Junior Team USA girls make team medal round, boys miss, U.S. shut out of all-events medals at 2018 World Youth Championships
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 8/1/2018, 9:00 PM
The Junior Team USA girls at the 2018 World Youth Championships, left to right: Breanna Clemmer, Mabel Cummins, Caitlyn Johnson and Taylor Bailey. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
The days when a U.S. team could walk into a world championships and count on collecting hordes of medals are long gone, as the sport’s growing globalization has erased U.S. dominance.
And this is nothing but a good thing for a sport that has Olympics aspirations.
As team qualifying and all-events competition concluded Wednesday at the 2018 World Youth Championships at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Michigan, the Junior Team USA girls advanced to Thursday’s medal round, but the bo...