Kamron Doyle of Brentwood, Tennessee, became the youngest United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials champion in history Wednesday, while Shannon Pluhowsky of Dayton, Ohio, won the women’s crown for a record fifth time.
Doyle, who is 16, defeated Marshall Kent of Yakima, Washington, 234-206 to claim the men’s title, while Pluhowsky defeated two-time champion Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, New York, 246-222, at The Orleans Bowling Center.
In addition to earning the titles, Doyle and Pluhowsky will now represent Team USA at the 51st QubicaAMF World Cup at a location and date to be determined later this year.
Doyle built a 31-pin lead midway through the championship match and never looked back in defeating Kent, who held the previous record as youngest champion at 19 in 2012.
“It’s pretty cool to be 16 and come out on top against the professional bowlers and other great players in this field,” said Doyle, a four-time member of Junior Team USA. “It’s going to be a hard record to break, I think.”
All of the players who advanced to the stepladder finals earned automatic spots on Team USA in 2015 by surviving a grueling five-day, 30-game format that awarded points based on the position in which they finished each day.
The National Selection Committee also announced the remainder of the Team USA roster, which was made up of two men and two women based solely on their performance at the Team USA Trials and five men and five women who met eligibility requirements, submitted resumes for consideration and also based on Trials performance.
For more information on the Team USA Trials, visit BOWL.com/TeamUSATrials.
