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Janawicz Captures Masters Gold at 2015 PABCON Men�s Championships
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Friday, 8.18.2015
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ARLINGTON, Texas � Team USA�s John Janawicz won the gold medal in Masters to cap off the 2015 Pan American Bowling Confederation Men�s Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Friday.
Janawicz cruised to a 2-0 victory over Puerto Rico�s Michael Fonseca in the best-of-three championship match at AMF Bolera Paradise Lanes.
�I was able to line up pretty quickly and I think that made it a little tough for him to come back,� said Janawicz, who won silver in Masters at the 2007 PABCON Men�s Championships. �I had not been throwing the ball too well for the last couple of days, and I just found a pretty good groove physically today. I�m happy with my performance and fortunate that it turned out pretty well.�
Janawicz needed to go to the deciding game each round leading to the finals, besting Mexico�s Arturo Quintero and Colombia�s Jaime Gonzalez before defeating Puerto Rico�s Cristian Azcona in the semifinals, 2-1.
Fonseca, the final competitor to advance to the 16-player match-play bracket, earned his spot in the finals by defeating teammate Israel Hernandez, 2-0, in the semifinals. Both Azcona and Hernandez earned bronze medals.
With the victory, Janawicz earned his third gold medal of the 2015 event. He kicked off the PABCON Men�s Championships by winning singles, and joined Team USA�s Marshall Kent and Sean Rash to take home gold in trios.
�Overall, it was a very good week,� Janawicz said. �I�m just really happy and fortunate to be a part of this team. We have a great group of guys and a great coaching staff and I�m very blessed to be a part of it.�
Team USA also won gold in all-events (Kent), silver in team, trios, doubles and singles, and bronze in doubles at the 2015 event.
The PABCON Men�s Championships featured the best bowlers from the American Zone competing for medals in singles, doubles, trios, team, all-events and match-play Masters.
2015 PABCON MEN�S CHAMPIONSHIPS AMF Bolera Paradise Lanes, San Juan, Puerto Rico
MASTERS (Best-of-three, single-elimination match play)
Round 1 (16) Michael Fonseca, Puerto Rico, def. (1) Marshall Kent, United States, 2-0 (210-182, 208-167) (9) Andres Gomez, Colombia, def. (8) Sean Rash, United States, 2-1 (229-196, 215-249, 221-219) (4) Tommy Jones, United States, def. (13) Javier Diaz, Puerto Rico, 2-1 (215-192, 192-226, 258-201) (5) Israel Hernandez, Puerto Rico, def. (12) Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 2-1 (236-205, 158-210, 196-180) (2) Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, def. (15) Chris Barnes, United States, 2-0 (225-145, 198-173) (10) John Janawicz, United States, def. (7) Arturo Quintero, Mexico, 2-1 (208-188, 150-225, 207-204) (3) Cristian Azcona, Puerto Rico, def. (14) Ildemaro Ruiz Jr., Venezuela, 2-1 (183-159, 176-180, 220-190) (6) Travis Cauley, Canada, def. (11) Bill O�Neill, United States, 2-0 (200-191, 209-148)
Round 2 Fonseca def. Gomez, 2-0 (223-216, 207-203) Hernandez def. Jones, 2-0 (233-210, 233-226) Janawicz def. Gonzalez, 2-1 (229-201, 223-289, 202-195) Azcona def. Cauley, 2-0 (223-165, 220-156)
Semifinals (losers earn bronze medals) Fonseca def. Hernandez, 2-0 (216-212, 253-236) Janawicz def. Azcona, 2-1 (209-211, 197-166, 222-192)
Final (winner earns gold medal, loser earns silver medal) Janawicz def. Fonseca, 2-0 (226-174, 258-182)
MEDAL WINNERS
SINGLES Gold � John Janawicz, United States Silver � Chris Barnes, United States Bronze � Reydnier Chavez, Venezuela
DOUBLES Gold � Cristian Azcona/Israel Hernandez, Puerto Rico Silver � Bill O�Neill/Tommy Jones, United States Bronze � Marshall Kent/Sean Rash, United States
TRIOS Gold � John Janawicz/Marshall Kent/Sean Rash, United States Silver � Bill O�Neill/Chris Barnes/Tommy Jones, United States Bronze � Andres Gomez, Jaime Gonzalez/Manuel Otalora, Colombia
TEAM Gold � Colombia Silver � United States Bronze � Puerto Rico
ALL-EVENTS Gold � Marshall Kent, United States Silver � Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia Bronze � Cristian Azcona, Puerto Rico
MASTERS Gold � John Janawicz, United States Silver � Michael Fonseca, Puerto Rico Bronze � Israel Hernandez and Cristian Azcona, Puerto Rico
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