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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.	Phil Schroeder	531	Fall 2006, wk. 13	Spring 2019, wk. 16
2.	Freda Schroeder	513	Fall 2006, wk. 13	Fall 2019, wk. 16
3.	AJ Hofmann	444	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Spring 2024, wk. 16
4.	Aubrey Moren	365	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
5.	Ryan Doll	287	Fall 2006, wk. 13	Spring 2014, wk. 16
6.	Angela Bradford	286	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Spring 2018, wk. 16
7.	Bob Brunker	286	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Spring 2018, wk. 16
8.	Rob Kaszuba	285	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2019, wk. 16
9.	Bill Krejci	246	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
10.	JoAnne Barber	240	Fall 2017, wk. 16	Spring 2024, wk. 16
11.	Jeremy Varnell	226	Fall 2017, wk. 16	Spring 2024, wk. 16
12.	Pat Searcy	178	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
13.	David Parre	165	Fall 2006, wk. 13	Fall 2006, wk. 16
14.	Eric Lynch	158	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
15.	James Tott	155	Spring 2018, wk. 16	Midsummer 2021, wk. 8
16.	Dennis Blake	155	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2017, wk. 16
17.	Michael Smith	152	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2017, wk. 16
18.	Jake Parrott	149	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
19.	Alison Radke	142	Fall 2017, wk. 16	Fall 2019, wk. 16
20.	Kody Karnes	141	Spring 2014, wk. 16	Spring 2018, wk. 16
21.	Dave Winger	139	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
22.	Mark DeVoe	133	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2017, wk. 16
23.	Kris Hiestand	129	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Fall 2006, wk. 16
24.	Chris Lewis	127	Fall 2006, wk. 13	Fall 2006, wk. 16
25.	Russell Bingham	125	Fall 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16

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