KU junior wins championship, secures Team USA position

By By Jason Elmquist (Contact)

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Rhino Page, Lawrence junior, won the USA Bowling National Amateur Championship in Dallas during Jan. 9-14, by beating a field of 135.

Page finished with a 12,812-pin total over 56 games: 24 qualifying games and 32 match games.

Page never fell out of the top three through the entire tournament, reaching the number one spot on the fifth day of competition. He held onto the top spot the following two days. On the last day Page went 6-2 in match games, improving his record to 21-11, and increased his 88-pin lead on the second place bowler to a 227-pin advantage.

The title means Page will return to the Team USA bowling team in 2005. He received a spot on the team after finishing third at last year’s Amateur Championship. Page was a member of the Junior Team USA in 2001 and 2002.

“It’s great to be on the team again and that’s what’s most important,” Page said. “Winning it is secondary, although it’s exciting to be able to compete at the World Cup.”

Fellow Jayhawk bowler Kelly Zapf, Rochester, N.Y., senior, also competed at the Amateur Championship. Zapf made the cut of 24, but finished the tournament in 21st, finishing the match games with an 8-16 record.

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