Minnesota pair leads Emerald Doubles at 2018 USBC Women's Championships
May 02, 2018
By Aaron Smith and Christian Seaborn
USBC Communications
RENO, Nev. - Gretchen Rieder of Richmond, Minnesota, and Angela Kiess of Albany, Minnesota, cruised to the top of the Emerald Doubles standings Tuesday at the 2018 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships.
Rieder led the effort at the National Bowling Stadium with games of 198, 206 and 180 for a 584 series, and Kiess added games of 147, 158 and 216 for 521 and a 1,105 total. Debra Nance of Buckeye, Arizona, and Laurel Rhodes of Englewood, Colorado, previously held the lead with 1,068.
Rieder and Kiess began bowling together five years ago, and each debuted on the tournament lanes during the 2015 USBC Women's Championships, which also was held at the 78-lane NBS.
They would have started at the event sooner, but they were hesitant at first to add their names to the world's largest participatory sporting event for women.
"I believed that you had to be really good in order to go to Nationals," said Rieder, who finished in sixth place in Sapphire All-Events in 2015. "Otherwise, I would have started sooner."
Leaving the 2018 event at the top of the leaderboard certainly provided some excitement for Rieder and Kiess, especially after they noticed the on-site champion wall with the winning scores from the 2017 tournament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Betty Jean Davis of Herbert, Illinois, and Wendy Mann of South Elgin, Illinois, shared the 2017 Emerald Doubles title with Teresa Bazley and Holly Davis of Jacksonville, Florida, after each team posted a 1,098 total.
"It's pretty cool to see that our score is seven pins ahead of last year's winners in doubles," Kiess said.
Rieder and Kiess are eager to see if their score is enough to stay at the top of the standings until the 2018 event concludes July 1. Regardless of where they finish, though, the two will have plenty to celebrate in 2018.
In November, they'll be getting married, and even then, bowling is never too far away.
"It's funny," Rieder said. "Where we're getting married is on one side of the block, and one of our local bowling centers is on the other side."
Emerald Doubles includes bowlers with combined entering averages of 320-349.
Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Women's Championships page.
USBC Communications
RENO, Nev. - Gretchen Rieder of Richmond, Minnesota, and Angela Kiess of Albany, Minnesota, cruised to the top of the Emerald Doubles standings Tuesday at the 2018 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships.
Rieder led the effort at the National Bowling Stadium with games of 198, 206 and 180 for a 584 series, and Kiess added games of 147, 158 and 216 for 521 and a 1,105 total. Debra Nance of Buckeye, Arizona, and Laurel Rhodes of Englewood, Colorado, previously held the lead with 1,068.
Rieder and Kiess began bowling together five years ago, and each debuted on the tournament lanes during the 2015 USBC Women's Championships, which also was held at the 78-lane NBS.
They would have started at the event sooner, but they were hesitant at first to add their names to the world's largest participatory sporting event for women.
"I believed that you had to be really good in order to go to Nationals," said Rieder, who finished in sixth place in Sapphire All-Events in 2015. "Otherwise, I would have started sooner."
Leaving the 2018 event at the top of the leaderboard certainly provided some excitement for Rieder and Kiess, especially after they noticed the on-site champion wall with the winning scores from the 2017 tournament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Betty Jean Davis of Herbert, Illinois, and Wendy Mann of South Elgin, Illinois, shared the 2017 Emerald Doubles title with Teresa Bazley and Holly Davis of Jacksonville, Florida, after each team posted a 1,098 total.
"It's pretty cool to see that our score is seven pins ahead of last year's winners in doubles," Kiess said.
Rieder and Kiess are eager to see if their score is enough to stay at the top of the standings until the 2018 event concludes July 1. Regardless of where they finish, though, the two will have plenty to celebrate in 2018.
In November, they'll be getting married, and even then, bowling is never too far away.
"It's funny," Rieder said. "Where we're getting married is on one side of the block, and one of our local bowling centers is on the other side."
Emerald Doubles includes bowlers with combined entering averages of 320-349.
Visit us on Facebook at the official USBC Women's Championships page.