U.S. players gain experience at TofA

ARLINGTON, Texas - The United States not only came away with 28 gold medals at the 50th Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas but with a wealth of experience that will help each player in the future.

United States delegation TofAThe tournament concluded Saturday in Tamarac, Fla., with the United States claiming the team gold medal in four of the five divisions at Sawgrass Lanes. The U.S. took gold in the Junior A (ages 16-19), Junior B (ages 12-15), Senior and Super Senior divisions, while Team USA finished with the bronze in the Adult division.

"This tournament was a great experience builder for all of our U.S. athletes," Team USA assistant coach Bryan O'Keefe said. "The lane conditions were demanding along with the format and tough field. Each event, the players bowled one game on long and the next game on short, making repeating shots early in games that much more important."

In addition to winning four team gold medals, the United States also locked up six individual all-events gold medals and won the national all-events in four of the five divisions. The U.S. took bronze in the Adult national all-events.

Three U.S. players managed to complete the gold-medal sweep, winning the gold in every event in which they participated.

Junior Team USA members Kamron Doyle (Junior B division) and Tyler Cruz (Junior A division) as well as Super Senior Lucy Sandelin brought home gold medals in singles, doubles, mixed doubles, team, individual all-events and national all-events for six total gold medals. Colombia's Manuel Otalora also accomplished the feat.

Other individual all-events winners for the United States were Holly Harris (Junior A), Brian Brazeau (Senior) and Ed Roberts (Super Senior).

The Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas is the oldest annual international tournament in the American Zone. The invitational competition for countries of PABCON (Pan American Bowling Confederation - the American Zone of World Tenpin Bowling Association) has five divisions for men and women.

For more information and complete scores from the Tournament of the Americas, visit BowlingAmericas.com.

2012 LEE EVANS TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS
At Sawgrass Lanes, Tamarac, Fla.
Medalists


SINGLES

Junior B Girls
GOLD - Ashley Dunn, United States
SILVER - Laura Plazas, Colombia
BRONZE - Raquel Orozco, Mexico

Junior B Boys
GOLD - Kamron Doyle, United States
SILVER - Brandon Pelayo, Mexico
BRONZE - Thiago Felicetti, Brazil

Junior A Girls
GOLD - Lorena Bolanos, Guatemala
SILVER - Elise Bolton, United States
BRONZE - Pamela Monzon, Guatemala

Junior A Boys
GOLD - Tyler Cruz, United States
SILVER - Mitch Hupe, Canada
BRONZE - AJ Chapman, United States

Adult Women
GOLD - Paola Gomez, Colombia
SILVER - Karen Marcano, Venezuela
BRONZE - Rocio Restrepo, Colombia

Adult Men
GOLD - Manuel Otalora, Colombia
SILVER - Graham Fach, Canada
BRONZE - Alejandro Reyna, Costa Rica

Senior Women
GOLD - Paula Vidad, United States
SILVER - Pam Sprow, United States
BRONZE - Maria Teresa Piccini, Mexico

Senior Men
GOLD - Manuel Garcia, Mexico
SILVER - Jose Penaranda, Venezuela
BRONZE - Brian Brazeau, United States

Super Senior Women
GOLD - Lucy Sandelin, United States
SILVER - Carol Teel, United States
BRONZE - Fransuesa Sacre, Mexico

Super Senior Men
GOLD - Hilton Nunez, Dominican Republic
SILVER - Ed Roberts, United States
BRONZE - Jerry Teel, United States


DOUBLES

Junior B Girls
GOLD - Laura Plazas, Mariana Lopez, Colombia
SILVER - Ashley Dunn, Kaitlyn Eder, United States
BRONZE - Raquel Orozco, Paola Limon, Mexico

Junior B Boys
GOLD - Kamron Doyle, Wesley Low, United States
SILVER - Luis Alfredo Rojas, Jorge Luis Tello, Colombia
BRONZE - Alberto Quesada, Roberto Morales, Costa Rica

Junior A Girls
GOLD - Holly Harris, Elise Bolton, United States
SILVER - Yllen Sari Moreno, Maribel Orozco, Mexico
BRONZE - Lorena Bolanos, Pamela Monzon, Guatemala

Junior A Boys
GOLD - Tyler Cruz, AJ Chapman, United States
SILVER - Sandro Perrino, Rogelio Felice Jr., Venezuela
BRONZE - Jose Antonio Garcia, Rodolfo Madriz, Costa Rica

Adult Women
GOLD - Paola Gomez, Rocio Restrepo, Colombia
SILVER - France Joubert, Kimberley Green, Canada
BRONZE - Viviana Delgado, Ghiselle Araujo, Costa Rica

