2025 PBA World Series of Bowling Chameleon, Shark Qualifying

S. Samek

Lots of exciting news coming out of the qualifying round of the PBA Chameleon championship during the World Series of Bowling.

Mitch Hupé and Yuma Haraguchi averaged just under 257 after 12-games finishing with 3,083 pins knocked over for a plus 683 score. This put both Haraguchi and Hupe just shy of the all-time scoring record for 12 games by three pins.

Both head to the round of 16 for the bracket with a bye in the round of 24. Lanndyn Carnate, Tun Hakim, Jesper Svensson, Chris Via, Pontus Andersson, and Zach Weidman also qualified for byes into the round of 16.

EJ Tackett and Boog Krol both won matches in the round of 24 as they continue to perform well at the World Series of Bowling.

Thomas Larsen shot a pair of big games with a 299 and 296 in his round of 24 win over Gabriel Alvarez.

Andrew Anderson qualified in 24th and earned an upset win in the round of 24 over Nathan Ruest-Lajoie who was seeded ninth.

Zach Wilkins,AJ Johnson, Kevin McCune and Tomas Käyhkö also advanced to the top 16 with wins during the round of 24.

The Chameleon Championship will continue on Tuesday March 18th, 2025, with the round of 16, round of eight and stepladder finals.

Ahmad Muaz led the qualifying at the Shark Championship. He finished with a qualifying score of 2,872 and earned a bye into the round of 16.

Tackett,Packy Hanrahan, Svensson, Matt Ogle, Justin Knowles, Jakob Butturff and Ben Robinson rounded out the top eight and also earned byes to the round of 16.

Tackett has made the top 16 in each of the four animal pattern events and as a result leads the World Championship standings.

Jason Belmonte, Tim Foy Jr., Tom Smallwood, Kyle Troup, Ryan Barnes, Via, Jean Perez and Landin Jordan each won a round of 24 match to move on to the Shark round of 16.

The Shark Championship will conclude with the round of 16 through the stepladder finals on Wednesday March 19, 2025.

The World Championship is next on the agenda. The advancers round one takes place on Thursday March 13th with round two of the advancers round taking place on Friday March 14th, 2024. The top 16 after those two rounds will advance to match play.

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