March 15, 2011
Complete Results
EULESS, Texas - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) bowling team headed to Texas to earn a spot in the International Team Championships later this season. They did that but they also dominated the singles field the opening day, placing five bowlers in the top 12 of the event and qualifying three of them to compete in the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) International Singles Championships May 22-24 right back in the same lanes they qualified on in Euless.
Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) dominated her sectional, posting a pinfall of 1339 over six games. She rolled games of 217, 265, 200, 188, 223 and 246 to average 223.27. Her performance not only dominated the Euless sectional, but was the best of any women's bowler at any of the four sectionals being held throughout the nation.
Frahm's finish was only bested by 11 male bowlers, giving her the 12th best tally of any singles bowler in any of the four sectionals.
The closest bowlers to her in fact were her teammates, Maria Rodriguez (Ibague Tolima, Colombia) and Megan Buja (Rockford, Ill.) who both posted total pin falls of 1305. Rodriguez rolled games of 277, 208, 224, 204, 210, 182 while Buja rolled games of 203, 226, 258, 161, 223 and a 234. Both would average a 217.5.
All three earned a berth in the ISC Championships in May. They will be joined by Nicole Bring from Cal-State Fresno who tallied a 1303 to round out the top four. The top score in any other women's sectional was a 1291.
Although they did not qualify for the event automatically, Paula Vilas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) was solid finishing in ninth place with a 1219 pin fall for an 201.67 average while Martha Perez (Bogota, Colombia) was 12th tallying an 1194 and an average of 199.
Anggie Ramirez (Bogota, Colombia) was 18th with a pin fall of 1167 and T'nia Falbo (Greensburg, Pa.) was 38th with a 1070 pin fall.
UMES would compete on March 12-13 as a team, looking for a sectional title and a place in the USBC International Team Championships.
