By GENE J. KANAK
USBC Communications
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Team USA bowlers Darren Tang of Las Vegas and Chris Via of Blacklick, Ohio, authored an outstanding performance but fell one pin short of medaling in doubles at the 2023 PANAM Bowling Male Championships on Wednesday.
Via, who finished fourth in singles on Tuesday, contributed games of 266, 209, 179, 238, 204 and 276 for a 1,372 six-game total (a 228.67 average) while Tang added 1,329 (a 221.5 average) by shooting 196, 221, 223, 279, 179 and 231.
That effort pushed the American total to 2,701, which put them in fourth place one pin behind the bronze-medal-winning 2,702 posted by Canada’s Graham Fach of Urbana, Ohio, (1,373) and Austyn Ducharme (1,329).
The gold medal went to Venezuela’s Luis Rovaina (1,486) and Rogelio Felice (1,318), who ran away from the field with a winning total of 2,804. Puerto Rico’s Israel Hernandez (1,417) and Cristian Azcona (1,287) took home the silver with 2,704.
Despite failing to medal, Team USA did manage to put all three of its doubles pairs in the top 10 on Wednesday.
Brandon Bohn of Jackson, New Jersey, and Matt Russo of Ballwin, Missouri, came away with seventh place thanks to a six-game total of 2,590.
Bohn, who is making his Team USA debut this week in Santo Domingo, led the way with a score of 1,320 (199, 198, 245, 211, 211 and 256) while Russo contributed 1,270 (193, 184, 221, 265, 201 and 206).
Team USA’s final duo, John Janawicz of Winter Haven, Florida, and Nick Pate of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, placed eighth with a score of 2,589.
Pate put up a six-game total of 1,364 (223, 226, 277, 209, 204 and 225). Janawicz added 1,225 by tallying games of 273, 206, 167, 168, 209 and 202.
The Canadian doubles team of Akron’s Don Hogue and Nathan Ruest-Lajoie finished 16th overall with 2,488, as Hogue posted 1,232 and Ruest-Lajoie had 1,256 in the 43-team field. Hogue had a high of 257 and a low of 146.
The six Americans will be back on the lanes Thursday for trios before team competition brings the tournament to a close on Friday and Saturday.
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