Team USA's Hess, Janawicz guaranteed singles medals at 2025 IBF World Seniors Championships
October 17, 2025
Tom Hess of Granger, Iowa, (left) and John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Florida, pose on the approach at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada, on Friday after punching their tickets to the Senior Men's Singles medal rounds at the 2025 IBF World Seniors Championships.
FULL RESULTS
RENO, Nev. – Senior Team USA bowlers Tom Hess of Granger, Iowa, and John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Florida, finished second and third, respectively, during Friday’s six-game block of Senior Men’s Singles qualifying at the 2025 International Bowling Federation World Seniors Championships, which is being contested at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.
By finishing in the top four in the 140-player field on Friday, Hess and Janawicz both punched their tickets to Sunday’s Senior Men’s Singles semifinals and guaranteed themselves no worse than a bronze-medal finish in the event.
However, since they will enter the semifinals as the No. 2 (Hess) and No. 3 (Janawicz) seeds and face one another, they also have guaranteed that an American will advance to the gold-medal match.
There, the winner of the all-American bout between Hess and Janawicz will take on either No. 1 seed Adam Hayes of Australia or Belgium’s Gery Verbruggen, who qualified fourth.
Hayes captured the top spot by leading Friday’s Senior Men’s Singles qualifying round with a six-game mark of 1,390 (a 231.7 average), which came as a result of games of 186, 216, 238, 246, 259 and 245.
Hess and Janawicz were close behind, finishing with marks of 1,384 and 1,370, respectively.
Hess got there thanks to scores of 233, 186, 237, 259, 248 and 221 while Janawicz used marks of 216, 276, 234, 203, 213 and 228.
Verbruggen captured the fourth and final spot in the semifinals with a six-game tally of 1,335. He needed every bit of it too as Senior Team USA’s Parker Bohn III of Jackson, New Jersey, was close behind, finishing fifth at 1,327 (257, 218, 204, 198, 218 and 232).
Chris Barnes of Denton, Texas, also cracked the top 15 for Senior Team USA, finishing Friday’s round 12th with 1,270 (205, 202, 188, 225, 227 and 223).
France’s Pierre Luc Sanchez fired the only 300 game of Senior Men’s Singles qualifying, which came during Game 3 on Friday. The perfect score helped propel Sanchez to 15th place with a total of 1,263.
Although Hess didn’t achieve perfection on Friday, he was still quite pleased with his performance on the lanes.
“I saw the right shape from the beginning, we were able to stay ahead of the moves and I was able to trust in myself and make the shots to get there,” Hess said. “Bowling with Parker (Bohn), one of my best friends out on tour, was awesome. We were jabbing each other and having a great time all day long. Also, the communication with Coach (Stephen) Padilla was unbelievable, so, overall, it’s Day 1, and we’re off to a great start.”
Hess will look to keep the good times rolling during Sunday’s medal round, which he views as something of a mixed bag.
“It’s sort of a good news bad news situation with JJ (Janawicz) and I being No. 2 and No. 3,” Hess said. “You never really want to bowl your teammate, but at least it guarantees that one of us will bowl for gold.
“The nerves are still going to be there for me because this is a building that I’ve had a lot of success in in the past and we’re bowling for Team USA on home soil, but we’re off to a successful start, so I’m just going to try to keep riding that momentum.”
Janawicz’s outlook for the medal round is similar.
“I plan on pretty much doing the same thing on Sunday that I did today,” Janawicz said. “I had a really good look early on; my execution just wasn’t very good that first game. Still, I feel really good heading into the medal round, so I don’t plan on doing anything a whole lot different.”
Like Hess, Janawicz felt like he was quick to figure out what the 42-foot IBF World Seniors Championships oil pattern was asking for on Friday; it was just a matter of execution.
“I was able to get lined up reasonably quickly today; I just didn’t make very good shots during the first game,” Janawicz said. “I knew I had the right ball reaction, and thankfully I was able to figure out a couple of things that were going wrong physically. From there, it was pretty good.”
Janawicz and Hess will both look to be good when Senior Men’s Singles semifinal action kicks off Sunday morning at 8 a.m. Pacific.
Meanwhile, the two will look to put their best foot forward during Senior Men’s Doubles qualifying, which gets underway from the National Bowling Stadium on Saturday at 6 p.m. Pacific.
With the men done for the day, focus will shift to Senior Women’s Singles qualifying, which will begin Friday night at 6 p.m. Pacific and see Dana Ausec of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lynda Barnes of Denton, Texas; Rina Sabo of Bennett, Colorado; and Jodi Woessner of Oregon, Ohio, try to crack the top four and reach the medal found for the Senior Team USA women.
