Barnes, Hanrahan advance to second round of Men's Singles at 2025 IBF World Championships
November 25, 2025
Ryan Barnes (left) of Denton, Texas, and Packy Hanrahan of Wichita, Kansas, both bowled well enough on Tuesday to advance to the second round of Men's Singles competition at the 2025 IBF World Championships, which is being contested at Top Bowl in Hong Kong.
FULL RESULTS
HONG KONG – Team USA bowlers Ryan Barnes of Denton, Texas, and Packy Hanrahan of Wichita, Kansas, performed well enough on Tuesday to advance to the second round of Men’s Singles competition at the 2025 International Bowling Federation World Championships, which is being held at Top Bowl, Kai Tak Sports Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Barnes qualified in 21st place in the 168-player field thanks to a six-game total of 1,343 (a 223.83 average), which included games of 202, 219, 247, 194, 224 and 257.
Hanrahan was just three spots back, claiming 24th place on Day 1 thanks to a six-game mark of 1,333 (221, 266, 214, 213, 203, 216).
Team USA’s other four men’s competitors – Andrew Anderson of Chesterfield Township, Michigan; A.J. Johnson of Kenosha, Wisconsin; Kristopher Prather of Romeoville, Illinois, and Chris Via of Blacklick, Ohio – also bowled well on Tuesday with each member of the quartet averaging better than 208 per game on the 46-foot IBF World Championships oil pattern.
Sadly, it wasn’t enough as an average of nearly 219 per game was needed in order to finish inside the top 32 and move on.
Anderson narrowly missed the mark, finishing 33rd and missing the cut by just three pins after carding a six-game total of 1,310 (266, 193, 232, 220, 192, 207).
Via was 40th at 1,302 (178, 227, 262, 232, 233, 170) while Johnson (1,285 – 241, 203, 226, 231, 189, 195) and Prather (1,253 – 189, 207, 192, 255, 200, 210) finished 51st and 67th, respectively.
Sweden’s Jesper Svensson led the field with a scorching six-game total of 1,497 (a 249.5 average). The talented two-handed lefty posted that mark by rolling games of 258, 236, 257, 279 238 and 229.
Baek Seung Min of Korea was second at 1,455, which included a 288 during Game 2.
The remaining spots in the opening-round top five went to Denmark’s Nicolas Carter (1,442), Korea’s Ji Geun (1,430) and Gaetan Mouveroux of France (1,426).
The 32nd and final spot in Men’s Singles Round 2 went to Qatar’s Abdulrahman Al Doseri, who used the day’s only 300 game to propel him to a six-game mark of 1,313 (a 218.83 average).
Neither American advancer flirted with perfection on Tuesday, but both were more than steady enough to keep their singles medal hopes alive.
Hanrahan was one of the first two Team USA bowlers to compete during Round 1, which made for a very long day; nevertheless, the two-handed lefty enjoyed his time on the lanes and was happy with the outcome even though he would’ve liked to have seen all of his American teammates move on along with him and Barnes.
“Getting to put on the red, white and blue is always an honor, so bowling was a blast today,” Hanrahan said. “Unfortunately, some of the scores didn’t go our way, but we learned a lot. Hopefully, we can take all we learned into the rest of the week and apply it to the remaining events.”
Barnes was among the last to bowl on Tuesday, and he was grateful for all that he learned throughout the day while watching his teammates compete.
“I was really fortunate to go last today,” Barnes said. “I was able to watch the other guys and see how they played the lanes, which really helped.”
All six Team USA men will get to do plenty of watching on Wednesday because they’ll have the day off as action shifts to the opening round of Women’s Singles.
That will give Americans Julia Bond of Lincoln, Nebraska; Breanna Clemmer of Pikeville, Kentucky; Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona; Jillian Martin of Stow, Ohio; Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, and Lauren Russo of O’Fallon, Missouri, the opportunity to see if they can match Barnes and Hanrahan by punching their tickets to Thursday’s final day of singles competition at the 2025 IBF World Championships.
Once the singles medals have been conferred, a similar schedule will be followed for the doubles event but in reverse order. For doubles, the women will qualify first, bowling on Friday with the men following on Saturday. The final three rounds of doubles competition in both divisions will be contested on Sunday.
The final two events of the 2025 IBF World Championships will be trios and team.
The first two rounds of Men’s Trios will occur on Monday with Women’s Trios following on Dec. 2.
The focus will shift from three bowlers to five on Dec. 3, which is when the first two rounds of Men’s Team and Women’s Team competition will occur.
The excitement is sure to reach a fever pitch during the last two days of competition when the action moves from Top Bowl to Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wanchai.
The trios semifinals and finals in both divisions will take place at Queen Elizabeth Stadium on Dec. 4 with the Men’s Team and Women’s Team semis and finals following on Dec. 5, which will be the last day of competition at this year’s tournament.
