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Finland's Timo Raatikainen averages 254-plus in second round to lead qualifying as top 52 advance at 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 10:00 pm
Finland's Timo Raatikainen averages 254-plus in second round to lead qualifying as top 52 advance at 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic
Finland’s Timo Raatikainen led qualifying at the 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic. Photo by USBC.
Finland’s Timo Raatikainen averaged 254.66 in Friday’s second round of qualifying to jump into the lead as the top 52 advanced at the 2025 USBC Super Senior Classic at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas. Raatikainen was fifth at 1,399 after the first round, 27 pins behind leader Carlos Denot of Mexico, then fired games of 253, 193, 300, 226, 279 and 277 for 1,528 in the second round and a 2,927 12-game total that put him 105 pins ahead of the 2,822 of Denot, according to results posted...