06-26-2010
USA picked a real dream team for World Men's Championships 2010
Arlington, Texas. The latest version of bowling's Dream Team has been picked to represent the United States at the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Men's Championships as Team USA looks to win its third consecutive team gold medal.Selected to compete for Team USA are Lumber Liquidators PBA stars Chris Barnes, Wes Malott, Bill O'Neill, Tommy Jones, Rhino Page and Patrick Allen.
The United States won the coveted five-player team gold medal with a team of amateur bowlers in 2006 in Busan, South Korea. After a change in WTBA legislation that allowed professional bowlers to compete, the United States sent a team of five pro bowlers and one amateur and defended the title at the most recent World Championships in 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
In total, Team USA came away with four golds in 2008. The Americans won doubles (Page and Allen), while Walter Ray Williams Jr. won gold in singles and masters. Williams in unavailable to compete in the 2010 World Championships.
four of the players who competed in Bangkok will be back to help the United States defend its team title. Barnes, Jones, Page and Allen will be joined by first-time World Championships competitors O'Neill and Malott.
Lucas Wiseman, USBC Communications
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