Adult Men
GOLD - Andres Gomez, Manuel Otalora, Colombia
SILVER - Arturo Hernandez, Eddy Antonio Fuentes, Venezuela
BRONZE - Leonardo Davis, Johnn Pyfrom, Bahamas

Senior Women
GOLD - Margarita Ramos, Maria Teresa Piccini, Mexico
SILVER - Paula Vidad, Pam Sprow, United States
BRONZE - Edith Lee, Cathy Harvey, Canada

Senior Men
GOLD - Steve Kiss, Brian Brazeau, United States
SILVER - Manuel Garcia, Rafael Gomez, Mexico
BRONZE - Marvin Murillo, Jacinto Baltodano, Costa Rica

Super Senior Women
GOLD - Carol Teel, Lucy Sandelin, United States
SILVER - Alejandra Diaz, Fransuesa Sacre, Mexico
BRONZE - Irma Di Marco, Ofir Gonzalez, Venezuela

Super Senior Men
GOLD - Jerry Teel, Ed Roberts, United States
SILVER - Hector Edmundo Bustos, Agustin Camarillo, Mexico
BRONZE - Leopoldo Ritter, Landis Flores, Venezuela


MIXED DOUBLES

Junior B
GOLD - Ashley Dunn, Kamron Doyle, United States
SILVER - Laura Plazas, Jorg Luis Tello, Colombia
BRONZE - Kaitlyn Eder, Wesley Low, United States

Junior A
GOLD - Holly Harris, Tyler Cruz, United States
SILVER - Miranda Panas, Mitch Hupe, Canada
BRONZE - Elise Bolton, AJ Chapman, United States

Adult
GOLD - Rocio Restrepo, Manuel Hernando Otalora, Colombia
SILVER - Kimberley Green, Graham Fach, Canada
BRONZE - Karen Marcano, Eddy Antonio Fuentes, Venezuela

Senior
GOLD - Margarita Ramos, Rafael Gomez, Mexico
SILVER - Pam Sprow, Steve Kiss, United States
BRONZE - Paula Vidad, Brian Brazeau, United States

Super Senior
GOLD - Lucy Sandelin, Ed Roberts, United States
SILVER - Carol Teel, Jerry Teel, United States
BRONZE - Fransuesa Sacre, Agustin Camarillo, Mexico


TEAM

Junior B
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Colombia
BRONZE - Mexico

Junior A
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Mexico
BRONZE - Colombia

Adult
GOLD - Colombia
SILVER - Venezuela
BRONZE - United States

Senior
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Mexico
BRONZE - Venezuela

Super Senior
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Mexico
BRONZE - Canada


INDIVIDUAL ALL-EVENTS
 
Junior B Girls
GOLD - Laura Plazas, Colombia
SILVER - Ashley Dunn, United States
BRONZE - Raquel Orozco, Mexico

Junior B Boys
GOLD - Kamron Doyle, United States
SILVER - Wesley Low, United States
BRONZE - Jorge Luis Tello, Colombia

Junior A Girls
GOLD - Holly Harris, United States
SILVER - Elise Bolton, United States
BRONZE - Maribel Orozco, Mexico

Junior A Boys
GOLD - Tyler Cruz, United States
SILVER - AJ Chapman, United States
BRONZE - Mitch Hupe, Canada

Adult Women
GOLD - Rocio Restrepo, Colombia
SILVER - Karen Marcano, Venezuela
BRONZE - Paola Gomez, Colombia

Adult Men
GOLD - Manuel Otalora, Colombia
SILVER - Graham Fach, Canada
BRONZE - Andres Gomez, Colombia

Senior Women
GOLD - Maria Teresa Piccini, Mexico
SILVER - Paula Vidad, United States
BRONZE - Pam Sprow, United States

Senior Men
GOLD - Brian Brazeau, United States
SILVER - Rafael Gomez, Mexico
BRONZE - Jose Penaranda, Venezuela

Super Senior Women
GOLD - Lucy Sandelin, United States
SILVER - Carol Teel, United States
BRONZE - Fransuesa Sacre, Mexico

Super Senior Men
GOLD - Ed Roberts, United States
SILVER - Jerry Teel, United States
BRONZE - Agustin Camarillo, Mexico


NATIONAL ALL-EVENTS

Junior B
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Colombia
BRONZE - Mexico

Junior A
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Mexico
BRONZE - Colombia

Adult
GOLD - Colombia
SILVER - Venezuela
BRONZE - United States

Senior
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Mexico
BRONZE - Canada

Super Senior
GOLD - United States
SILVER - Mexico
BRONZE - Venezuela