After the last balls have been rolled and the final medals have been awarded, the Victory Banquet will officially bring the 2025 IBF World Championships to a close on the evening of Dec. 5.
CLICK HERE for more information on Team USA.
FULL RESULTS
HONG KONG – Team USA bowlers Ryan Barnes of Denton, Texas, and Packy Hanrahan of Wichita, Kansas, performed well enough on Tuesday to advance to the second round of Men’s Singles competition at the 2025 International Bowling Federation World Championships, which is being held at Top Bowl, Kai Tak Sports Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Barnes qualified in 21st place in the 168-player field thanks to a six-game total of 1,343 (a 223.83 average), which included games of 202, 219, 247, 194, 224 and 257.
Hanrahan was just three spots back, claiming 24th place on Day 1 thanks to a six-game mark of 1,333 (221, 266, 214, 213, 203, 216).
Team USA’s other four men’s competitors – Andrew Anderson of Chesterfield Township, Michigan; A.J. Johnson of Kenosha, Wisconsin; Kristopher Prather of Romeoville, Illinois, and Chris Via of Blacklick, Ohio – also bowled well on Tuesday with each member of the quartet averaging better than 208 per game on the 46-foot IBF World Championships oil pattern.
Sadly, it wasn’t enough as an average of nearly 219 per game was needed in order to finish inside the top 32 and move on.
Anderson narrowly missed the mark, finishing 33rd and missing the cut by just three pins after carding a six-game total of 1,310 (266, 193, 232, 220, 192, 207).
Via was 40th at 1,302 (178, 227, 262, 232, 233, 170) while Johnson (1,285 – 241, 203, 226, 231, 189, 195) and Prather (1,253 – 189, 207, 192, 255, 200, 210) finished 51st and 67th, respectively.
Sweden’s Jesper Svensson led the field with a scorching six-game total of 1,497 (a 249.5 average). The talented two-handed lefty posted that mark by rolling games of 258, 236, 257, 279 238 and 229.
Baek Seung Min of Korea was second at 1,455, which included a 288 during Game 2.
The remaining spots in the opening-round top five went to Denmark’s Nicolas Carter (1,442), Korea’s Ji Geun (1,430) and Gaetan Mouveroux of France (1,426).
The 32nd and final spot in Men’s Singles Round 2 went to Qatar’s Abdulrahman Al Doseri, who used the day’s only 300 game to propel him to a six-game mark of 1,313 (a 218.83 average).
Neither American advancer flirted with perfection on Tuesday, but both were more than steady enough to keep their singles medal hopes alive.
Hanrahan was one of the first two Team USA bowlers to compete during Round 1, which made for a very long day; nevertheless, the two-handed lefty enjoyed his time on the lanes and was happy with the outcome even though he would’ve liked to have seen all of his American teammates move on along with him and Barnes.
“Getting to put on the red, white and blue is always an honor, so bowling was a blast today,” Hanrahan said. “Unfortunately, some of the scores didn’t go our way, but we learned a lot. Hopefully, we can take all we learned into the rest of the week and apply it to the remaining events.”
Barnes was among the last to bowl on Tuesday, and he was grateful for all that he learned throughout the day while watching his teammates compete.
“I was really fortunate to go last today,” Barnes said. “I was able to watch the other guys and see how they played the lanes, which really helped.”
All six Team USA men will get to do plenty of watching on Wednesday because they’ll have the day off as action shifts to the opening round of Women’s Singles.
That will give Americans Julia Bond of Lincoln, Nebraska; Breanna Clemmer of Pikeville, Kentucky; Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona; Jillian Martin of Stow, Ohio; Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, and Lauren Russo of O’Fallon, Missouri, the opportunity to see if they can match Barnes and Hanrahan by punching their tickets to Thursday’s final day of singles competition at the 2025 IBF World Championships.
Once the singles medals have been conferred, a similar schedule will be followed for the doubles event but in reverse order. For doubles, the women will qualify first, bowling on Friday with the men following on Saturday. The final three rounds of doubles competition in both divisions will be contested on Sunday.
The final two events of the 2025 IBF World Championships will be trios and team.
The first two rounds of Men’s Trios will occur on Monday with Women’s Trios following on Dec. 2.
The focus will shift from three bowlers to five on Dec. 3, which is when the first two rounds of Men’s Team and Women’s Team competition will occur.
The excitement is sure to reach a fever pitch during the last two days of competition when the action moves from Top Bowl to Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wanchai.
The trios semifinals and finals in both divisions will take place at Queen Elizabeth Stadium on Dec. 4 with the Men’s Team and Women’s Team semis and finals following on Dec. 5, which will be the last day of competition at this year’s tournament.
After the last balls have been rolled and the final medals have been awarded, the Victory Banquet will officially bring the 2025 IBF World Championships to a close on the evening of Dec. 5.
CLICK HERE for more information on Team USA.