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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.	Bob Brunker	286	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Spring 2018, wk. 16
2.	JoAnne Barber	222	Spring 2017, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
3.	Janelle (Laube) Lamar	219	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2008, wk. 16
4.	Jeremy Varnell	208	Fall 2017, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
5.	Nik Domann	162	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Spring 2008, wk. 16
6.	James Tott	155	Spring 2017, wk. 16	Fall 2021, wk. 16
7.	Dennis Blake	155	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2017, wk. 16
8.	Michael Smith	152	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2017, wk. 16
9.	Jake Parrott	149	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
10.	Alison Radke	142	Fall 2014, wk. 16	Fall 2019, wk. 16
11.	Dave Winger	139	Fall 2008, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
12.	Mark DeVoe	133	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2017, wk. 16
13.	Deena Slinkard	118	Fall 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2007, wk. 16
14.	Sean Miller	111	Fall 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
15.	Teresa Deterding	111	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2014, wk. 16
16.	Ryan Simonet	110	Spring 2006, wk. 16	Spring 2008, wk. 16
17.	Sabrina Gray	106	Fall 2007, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
18.	Corey Weinfurt	98	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2003, wk. 16
19.	Sean Simmons	97	Fall 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2018, wk. 16
20.	Dustin Schmeltz	96	Spring 2016, wk. 16	Spring 2022, wk. 16
21.	Dennis Cummings	96	Spring 2015, wk. 16	Fall 2019, wk. 16
22.	Nick Allegri	96	Spring 2006, wk. 16	Fall 2007, wk. 16
23.	Emily Nicolet	95	Spring 2018, wk. 16	Fall 2022, wk. 16
24.	Chadwick Andrews	95	Fall 2014, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
25.	Ben Lee	94	Spring 2006, wk. 16	Fall 2008, wk. 16

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