Two American duos earn doubles semifinal berths at 2026 IBF Youth World Championships
July 01, 2026
Two Junior Team USA doubles squads advanced to the medal rounds at the 2026 IBF World Youth Championships in Malaysia on Wednesday. Landin Jordan of Sycamore, Illinois, and Dawson Peterson of Stewartville, Minnesota, moved on in Boys' Doubles action at Megalanes Sarawak Bowling Centre while Erin Klemencic of Powder Springs, Georgia, and Elizabeth Teuber of Holly, Michigan, made it through for the girls.
FULL RESULTS
ARLINGTON, Texas – Two Junior Team USA doubles squads secured semifinal berths at the 2026 International Bowling Federation World Youth Championships in Malaysia on Wednesday, guaranteeing themselves no worse than bronze-medal finishes in their respective divisions.
Erin Klemencic of Powder Springs, Georgia, and Elizabeth Teuber of Holly, Michigan, were the American women to reach the medal rounds. The pair got there by posting a 6-1 record during round-robin match play at Megalanes Sarawak Bowling Centre, recording six Baker doubles scores of 214 of higher (214, 232, 238, 218, 247 and 256) and averaging 226 per game in the process.
Landin Jordan of Sycamore, Illinois, and Dawson Peterson of Stewartville, Minnesota, reached the Boys’ Doubles semifinals by winning their first five matches on Wednesday, shooting nothing lower than 203 during that run (238, 208, 269, 246 and 203).
The pace slowed a bit during the pair’s final two matches – both losses – but Jordan and Peterson still managed to finish the day with a 5-2 mark and a 217.9 average, which was good enough for second place in Boys’ Doubles Group A and a spot in the medal rounds.
Germany’s Jaden Wolff and Phil Baumeister finished atop Group A with a record of 5-1-1. The semifinal berths up for grabs in Group B went to Finland’s Juho Vuoppola and Roni Leskinen (6-1) and Talal Al Marri and Abdulrahman Al Doseri of Qatar (5-2).
Joining Klemencic and Teuber in the Girls’ Doubles semifinals will be Malaysia’s Adelia Nur Irwan Syazalee and Adania Mohd Redzwan, Sweden’s Nicole Layrisse and Maja Engberg and Emma Palermaa and Stella Lokfors of Finland.
Layrisse and Engberg (6-1) won Group A on Wednesday. Palermaa and Lokfors secured the other advancing position in the group thanks to a 215-188 roll-off victory over Korea’s Jung Miteum and Noh Hyemin after both pairs finished round-robin competition with matching 4-3 records.
Syazalee and Redzwan finished second to Klemencic and Teuber in Group B with a record of 6-1.
When doubles semifinal action commences on Sunday, Junior Team USA’s Klemencic and Teuber will take on Palermaa and Lokfors of Finland as Layrisse and Engberg of Sweden battle Malaysia’s Syazalee and Redzwan in the other semifinal.
The start of the medal rounds in Boys’ Doubles will see Americans Jordan and Peterson square off against Finland’s Vuoppola and Eskinen while Germany’s Wolff and Baumeister face Al Marri and Al Doseri of Qatar.
While both Junior Team USA duos will have their sights set on gold, for Peterson and Teuber, just making it to the semifinals is momentous as it guarantees both athletes their first international medals while donning the red, white and blue.
When asked how that felt at the end of competition on Wednesday, Peterson kept his response simple.
“It feels great; that’s it,” Peterson said.
Teuber used a few more words when describing what the accomplishment means to her.
“This is definitely a great feeling, especially being my first time out here and Erin’s (Klemencic) first time at worlds,” Teuber said. “We feel like we’re the newbies here, but we just showed up and played our own game today.”
According to Klemencic, for her, Wednesday’s success was due to the information she’d gathered and the lane-play strategies she and coaches Kelly Kulick and Bryan O’Keefe had discussed during the first three days of competition on the 42-foot World Youth Championships oil pattern.
“I think everything just led up to today,” Klemencic said. “We tried a bunch of different things. Yesterday, it started coming together with a better picture, and we just kind of stayed with that today. It carried over nicely, and I think that gives us confidence that we can trust what we’re doing.”
Peterson had plenty of confidence during the first three days of competition. The difference on Wednesday, however, was that he finally had the pin carry to go with it.
“I feel like the picture was always pretty clear,” Peterson said. “Today, we were finally able to get some hits, put up some big numbers and win some matches.”
Jordan knew that winning matches would be crucial, particularly at the start of round-robin play on Wednesday.
“We had our strongest opponents during the first three matches, so I said beforehand that we’d feel really confident and be in good shape if we came out of that stretch 2-1,” Jordan said. “We ended up going 3-0, and that great start gave us a lot of confidence going forward and allowed us to get it done.”
Junior Team USA’s other two doubles pairs failed to advance to the medal rounds at Megalanes on Wednesday. Katelyn Abigania of San Diego and Gianna Brandolino of Channahon, Illinois, went 3-4 to place seventh in Girls’ Doubles Match Play Group A while Jacob Bockstie of Nottingham, Maryland, and Josh Hammons of Topeka, Kansas, came in with a record of 2-5 to finish eighth in Group A for the boys.
With doubles competition on the backburner until Sunday, the stage is now set for team qualifying and match play, which will occur on Thursday and Friday with the first two rounds of mixed team action following on Saturday.
Singles medals will be awarded and doubles semifinal action completed in both divisions on Sunday.
