TEAM USA WORLD MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL-EVENTS
LEADERS (Top 10, 24 games) 1, Bill O’Neill
United States, 5,343.
2, Chris Barnes United States, 5,258.
3, Jang Dong-Chul Korea, 5,091.
4, Patrick Allen United States, 5,079.
5, Du Jian-Chao China, 5,069.
6, Ernesto Franco Mexico, 5,068.
7, Wes Malott United States, 5,065.
8, Choi Bok-Eum Korea, 5,051.
9, Michael Mak Hong Kong, 5,049.
10, Cho Young-Seon Korea, 5,032.
by Malott (245), Allen (202), Barnes (194) and O’Neill (183). Koivuniemi led Finland with a 245 game and was joined by Palermaa (217), Joonas Jahi (214), Pasi Uotila (195) and Petteri Salonen (186). “I didn’t bowl well all week
but for my team to believe in me enough to let me bowl last was a huge honor, and I’m glad I was able to come through for them,” Jones said. “We got ahead early and Finland showed a lot of heart battling back. It was a back-and-forth match and both teams put on a great show.” In all, Team USA took
home 11 medals (five gold, two silver and four bronze).
SINGLES Team USA’s Bill O’Neill de- feated Korea’s Choi Bok-Eum, 244-202, in the one-game gold-medal match. England’s Dominic Barrett and Team USA’s Chris Barnes shared
the bronze medal after falling in the semifinals. In the title match, O’Neill started strong with three consecutive strikes, a spare and five more strikes. By the time six frames were in the books, O’Neill had amassed a 44-pin lead and rolled to the title.
DOUBLES In the lone event that Team USA didn’t grab gold, the team still man- aged to medal, with the Team USA pairing of Patrick Allen and Rhino Page earning bronze. Coming into the semifinals as the fourth seed, Allen and Page fell to Sweden, 449-373. The Swedes went on to win the title with a 398-379 victory over Malaysia.
TRIOS The Team USA squad of Rhino Page, Patrick Allen and Wes Malott defeated Mexico, 650-514, in the gold-medal match, but the real drama was in the semifinals when they took down teammates
Chris Barnes, Bill O’Neill and Tommy Jones in overtime. After finishing regulation tied at 590, the two squads went to overtime as Malott and O’Neill faced off in a ninth and 10th frame roll-off. O’Neill left a pocket 4-9 split in the 10th and Malott then stepped up to throw a strike to advance his team, 50-27. In the
Mr. Clutch, Tommy Jones
championship, Allen led Team USA with a 235 game, while Page shot 228
and Malott had 187. Mexico’s Ernesto Franco shot 220, Alejandro Cruz had 149 and Jorge Rosado shot 145.
ALL EVENTS Team USA’s Bill O’Neill earned the gold medal with ease, finishing with a 24-game total of 5,343, an average of 222.6. Chris Barnes took the silver with 5,258, while Korea’s Jang Dong-Chul earned the bronze with 5,091. “This is pretty cool, but I don’t really think of it as me
dominating because I was just out there trying to be my best possible for the team every event,” O’Neill said. The top 16 players in
the all-events standings advanced to Masters match play. In addition to O’Neill and Barnes, Allen made it in fourth place with 5,079, while Malott was seventh with 5,065.
MASTERS Team USA’s Chris Barnes defeated teammate Patrick Allen, 3-0, to win gold. Barnes swept Allen 213-188, 257-236 and 289-212. Barnes started the final game with 10 con- secutive strikes before a 9-pin ended his bid for his second 300 game of the tournament. “This is something we have
been working toward for six months now,” Barnes said. “Instead of competing against each other like we do on the PBA Tour, it’s nice to come together and really bond as a team. It all came together at a big moment and it feels great.” In the semifinals, Team
USA’s Wes Malott fell to Allen, 3-0, while Barnes took down Korea’s Choi Bok-Eum, 3-2. Malott and Choi shared the bronze medal with the semifi- nal losses.
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