FORT LEE, Va. –
After taking a year off, Army Staff Sgt. Rose Aguiliar of Fort Bliss, Texas captured her fifth women’s gold medal and Staff Sgt. James McTaggart of Creech AFB, Nevada repeated as champion in the 2018 Armed Forces Bowling Championship at Fort Lee, Va. from 13-17 April.
Aguiliar dominated the tournament rolling 3,368 pins to capture gold. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephanie Parsolano and PeTen Strike Bowling Center at Fort Lee, Va. from 13-17 April. The annual tournament features doubles, mixed doubles, individuals and team challenges. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Orlando Quintero/Released) completed the podium rolling 3,178 and 3,168 pins for silver and bronze respectively.
Army Women took team gold scoring 16,822 pins, with Navy scoring 16,533 pins for team silver. Air Force took third place scoring 15,584 pins.
On the Men’s side, McTaggart’s gold medal performance came down to the wire with the top four bowlers in the hunt for first place. Army Staff Sgt. Allan Smith of Fort Hood, Texas held a strong lead after the first two challenges by nearly 70 pins, but after the mixed doubles challenge, McTaggart bested smith by five pins to capture gold with 3, 556 pins.
Smith took silver scoring 3,551 pins and Army teammate Staff Sgt. Chris Artebum of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. scored 3,542 pins for the bronze.
Air Force dominated the men's competition scoring 19,179 pins. Navy took silver rolling 18,500 pins followed by Air Force in third with 18,305 pins.
In the King and Queen Competition, Aguiliar squared off against McTaggart in a one-match winner take all. In the end, McTaggart’s 204 to Aguiliar’s 184 earned him top bowler honors for 2018.
The Armed Forces Bowling Championship features the best bowlers through the Service branches. Each Service conducted a qualification round to represent their branch at Fort Lee prior to the Armed Forces Championship.
Complete results:
Women Individual Results
|
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Singles |
Doubles |
Mixed Double |
Total Score |
| 1st |
SSG |
Rose |
Aguiliar |
Army |
Fort Bliss, TX |
1107 |
1125 |
1136 |
3368 |
| 2nd |
PO2 |
Stephanie |
Parsolano |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1018 |
1035 |
1125 |
3178 |
| 3rd |
PO1 |
Ashley |
Scott |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1078 |
1040 |
1050 |
3168 |
| 4th |
SSG |
Tiara |
Jenkins |
Army |
Fort Stewart, GA |
1023 |
1003 |
1044 |
3070 |
| 5th |
SFC |
Chandres |
Bolden |
Army |
JB San Antonio, TX |
984 |
1019 |
1030 |
3033 |
| 6th |
A1C |
Shelia |
Howe |
USAF |
RAF Lakenheath, UK |
1083 |
1042 |
901 |
3026 |
| 7th |
MSgt |
Kristin |
Odekirk |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
962 |
1063 |
991 |
3016 |
| 8th |
SFC |
Tiffiny |
China |
Army |
Fort Polk, LA |
989 |
1089 |
928 |
3006 |
| 9th |
LCDR |
Sondra |
Longworth |
Navy |
Stuttgart, Germany |
875 |
1125 |
1003 |
3003 |
| 10th |
PO1 |
Melanie |
Griffith |
Navy |
San Diego, CA |
890 |
1098 |
970 |
2958 |
| 11th |
TSgt |
Ireland |
Strickland |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
893 |
959 |
1059 |
2911 |
| 12th |
Lt Col |
Monica |
Madero |
USAF |
Fort Meade, MD |
772 |
911 |
736 |
2419 |
Men Individual Results
|
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Singles |
Doubles |
Mixed Double |
Total Score |
| 1st |
SSgt |
James |
McTaggart |
USAF |
Creech AFB, NV |
1,133 |
1288 |
1135 |
3,556 |
| 2nd |
SSG |
Allan |
Smith |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
1,261 |
1229 |
1061 |
3,551 |
| 3rd |
SSG |
Chris |
Artebum |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1,135 |
1255 |
1152 |
3,542 |
| 4th |
2d Lt |
Joshua |
Cramer |
USAF |
Vandenberg, AFB, CA |
1,095 |
1215 |
1221 |
3,531 |
| 5th |
TSgt |
Hans |
Schell |
USAF |
Peterson AFB, CO |
1,151 |
1212 |
1139 |
3,502 |
| 6th |
Lt Col |
Ronald |
Hurt |
USAF |
