Lima, Peru. -- Team USA closed out the 2024 PANAM Bowling Champion of Champions by winning eight medals on the final day, bringing their total to 10 medals out of a possible 12. The competition was held at the VIDENA Bowling Center, where the team competed in singles, doubles, and all-events categories.
On the last day, each of the four Team USA bowlers earned two medals. Bryanna Coté of Tucson, Arizona, took home the gold in women's all-events and a silver in women’s singles. Crystal Elliott from Palm Bay, Florida, won gold in women’s singles and a bronze in all-events. In the men’s categories, Matt Russo of Ballwin, Missouri, secured gold in all-events and bronze in singles, while Chris Via of Springfield, Ohio, earned gold in men’s singles and bronze in all-events.
Earlier in the tournament, Russo and Via had also captured silver in men’s doubles.
In the women’s singles competition, Elliott led the way with an eight-game score of 1,602, finishing with a 16-game total of 3,202, while Coté finished 21 pins behind with a total of 3,181. Colombia’s Juliana Franco won the women’s singles bronze with 3,112.
Coté’s performance in all-events over three days resulted in a 24-game total of 4,758, giving her the all-events gold. Aruba’s Kamilah Dammers earned silver with a score of 4,735, and Elliott took bronze with 4,721.
For the men’s singles, Via scored 1,666 in his final eight games, achieving a two-day total of 3,393. Francois Lavoie from Canada won silver with a score of 3,372, while Russo earned bronze with a total of 3,312. In men’s all-events, Russo topped the field with a 24-game total of 4,935, followed by Canada’s Mitch Hupe with 4,911 for silver and Via with 4,902 for bronze.
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