McEwan wins gold in singles at 2022 PANAM Bowling Women’s Championships
October 25, 2022
RESULTS AND INFORMATION
LIMA, Peru – Team USA’s Danielle McEwan set the tone early in her singles block on a demanding 38-foot oil pattern Monday to collect the first gold medal at the 2022 PANAM Bowling Women’s Championships.
The 31-year-old right-hander from Stony Point, New York, rolled 247 to start singles at the Bowling Center of La Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) and remained in control of the pocket during her six games to claim the victory with a 1,299 total (216.5 average). McEwan added games of 214, 212, 234, 199 and 193.
Team USA’s Jordan Richard of Maumee, Ohio, earned a silver medal with a 1,252 total, and Venezuela’s Karen Marcano took home bronze with 1,230.
The United States just missed placing three athletes on the podium for singles, as Lauren Pate of Ballwin, Missouri, led the opening squad Monday and finished fourth with 1,222.
The 2022 PANAM Women’s Championships includes 11 countries from the Western Hemisphere competing in singles, doubles, trios and team competition. The top overall performers also will be recognized with medals in all-events.
Monday’s action at VIDENA featured two separate squads, with the competition being broadcast at FedePeruBowling.pe.
Four of Team USA’s six athletes bowled during the first squad, which allowed McEwan and Richard the chance to learn from their teammates through the low-scoring round and talk with Team USA head coach Bryan O’Keefe and Junior Team USA head coach Kelly Kulick about the upcoming challenge.
Pate was the only player to average more than 200 during the first squad, while Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona (1,146), Breanna Clemmer of Clover, South Carolina (1,072), and Stephanie Zavala of Downey, California (1,056), ultimately finished in ninth, 21st and 24th, respectively.
“A big part of it was definitely the mindset, and Bryan talked to us about that during the whole first block as we were watching,” said McEwan, who now owns four gold medals during her adult career at the PANAM Women’s Championships. “It was about getting into that grinding and shot-making mindset. The girls who bowled this morning really helped us figure out what worked, what didn’t work and helped put us in the right direction.
“I think we gathered a lot of information today that we’ll be able to put together and keep moving forward. At the same time, I think we’re going to have to keep an open mind, because when they’re this hard, they never play the same way twice. It’s going to be about keeping the dialogue going and problem solving to continue to figure it out.”
As Team USA now looks ahead to doubles starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. Central, O’Keefe also felt Monday set the stage for the rest of the week in Lima.
“Overall, it was a great day,” O’Keefe said. “In a strong field, anytime you can take three of the top four spots, it’s a great day. We learned a lot and will continue to use the information we gained to set us up for the rest of the week.”
A pair of doubles squads will take place Tuesday, and trios will be contested Wednesday at VIDENA. The medal ceremony recognizing the top performers from singles, doubles and trios will take place at the end of competition Wednesday, before the team event gets underway Thursday.
The 2022 PANAM Women’s Championships will conclude with the final squad of team competition Friday, and the medalists in team and all-events will be recognized that afternoon.
McEwan and Richard will get to be part of the celebration Wednesday for singles, but they’ll be sharing in the moment with the rest of their teammates.
They know every medal earned is part of the collective effort of the team, and that success doesn’t come together without communication and support.
The group now will look to take advantage of the momentum they built as a unit Monday in hopes of making a few more trips to the medal stand before the end of the week.
“Our No. 1 goal in every event is to have someone wearing USA and hearing our national anthem on top of the podium,” said McEwan, an 11-time member of Team USA. “Jordan and I got there today, and Lauren bowled amazing and could have been up there, too. Our goal moving forward is just to continue helping each other and have somebody up there for every event.”
The United States will enter doubles Tuesday as the defending champion in the event. Pate and Clemmer captured the win at the 2021 PANAM Women’s Championships in Cali, Colombia.
LIMA, Peru – Team USA’s Danielle McEwan set the tone early in her singles block on a demanding 38-foot oil pattern Monday to collect the first gold medal at the 2022 PANAM Bowling Women’s Championships.
The 31-year-old right-hander from Stony Point, New York, rolled 247 to start singles at the Bowling Center of La Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) and remained in control of the pocket during her six games to claim the victory with a 1,299 total (216.5 average). McEwan added games of 214, 212, 234, 199 and 193.
Team USA’s Jordan Richard of Maumee, Ohio, earned a silver medal with a 1,252 total, and Venezuela’s Karen Marcano took home bronze with 1,230.
The United States just missed placing three athletes on the podium for singles, as Lauren Pate of Ballwin, Missouri, led the opening squad Monday and finished fourth with 1,222.
The 2022 PANAM Women’s Championships includes 11 countries from the Western Hemisphere competing in singles, doubles, trios and team competition. The top overall performers also will be recognized with medals in all-events.
Monday’s action at VIDENA featured two separate squads, with the competition being broadcast at FedePeruBowling.pe.
Four of Team USA’s six athletes bowled during the first squad, which allowed McEwan and Richard the chance to learn from their teammates through the low-scoring round and talk with Team USA head coach Bryan O’Keefe and Junior Team USA head coach Kelly Kulick about the upcoming challenge.
Pate was the only player to average more than 200 during the first squad, while Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona (1,146), Breanna Clemmer of Clover, South Carolina (1,072), and Stephanie Zavala of Downey, California (1,056), ultimately finished in ninth, 21st and 24th, respectively.
“A big part of it was definitely the mindset, and Bryan talked to us about that during the whole first block as we were watching,” said McEwan, who now owns four gold medals during her adult career at the PANAM Women’s Championships. “It was about getting into that grinding and shot-making mindset. The girls who bowled this morning really helped us figure out what worked, what didn’t work and helped put us in the right direction.
“I think we gathered a lot of information today that we’ll be able to put together and keep moving forward. At the same time, I think we’re going to have to keep an open mind, because when they’re this hard, they never play the same way twice. It’s going to be about keeping the dialogue going and problem solving to continue to figure it out.”
As Team USA now looks ahead to doubles starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. Central, O’Keefe also felt Monday set the stage for the rest of the week in Lima.
“Overall, it was a great day,” O’Keefe said. “In a strong field, anytime you can take three of the top four spots, it’s a great day. We learned a lot and will continue to use the information we gained to set us up for the rest of the week.”
A pair of doubles squads will take place Tuesday, and trios will be contested Wednesday at VIDENA. The medal ceremony recognizing the top performers from singles, doubles and trios will take place at the end of competition Wednesday, before the team event gets underway Thursday.
The 2022 PANAM Women’s Championships will conclude with the final squad of team competition Friday, and the medalists in team and all-events will be recognized that afternoon.
McEwan and Richard will get to be part of the celebration Wednesday for singles, but they’ll be sharing in the moment with the rest of their teammates.
They know every medal earned is part of the collective effort of the team, and that success doesn’t come together without communication and support.
The group now will look to take advantage of the momentum they built as a unit Monday in hopes of making a few more trips to the medal stand before the end of the week.
“Our No. 1 goal in every event is to have someone wearing USA and hearing our national anthem on top of the podium,” said McEwan, an 11-time member of Team USA. “Jordan and I got there today, and Lauren bowled amazing and could have been up there, too. Our goal moving forward is just to continue helping each other and have somebody up there for every event.”
The United States will enter doubles Tuesday as the defending champion in the event. Pate and Clemmer captured the win at the 2021 PANAM Women’s Championships in Cali, Colombia.