Making their final in-state tournament appearance of the season, the Barton Community College women’s bowling team placed 10th over the weekend at the Jayhawk Collegiate Challenge, held Saturday and Sunday at Royal Crest Lanes in Lawrence.
The Cougars compiled 6,686 total pins across the two-day event, which featured five traditional team games Saturday followed by 16 Baker games Sunday.
Utilizing all eight bowlers during Saturday’s traditional team competition, Barton tallied 3,990 pins across five games to sit 11th after the opening day, highlighted by a team-best 900 in the third round. The Cougars added 2,696 pins across Sunday’s 16 Baker games, climbing one spot in the standings to finish 10th in the 13-team varsity field.
Rose Timmermeyer paced the Cougar lineup individually, placing 33rd overall with a five-game total of 873 pins and a 174.6 average. The sophomore opened with a 170 before rolling a pair of 190 games in the second and fourth rounds, accounting for two of Barton’s top three individual scores during traditional competition.
Tailynn Level followed in 74th with 631 pins across four games and a 157.8 average, highlighted by a 180 in the third round. Freshman Zoey Mayberry finished three spots back in 77th with a four-game total of 622 pins and a 155.5 average, with her highest game coming in the third round at 175.
Competing in just three games, Anne Timmermeyer delivered Barton’s lone 200-plus performance of the weekend, rolling a team-best 212 in the third round. The sophomore finished 84th overall with 482 pins, just ahead of Billie Jo Chaffin in 85th and Dani Slates in 87th with marks of 476 and 461, respectively.
McPherson College captured the team title with 7,948 pins, followed by the University of Central Missouri in second with 7,633 and Baker University rounding out the top three with 7,632.
Individually, Culver-Stockton College’s Rachel Moore topped the 105-bowler field with a five-game total of 1,081 pins and a 216.2 average, edging University of Saint Mary’s Taylor Brim by five pins for the individual crown.
Barton will have the weekend off before returning to action Nov. 7-8 for the 18th Annual Lions Match Play Classic at St. Charles Lanes in St. Charles, Missouri.
Complete Jayhawk College Challenge Results
