3 (U15)
- Kristofer Wagner, Deland, Florida, Round 3 (U15)

All U15 and U18 advancers will begin bowling at 7:30 a.m. Eastern, with the U15 Boys at Thunderbowl Lanes, U15 Girls at Skore Lanes, U18 Boys at Super Bowl and U18 Girls at Oak Lanes. The U12 division will start at 8:30 a.m. Eastern at Merri-Bowl Lanes for both boys and girls.

U15 and U18 advancers will bowl a five-game block before a second cut and an additional five games before the top 16 move on to the double-elimination match play bracket that begins Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. U12 advancers will bowl one more four-game block before the top eight start match play at 1 p.m. Eastern Friday.

BowlTV will continue providing live stream coverage leading up the stepladder finals on Saturday, which will be taped for air by CBS Sports Network.

For more information on the 2024 Junior Gold Championships, visit bowl.com/juniorgold.