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Team USA

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on September 23, 2009 at 3:55:41 pm

Writer 1: Nathan Lancaster

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Team USA officially entered into its first bowling competition in the 1963 FIQ world championships in Mexico

Team USA handled the competition well, winning seven out of the eight gold medals at the event
The two most prominant members of the USA bowling team are Jerry Koenig and Fred Borden

-These two men helped make bowling a more globally recognized sport

Jerry Koenig helped achieve exhibition game status for bowling in the 1987 Olympic Games in South Korea
Fred Borden revolutionized coaching in bowling, winning the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba

-Borden also helped shape USA Bowling Coaches (known currently as USBC Coaching) program's core curriculum

-The coaching program greatly helped deepen the talent pool in USA's competitive bowling

The most prominent female member of the USA team, Diandra Asbaty, was Borden's former student
Asbaty is a two time U.S. Amatuer champion and a member of Team USA for ten years
Asbaty is know as one of the best female bowlers in the world, winning four medals