Ramstein AB, Germany |
1,193 |
1110 |
1185 |
3,488 |
| 7th |
CPO |
Michael |
Zylius |
Navy |
USS Mason, Norfolk, VA |
1,123 |
1295 |
1059 |
3,477 |
| 8th |
PO1 |
Guy |
Cruise |
Navy |
Great Lakes, IL |
1,139 |
1265 |
1067 |
3,471 |
| 9th |
PO1 |
Ryan |
Bucchi |
Navy |
NAS Pensacola, FL |
1,098 |
1084 |
1215 |
3,397 |
| 10th |
MSG |
Robert |
Robinson |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1,128 |
1168 |
949 |
3,245 |
| 11th |
PO2 |
Stanley |
Benes |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1,120 |
1140 |
969 |
3,229 |
| 12th |
SGT |
Gavin |
Waiwright |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
996 |
1069 |
1112 |
3,177 |
Singles Challenge (Women)
|
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Singles |
| 1st |
SSG |
Rose |
Aguiliar |
Army |
Fort Bliss, TX |
1107 |
| 2nd |
A1C |
Shelia |
Howe |
USAF |
RAF Lakenheath, UK |
1083 |
| 3rd |
PO1 |
Ashley |
Scott |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1078 |
| 4th |
SSG |
Tiara |
Jenkins |
Army |
Fort Stewart, GA |
1023 |
| 5th |
PO2 |
Stephanie |
Parsolano |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1018 |
| 6th |
SFC |
Tiffiny |
China |
Army |
Fort Polk, LA |
989 |
| 7th |
SFC |
Chandres |
Bolden |
Army |
JB San Antonio, TX |
984 |
| 8th |
MSgt |
Kristin |
Odekirk |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
962 |
| 9th |
TSgt |
Ireland |
Strickland |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
893 |
| 10th |
PO1 |
Melanie |
Griffith |
Navy |
San Diego, CA |
890 |
| 11th |
LCDR |
Sondra |
Longworth |
Navy |
Stuttgart, Germany |
875 |
| 12th |
Lt Col |
Monica |
Madero |
USAF |
Fort Meade, MD |
772 |
Singles Challenge (Men)
|
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Singles |
| 1st |
SSG |
Allan |
Smith |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
1,261 |
| 2nd |
Lt Col |
Ronald |
Hurt |
USAF |
Ramstein AB, Germany |
1,193 |
| 3rd |
TSgt |
Hans |
Schell |
USAF |
Peterson AFB, CO |
1,151 |
| 4th |
PO1 |
Guy |
Cruise |
Navy |
Great Lakes, IL |
1,139 |
| 5th |
SSG |
Chris |
Artebum |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1,135 |
| 6th |
SSgt |
James |
McTaggart |
USAF |
Creech AFB, NV |
1,133 |
| 7th |
MSG |
Robert |
Robinson |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1,128 |
| 8th |
CPO |
Michael |
Zylius |
Navy |
USS Mason, Norfolk, VA |
1,123 |
| 9th |
PO2 |
Stanley |
Benes |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1,120 |
| 10th |
PO1 |
Ryan |
Bucchi |
Navy |
NAS Pensacola, FL |
1,098 |
| 11th |
2d Lt |
Joshua |
Cramer |
USAF |
Vandenberg, AFB, CA |
1,095 |
| 12th |
SGT |
Gavin |
Waiwright |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
996 |
Doubles Challenge (Women)
|
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Doubles |
Total |
| 1st |
LCDR |
Sondra |
Longworth |
Navy |
Stuttgart, Germany |
1125 |
2223 |
| PO1 |
Melanie |
Griffith |
Navy |
San Diego, CA |
1098 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2nd |
SSG |
Rose |
Aguiliar |
Army |
Fort Bliss, TX |
1125 |
2128 |
| SSG |
Tiara |
Jenkins |
Army |
Fort Stewart, GA |
1003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3rd |
SFC |
Chandres |
Bolden |
Army |
JB San Antonio, TX |
1019 |
2108 |
| SFC |
Tiffiny |
China |
Army |
Fort Polk, LA |
1089 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4th |
A1C |
Shelia |
Howe |
USAF |
RAF Lakenheath, UK |
1042 |
2105 |
| MSgt |
Kristin |
Odekirk |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
1063 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5th |
PO2 |
Stephanie |
Parsolano |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1035 |
2075 |
| PO1 |
Ashley |
Scott |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1040 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6th |
TSgt |
Ireland |
Strickland |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
959 |
1870 |
| Lt Col |
Monica |
Madero |
USAF |
Fort Meade, MD |
911 |
|