The final day of competition will be the most extensive, however, as Monday’s docket will feature the doubles finals and the semifinals and finals for both the team and mixed team events.
Once the final shots have been delivered and the final medals conferred, the Victory Banquet will officially bring the 2026 IBF World Youth Championships to a close on Monday night.
CLICK HERE for more information on Junior Team USA.
FULL RESULTS
ARLINGTON, Texas – Two Junior Team USA doubles squads secured semifinal berths at the 2026 International Bowling Federation World Youth Championships in Malaysia on Wednesday, guaranteeing themselves no worse than bronze-medal finishes in their respective divisions.
Erin Klemencic of Powder Springs, Georgia, and Elizabeth Teuber of Holly, Michigan, were the American women to reach the medal rounds. The pair got there by posting a 6-1 record during round-robin match play at Megalanes Sarawak Bowling Centre, recording six Baker doubles scores of 214 of higher (214, 232, 238, 218, 247 and 256) and averaging 226 per game in the process.
Landin Jordan of Sycamore, Illinois, and Dawson Peterson of Stewartville, Minnesota, reached the Boys’ Doubles semifinals by winning their first five matches on Wednesday, shooting nothing lower than 203 during that run (238, 208, 269, 246 and 203).
The pace slowed a bit during the pair’s final two matches – both losses – but Jordan and Peterson still managed to finish the day with a 5-2 mark and a 217.9 average, which was good enough for second place in Boys’ Doubles Group A and a spot in the medal rounds.
Germany’s Jaden Wolff and Phil Baumeister finished atop Group A with a record of 5-1-1. The semifinal berths up for grabs in Group B went to Finland’s Juho Vuoppola and Roni Leskinen (6-1) and Talal Al Marri and Abdulrahman Al Doseri of Qatar (5-2).
Joining Klemencic and Teuber in the Girls’ Doubles semifinals will be Malaysia’s Adelia Nur Irwan Syazalee and Adania Mohd Redzwan, Sweden’s Nicole Layrisse and Maja Engberg and Emma Palermaa and Stella Lokfors of Finland.
Layrisse and Engberg (6-1) won Group A on Wednesday. Palermaa and Lokfors secured the other advancing position in the group thanks to a 215-188 roll-off victory over Korea’s Jung Miteum and Noh Hyemin after both pairs finished round-robin competition with matching 4-3 records.
Syazalee and Redzwan finished second to Klemencic and Teuber in Group B with a record of 6-1.
When doubles semifinal action commences on Sunday, Junior Team USA’s Klemencic and Teuber will take on Palermaa and Lokfors of Finland as Layrisse and Engberg of Sweden battle Malaysia’s Syazalee and Redzwan in the other semifinal.
The start of the medal rounds in Boys’ Doubles will see Americans Jordan and Peterson square off against Finland’s Vuoppola and Eskinen while Germany’s Wolff and Baumeister face Al Marri and Al Doseri of Qatar.
While both Junior Team USA duos will have their sights set on gold, for Peterson and Teuber, just making it to the semifinals is momentous as it guarantees both athletes their first international medals while donning the red, white and blue.
When asked how that felt at the end of competition on Wednesday, Peterson kept his response simple.
“It feels great; that’s it,” Peterson said.
Teuber used a few more words when describing what the accomplishment means to her.
“This is definitely a great feeling, especially being my first time out here and Erin’s (Klemencic) first time at worlds,” Teuber said. “We feel like we’re the newbies here, but we just showed up and played our own game today.”
According to Klemencic, for her, Wednesday’s success was due to the information she’d gathered and the lane-play strategies she and coaches Kelly Kulick and Bryan O’Keefe had discussed during the first three days of competition on the 42-foot World Youth Championships oil pattern.
“I think everything just led up to today,” Klemencic said. “We tried a bunch of different things. Yesterday, it started coming together with a better picture, and we just kind of stayed with that today. It carried over nicely, and I think that gives us confidence that we can trust what we’re doing.”
Peterson had plenty of confidence during the first three days of competition. The difference on Wednesday, however, was that he finally had the pin carry to go with it.
“I feel like the picture was always pretty clear,” Peterson said. “Today, we were finally able to get some hits, put up some big numbers and win some matches.”
Jordan knew that winning matches would be crucial, particularly at the start of round-robin play on Wednesday.
“We had our strongest opponents during the first three matches, so I said beforehand that we’d feel really confident and be in good shape if we came out of that stretch 2-1,” Jordan said. “We ended up going 3-0, and that great start gave us a lot of confidence going forward and allowed us to get it done.”
Junior Team USA’s other two doubles pairs failed to advance to the medal rounds at Megalanes on Wednesday. Katelyn Abigania of San Diego and Gianna Brandolino of Channahon, Illinois, went 3-4 to place seventh in Girls’ Doubles Match Play Group A while Jacob Bockstie of Nottingham, Maryland, and Josh Hammons of Topeka, Kansas, came in with a record of 2-5 to finish eighth in Group A for the boys.
With doubles competition on the backburner until Sunday, the stage is now set for team qualifying and match play, which will occur on Thursday and Friday with the first two rounds of mixed team action following on Saturday.
Singles medals will be awarded and doubles semifinal action completed in both divisions on Sunday.
The final day of competition will be the most extensive, however, as Monday’s docket will feature the doubles finals and the semifinals and finals for both the team and mixed team events.
Once the final shots have been delivered and the final medals conferred, the Victory Banquet will officially bring the 2026 IBF World Youth Championships to a close on Monday night.
CLICK HERE for more information on Junior Team USA.