"When I came off the approach after the last shot, the guys told me I needed the strike on the 11th ball to take the lead.
"I knew we were close to the doubles lead, but I didn't know exactly what I needed," said Young, a three-time member of Junior Team USA. The two entered the 10th frame with a chance to get to 1,481, before Ruiz left a 4-10 split and was unable to convert it.īy getting one pin on the spare attempt, it meant that a strike and a single-pin spare from Young would land them in a tie with Wisconsin's Jonathan Schalow and Chad Svendsen, who previously held the lead with 1,436. Needing at least two strikes in his final frame to take the Regular Doubles lead outright with Aaron Ruiz of Nashville, Tennessee, Young delivered three powerful strikes to lock up the top spot with a 1,447 total. of Rockledge, Florida, is a world champion and a collegiate national titlist, and he's now looking to add Eagle winner to the list after a clutch performance at the 2021 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships.