Panama City, Panama - March 1-4, 2006

Local favorite Carlo Sing finished his eight-game block on short oil (34 ft.) with games of 257 and 229 to help grab the lead in the men's division at the American Zone Ranking Final in Panama after Wednesday. Sing, who represented Panama in the 2005 World Games, checked in with 1700 pinfall total and an average of 212,50.

Places two and three belonged to players from Puerto Rico. Trailing Sing by mere six pins to sit in second place is Luis Rodríguez with 1694. Compatriot Edgardo Ruiz is another three pins behind in third with 1691. The sole U.S. American in the 33-player field from nine countries - Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and United States - Ed Roberts, is in fourth position with 1688.

Rounding out the top 8 are 5. David Romero, Colombia, 1652 6. Juan S. Rodríguez, Colombia, 1637 7. Miguel Fonseca, Panama, 1628 and 8. Carlos Olmos, Panama, 1610.

The American Zone Ranking Final concludes the 2005 American Zone ranking season. All players will bowl three 8-game blocks on short oil (34 feet), long oil (43 feet) and on short/long oil condition over three days to determine the eight men who will participate in the 2006 World Ranking Masters in Kuwait.

 

Men's Division - First Block of eight Games (short oil)

Players with position, country, 8-game total and average

1. Carlo Sing, PAN, 1700, 212,50
(198, 181, 214, 236, 202, 183, 257, 229)
2. Luis Rodríguez, PUR, 1694, 211,75
(178, 233, 234, 183, 225, 176, 243, 222)
3. Edgardo Ruiz, PUR, 1691, 211,38
(183, 193, 194, 202, 222, 245, 262, 190)
4. Ed Roberts, USA, 1688, 211,00
(204, 192, 237, 227, 214, 197, 200, 217)
5. David Romero, COL, 1652, 206,50
(215, 225, 223, 203, 180, 238, 190, 178)
6. Juan S. Rodríguez, COL, 1637, 204,63
(211, 235, 193, 206, 184, 204, 188, 216)
7. Miguel Fonseca, PAN, 1628, 203,50
(161, 258, 216, 169, 233, 199, 212, 180)
8. Carlos Olmos, PAN, 1610, 201,25
(212, 224, 193, 195, 190, 247, 187, 162)
9. Carlos Cruz, BRA, 1603, 200,38
(204, 211, 172, 236, 181, 199, 203, 197)
10. Mark Buffa, CAN, 1599, 199,88
(187, 258, 223, 183, 168, 231, 196, 153)
11. Santiago Mejía, COL, 1561, 195,13
(171, 204, 155, 215, 200, 187, 236, 193)
12. Jaime Monroy, COL, 1547, 193,38
(214, 219, 155, 183, 172, 223, 218, 163)
(tie) Miguel Pastor, PAN, 1547, 193,38
(225, 207, 199, 176, 168, 179, 199, 194)
14. Paulo Verly, BRA, 1545, 193,13
(197, 156, 266, 153, 166, 192, 202, 213)
15. Juliano Oliveira, BRA, 1543, 192,88
(210, 236, 137, 180, 224, 174, 188, 194)
16. Daniel Falconi, MEX, 1534, 191,75
(199, 215, 191, 215, 172, 150, 181, 211)
17. Johan Hernández, COL, 1527, 190,88
(252, 170, 125, 203, 233, 185, 172, 187)
18. Manino Fernández, DOM, 1512, 189,00
(193, 171, 236, 166, 186, 190, 135, 235)
19. Edmanuel Ramírez, PUR, 1466, 183,25
(184, 181, 151, 184, 212, 180, 182, 192)
20. Néstor Barrantes, COL, 1461, 182,63
(172, 208, 149, 180, 188, 214, 153, 197)
21. Julio Wiscovitch, PUR, 1458, 182,25
(135, 181, 206, 193, 169, 213, 191, 170)
(tie) Hilton Núñez, DOM, 1458, 182,25
(172, 160, 191, 139, 215, 224, 201, 156)
23. Ken Hunter, CAN, 1420, 177,50
(153, 159, 203, 182, 165, 172, 206, 180)
24. Víctor Fernández, DOM, 1307, 163,38
(147, 179, 184, 154, 138, 155, 199, 151)
25. Miguel González, PUR, 1242, 155,25
(192, 120, 140, 143, 191, 156, 148, 152)
26. Tuto Fernández, DOM, 1231, 153,88
(111, 137, 166, 145, 183, 183, 147, 159)
(tie) Armando Gómez, COL, 1557, 194,63
(175, 234, 215, 167, 181, 173, 198, 214)
(tie) Manuel Zambrano, PAN, 1563, 195,38
(205, 194, 213, 155, 187, 223, 227, 159)
29. Jonathan Simoneau, CAN, 1552, 194,00
(152, 205, 244, 196, 212, 129, 189, 225)
30. Angel Ortiz, ELS, 1473, 184,13
(194, 176, 203, 186, 176, 189, 160, 189)
31. Rodrigo Rosales, PAN, 1332, 166,50
(130, 148, 167, 173, 174, 205, 156, 179)
(tie) Walter Costa, BRA, 1593, 199,13
(213, 244, 195, 166, 230, 157, 176, 212)
33. Lucas Ferrer, BRA, 1104, 138,00
(141, 128, 142, 139, 168, 136, 134, 116)