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You might bowl your heart out and give it your all, but bowling is a team sport and so many other factors can come into play that it might seem nothing you can do will ever get you into first place, even if just fleetingly. Here are the top 25 people who have yet to achieve that dream despite giving it their best effort.

Top 25 Bowlers Who Have Bowled The Longest Yet Never Been In First Place
Rank	Bowler	Weeks of Trying	Starting From	Most Recent Attempt
1.	Jake Parrott	149	Fall 2010, wk. 1	Fall 2016, wk. 16
2.	Dave Winger	139	Fall 2008, wk. 1	Fall 2013, wk. 16
3.	Dustin Schmeltz	129	Spring 2016, wk. 1	Spring 2025, wk. 16
4.	Teresa Deterding	111	Fall 2010, wk. 2	Fall 2014, wk. 16
5.	Emily Nicolet	95	Spring 2018, wk. 1	Fall 2022, wk. 16
6.	Travis Kleiner	91	Spring 2006, wk. 1	Fall 2009, wk. 16
7.	Ryan Sisco	89	Spring 2022, wk. 1	Fall 2024, wk. 16
8.	Luke Melton	85	Fall 2018, wk. 1	Spring 2022, wk. 16
9.	Cliff Barendsen	82	Fall 2012, wk. 1	Spring 2015, wk. 16
10.	Pat Hamell	79	Spring 2017, wk. 1	Spring 2019, wk. 16
11.	JC Cox	78	Spring 2022, wk. 1	Fall 2024, wk. 16
12.	Amy Goodnow	78	Fall 2007, wk. 1	Spring 2010, wk. 16
13.	Curtis Whiles	76	Fall 2018, wk. 1	Spring 2021, wk. 12
14.	Emily Podhajsky	76	Fall 2008, wk. 1	Fall 2011, wk. 16
15.	Orion Kinkaid	75	Fall 2009, wk. 1	Spring 2012, wk. 16
16.	Scott Thompson	74	Fall 2022, wk. 3	Fall 2024, wk. 16
17.	Andee Weinfurt	74	Fall 2003, wk. 2	Fall 2009, wk. 16
18.	Conor Clarke	70	Fall 2018, wk. 2	Fall 2021, wk. 16
19.	Ben Conaghan	69	Fall 2018, wk. 1	Fall 2021, wk. 16
20.	AJ Taylor	67	Fall 2008, wk. 1	Spring 2010, wk. 16
21.	Todd Way	66	Fall 2014, wk. 1	Fall 2015, wk. 16
22.	Matt Bunyard	65	Fall 2012, wk. 1	Fall 2014, wk. 7
23.	Clayton Burrow	64	Spring 2022, wk. 2	Fall 2024, wk. 16
24.	Andrea Caudillo	63	Fall 2008, wk. 1	Spring 2010, wk. 16
25.	Eric Summers	62	Fall 2008, wk. 1	Fall 2011, wk. 16

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