Junior Team USA sweeps doubles gold medals at PABCON Youth Championships

07/08/09

2009 PABCON Youth

Two gold, one silver and one bronze for the eight U.S. boys and girls

2009PYCJakePetersChrisPierson.jpgThe United States swept the doubles gold medals while also earning a boys silver and girls bronze Tuesday in the Under-20 divisions at the 2009 Pan American Bowling Confederation Youth Championships.

Jake Peters of Decatur, Ill., and Chris Pierson (l-r) of Waukesha, Wis., held on to win the boys gold with 2,508, edging their teammates Geoffrey Young of Denton, Texas, and Daniel Spink of St. Louis, Mo., by 19 pins.

Puerto Rico's Hector Soto and Anibal Marin took the bronze with 2,472.

"I was nervous watching the last squad and usually I wouldn't want to stick around, but I wanted to support Geoffrey and Daniel," said Peters, who bowled on the second of three squads. "It's great that Chris and I won, but it would have been great if they had won, too. All that matters is that we won the gold and silver medals."

Peters led the duo with 1,302, the highest individual total of the day, while Pierson added 1,206. Young fired 1,261, and Spink shot 1,228 in the silver-medal effort.

2009PYCBrittniHamiltonChristineBator.jpgBrittni Hamilton of Webster, N.Y., and Christine Bator (right, l-r) of Warren, Mich., combined to shoot 2,499 and breezed to the girls title by nearly 150 pins.

For the Under-20 girls, Bator, who won the girls singles gold medal Monday, led her pairing with 1,293, while Hamilton contributed 1,206.

2009PYCKristiePetravichJenniferBoisselle.jpg"To win my first medal in international competition feels really amazing," said Hamilton, who is on Junior Team USA for the first time this year. "I thought it was going to be close, but we were able to somehow pull away down the stretch. After the third game, we decided just to have fun and not take it so seriously."

Colombia's Maria Jose Rodriguez and Laura Fonnegra took the silver with 2,355. The Colombians edged the second U.S. duo by four pins. Jenn Boisselle of Brandon, Fla., and Kristie Petravich (above, r-l) of West Palm Beach, Fla., earned the bronze with 2,351.

 


U-20 Boys Doubles - Final Standings after 6 Games

 


U-20 Girls Doubles - Final Standings after 6 Games

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