Doubles Challenge (Men)
|
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Doubles |
Total |
| 1st |
SSgt |
James |
McTaggart |
USAF |
Creech AFB, NV |
1288 |
2,500 |
| TSgt |
Hans |
Schell |
USAF |
Peterson AFB, CO |
1212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2nd |
SSG |
Chris |
Artebum |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1255 |
2,423 |
| MSG |
Robert |
Robinson |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1168 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3rd |
PO1 |
Guy |
Cruise |
Navy |
Great Lakes, IL |
1265 |
2,405 |
| PO2 |
Stanley |
Benes |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4th |
PO1 |
Ryan |
Bucchi |
Navy |
NAS Pensacola, FL |
1084 |
2,379 |
| CPO |
Michael |
Zylius |
Navy |
USS Mason, Norfolk, VA |
1295 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5th |
Lt Col |
Ronald |
Hurt |
USAF |
Ramstein AB, Germany |
1110 |
2,325 |
| 2d Lt |
Joshua |
Cramer |
USAF |
Vandenberg, AFB, CA |
1215 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6th |
SGT |
Gavin |
Waiwright |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
1069 |
2,298 |
| SSG |
Allan |
Smith |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
1229 |
|
Mixed Doubles
| Place |
Rank |
First Name |
Last Name |
Service |
Duty Station |
Mixed Double |
Total |
| 1st |
PO1 |
Ryan |
Bucchi |
Navy |
NAS Pensacola, FL |
1215 |
2,340 |
| PO2 |
Stephanie |
Parsolano |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2nd |
SSG |
Chris |
Artebum |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
1152 |
2,288 |
| SSG |
Rose |
Aguiliar |
Army |
Fort Bliss, TX |
1136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3rd |
2d Lt |
Joshua |
Cramer |
USAF |
Vandenberg, AFB, CA |
1221 |
2,280 |
| TSgt |
Ireland |
Strickland |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
1059 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4th |
SGT |
Gavin |
Waiwright |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
1112 |
2,156 |
| SSG |
Tiara |
Jenkins |
Army |
Fort Stewart, GA |
1044 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5th |
TSgt |
Hans |
Schell |
USAF |
Peterson AFB, CO |
1139 |
2,130 |
| MSgt |
Kristin |
Odekirk |
USAF |
Hurlburt Field, FL |
991 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6th |
Lt Col |
Ronald |
Hurt |
USAF |
Ramstein AB, Germany |
1185 |
1,921 |
| Lt Col |
Monica |
Madero |
USAF |
Fort Meade, MD |
736 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7th |
PO1 |
Guy |
Cruise |
Navy |
Great Lakes, IL |
1067 |
2,070 |
| LCDR |
Sondra |
Longworth |
Navy |
Stuttgart, Germany |
1003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8th |
SSgt |
James |
McTaggart |
USAF |
Creech AFB, NV |
1135 |
2,036 |
| A1C |
Shelia |
Howe |
USAF |
RAF Lakenheath, UK |
901 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 9th |
CPO |
Michael |
Zylius |
Navy |
USS Mason, Norfolk, VA |
1059 |
2,029 |
| PO1 |
Melanie |
Griffith |
Navy |
San Diego, CA |
970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10 |
PO2 |
Stanley |
Benes |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
969 |
2,019 |
| PO1 |
Ashley |
Scott |
Navy |
Norfolk, VA |
1050 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11th |
SFC |
Tiffiny |
China |
Army |
Fort Polk, LA |
928 |
1,989 |
| SSG |
Allan |
Smith |
Army |
Fort Hood, TX |
1061 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 12th |
MSG |
Robert |
Robinson |
Army |
JB Lewis-McChord, WA |
949 |
1,979 |
| SFC |
Chandres |
Bolden |
Army |
JB San Antonio, TX |
1030 |
|
Team Challenge (Women)
1st - Army - 4,345 pins
2nd - Navy - 4,226 pins
3rd - USAF - 4,051 pins
Team Challenge (Men)
1st - USAF - 5,102 pins
2nd - Navy - 4,926 pins
3rd - Army - 4,790 pins
Overall Team Results (Women)
1st - Army - 16,822 pins
2nd - Navy - 16,533 pins
3rd - USAF - 15,584 pins
Overall Team Results (Men)
1st - USAF - 19,179 pins
2nd - Navy - 18,500 pins
3rd - Army - 18,305 pins