Bowlers Journal International - March 2008 - (Page 56)

TEAM USA TRIALS TEAM USA 2008 GETS EVEN 'DREAMIER' The squad swells to 29 as four men and four women — including a Hall of Famer — are added. USBC'S DREAM TEAM IS COMPLETE. impressionable 10-year-old youth bowlpattern, a 35-foot "short" pattern, a 48The first-ever hand-picked Team USA er on your knee and being able to say, foot "long" pattern and, finally, the 2007 — featuring many of the most famous "Back in 2008 when Walter Ray and I USBC Masters pattern. names in bowling — has now been bowled in the World Championships " Once 36 games were in the books, supplemented by eight additional The long odds at top of mind, some Sport Bowling national average leader bowlers (four men and four women), players shoed up in Henderson just for Derek Eoff of Greenfield, Wis., had piled bringing the total for 2008 to 29. the experience, as a way of becoming up the most pinfall among the men with The roster was firmed up at 7997, while Shannon O'Keefe the Team USA Trials, held just of Brookfield, Wis., paced the after the holidays at Sunset women with 7730. Lanes in Henderson, Nev., outSince O'Keefe already had side Las Vegas. It was a much secured a team spot for 2008 smaller Trials than in the past, through her showing in the 2007 for two reasons: Team Trials, the two automatic 1. Fewer team spots were up women's berths went to the for grabs. Much of the rossecond- and third-place finishter already was set, the result ers: Tina Stickney of Goodyear, of the World Tenpin Bowling Ariz. (7675), and Stefanie Nation Association ending its longof Orlando, Fla. (7605). standing policy of banning pros A rolloff for the second guarfrom WTBA competition, and anteed men's spot was necesUSBC acting quickly to secure sitated when John Janawicz of the services of such superstars Winter Haven, Fla., and Nathan as Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Bohr of Wichita, Kan., tied for Wendy Macpherson. second place with identical 2. The likelihood of warming 7988 totals — less than a mark the bench, even if one made behind Eoff. Janawicz prethe team. On the men's side, vailed, 231-210, but the National for instance, what chance Selection Committee ended up would a guy have of supplantawarding Bohr a berth anying Williams, Parker Bohn III, way. Tommy Jones, Patrick Allen or The other committee selecChris Barnes for a starting team tion for the men was former berth? About the best one could PBA star Del Ballard Jr., North hope for would be a doubles Derek Eoff and Shannon O'Keefe topped their respective divisions in the Richland Hills, Texas (7965), event pairing with team veteran Team USA Trials, held at Sunset Lanes in Henderson, Nev., in January. whose resumé includes four Bill Hoffman. "major" titles — two in the That said, many of the Team U.S. Open, one in the PBA Trials entrants — 66 men and 37 women combat-ready for future bowling tourTournament of Champions, and one in — looked beyond the long odds and naments. With the possible exception of the ABC/USBC Masters. considered the more plausible benthe PBA Tour Trials, there is no tougher The selection committee also honefits of making the team: the opportutest of versatility and endurance than ored the final standings on the womnity to rub shoulders with the greats of the Team USA Trials. In 2008, the comen's side, adding fourth-place finisher the game and to benefit from the vast petition took place over four days, and Tish Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. knowledge of Team USA's world-class each day's nine-game block featured a (7448), and fifth-place Brenda Viator, coaching staff. And let's not forget the different Sport Bowling-compliant lane Lake Wales, Fla. (7435). grandchild factor: Imagine sitting an condition: the PBA Experience Shark The rest of Team USA 2008 conCOURTESY USBC 56 bowlers journal international MARCH 2008

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Bowlers Journal International - March 2008

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