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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.	Dennis Laube	550	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
2.	Phil Schroeder	531	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
3.	Freda Schroeder	513	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
4.	Ken M. Wilson	455	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
5.	AJ Hofmann	444	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
6.	Aubrey Moren	365	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
7.	Jason Carpio	288	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
8.	Michael Gordon	287	Spring 2014, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
9.	Ben Spencer	254	Fall 2016, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
10.	Bill Krejci	246	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
11.	JoAnne Barber	240	Fall 2023, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
12.	Dennis Walling	228	Fall 2023, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
13.	Jeremy Varnell	226	Fall 2023, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
14.	Matthew Taylor	225	Fall 2023, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
15.	Janelle (Laube) Lamar	219	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
16.	David Codding	170	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
17.	David Parre	165	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
18.	Eric Lynch	158	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
19.	Dennis Blake	155	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
20.	Michael Smith	152	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
21.	Jake Parrott	149	Spring 2014, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
22.	Kody Karnes	141	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
23.	Dave Winger	139	Fall 2013, wk. 16	Fall 2013, wk. 16
24.	Mark DeVoe	133	Spring 2014, wk. 16	Spring 2014, wk. 16
25.	Chris Lewis	127	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16

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