Iowa woman reaches 50 years at national tournament
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 5/19/2010, 9:16 AM
Jeanne Wilkens of Davenport, Iowa, this week reached a milestone
few bowlers have achieved: 50 years of competition in the national
tournament.
Wilkens made her first appearance in the Women's International
Bowling Congress tournament in 1960 in Denver and has been to every
tournament since except the 2005 event in Tulsa, Okla., which she
missed because her husband had fallen ill, the United States
Bowling Congress reported.
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