CLICK HERE for more information on Team USA.
FULL RESULTS
RENO, Nev. – Senior Team USA bowlers Tom Hess of Granger, Iowa, and John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Florida, finished second and third, respectively, during Friday’s six-game block of Senior Men’s Singles qualifying at the 2025 International Bowling Federation World Seniors Championships, which is being contested at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nevada.
By finishing in the top four in the 140-player field on Friday, Hess and Janawicz both punched their tickets to Sunday’s Senior Men’s Singles semifinals and guaranteed themselves no worse than a bronze-medal finish in the event.
However, since they will enter the semifinals as the No. 2 (Hess) and No. 3 (Janawicz) seeds and face one another, they also have guaranteed that an American will advance to the gold-medal match.
There, the winner of the all-American bout between Hess and Janawicz will take on either No. 1 seed Adam Hayes of Australia or Belgium’s Gery Verbruggen, who qualified fourth.
Hayes captured the top spot by leading Friday’s Senior Men’s Singles qualifying round with a six-game mark of 1,390 (a 231.7 average), which came as a result of games of 186, 216, 238, 246, 259 and 245.
Hess and Janawicz were close behind, finishing with marks of 1,384 and 1,370, respectively.
Hess got there thanks to scores of 233, 186, 237, 259, 248 and 221 while Janawicz used marks of 216, 276, 234, 203, 213 and 228.
Verbruggen captured the fourth and final spot in the semifinals with a six-game tally of 1,335. He needed every bit of it too as Senior Team USA’s Parker Bohn III of Jackson, New Jersey, was close behind, finishing fifth at 1,327 (257, 218, 204, 198, 218 and 232).
Chris Barnes of Denton, Texas, also cracked the top 15 for Senior Team USA, finishing Friday’s round 12th with 1,270 (205, 202, 188, 225, 227 and 223).
France’s Pierre Luc Sanchez fired the only 300 game of Senior Men’s Singles qualifying, which came during Game 3 on Friday. The perfect score helped propel Sanchez to 15th place with a total of 1,263.
Although Hess didn’t achieve perfection on Friday, he was still quite pleased with his performance on the lanes.
“I saw the right shape from the beginning, we were able to stay ahead of the moves and I was able to trust in myself and make the shots to get there,” Hess said. “Bowling with Parker (Bohn), one of my best friends out on tour, was awesome. We were jabbing each other and having a great time all day long. Also, the communication with Coach (Stephen) Padilla was unbelievable, so, overall, it’s Day 1, and we’re off to a great start.”
Hess will look to keep the good times rolling during Sunday’s medal round, which he views as something of a mixed bag.
“It’s sort of a good news bad news situation with JJ (Janawicz) and I being No. 2 and No. 3,” Hess said. “You never really want to bowl your teammate, but at least it guarantees that one of us will bowl for gold.
“The nerves are still going to be there for me because this is a building that I’ve had a lot of success in in the past and we’re bowling for Team USA on home soil, but we’re off to a successful start, so I’m just going to try to keep riding that momentum.”
Janawicz’s outlook for the medal round is similar.
“I plan on pretty much doing the same thing on Sunday that I did today,” Janawicz said. “I had a really good look early on; my execution just wasn’t very good that first game. Still, I feel really good heading into the medal round, so I don’t plan on doing anything a whole lot different.”
Like Hess, Janawicz felt like he was quick to figure out what the 42-foot IBF World Seniors Championships oil pattern was asking for on Friday; it was just a matter of execution.
“I was able to get lined up reasonably quickly today; I just didn’t make very good shots during the first game,” Janawicz said. “I knew I had the right ball reaction, and thankfully I was able to figure out a couple of things that were going wrong physically. From there, it was pretty good.”
Janawicz and Hess will both look to be good when Senior Men’s Singles semifinal action kicks off Sunday morning at 8 a.m. Pacific.
Meanwhile, the two will look to put their best foot forward during Senior Men’s Doubles qualifying, which gets underway from the National Bowling Stadium on Saturday at 6 p.m. Pacific.
With the men done for the day, focus will shift to Senior Women’s Singles qualifying, which will begin Friday night at 6 p.m. Pacific and see Dana Ausec of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lynda Barnes of Denton, Texas; Rina Sabo of Bennett, Colorado; and Jodi Woessner of Oregon, Ohio, try to crack the top four and reach the medal found for the Senior Team USA women.
CLICK HERE for more information on Team USA.