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dozen Team USA members vying for the coveted trip to the Pan Am Games. Qualification points were earned through the bowlers’ finishes at the USBC Queens and the U.S. Open (each event worth 20 percent of the qualifying criteria), as well as the Pan Am Game Trials at the International Training and Research Center in May, which account- ed for 60 percent. Both bowlers have enjoyed their fair
share of success in international compe- tition, including gold medal performanc- es in previous Pan Am Games. Kulick, who has earned 22 medals representing Junior Team USA and Team USA, won a gold medal in Team at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg. Johnson, a seven-time member of
Team USA, boasts 18 medals as a mem- ber of Junior Team USA and Team USA,
WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS SQUAD SELECTED Prior to their Pan Am Games appearance, Kulick and Johnson will lead the Team USA women’s squad to the 2011 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women’s Championships in Hong Kong, Sept. 3-11. Also being tabbed to represent Team USA in Hong
Kong were Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, Shannon O’Keefe, Shannon Pluhowsky and Stefanie Nation. The sextet, which boasts a combined 43 years on
Team USA, will attempt to bring home the coveted team title after finishing second in each of the last three years.
7 USBOWLER JULY 2011 Kelly Kulick
NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING
including All Events gold and Team silver at the 1995 Pan Am Games in Argentina. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be going back
to the Pan Am Games,” said Kulick. “For bowlers, this is the closest thing to the Olympics. We get treated like special ath- letes there, and I feel we have the respect of all the other athletes from the other sports. It’s a special feeling. “Also, I’m really looking forward to
bowling with Liz. We’ve bowled team and trios together before, but we’ve never bowled doubles. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I think she’s excited as well.” Kulick and Johnson will be joined in
Guadalajara by Team USA men’s team- mates Chris Barnes and Bill O’Neill. “I think the four of us together repre-
sent the most powerful lineup at the Pan Am Games,” Kulick added. “Obviously, we’ve bowled with them on Tour before and they’re the top bowlers in the world right now. Bill is an easy-going guy and has such character, and Chris is the smart- est bowler on the planet. I’m sure we’ll be practicing with them, and if I can steal any of their tricks I will!” The United States will be one of 42
nations represented at the 16th Pan Am Games, with 19 nations sending bowlers to Bowlerama Tapatico for singles and doubles competition. Bowling, which has been contested as a gold medal sport in the Pan Am Games since 1991, will be one of 40 sports represented at the 2011 Pan Am Games.
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