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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.	AJ Hofmann	453	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2024, wk. 16
2.	Jason Carpio	288	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2014, wk. 16
3.	Bob Brunker	286	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Spring 2017, wk. 16
4.	Angela Bradford	286	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Spring 2016, wk. 16
5.	JoAnne Barber	249	Spring 2017, wk. 16	Fall 2024, wk. 16
6.	Jeremy Varnell	235	Fall 2018, wk. 16	Fall 2024, wk. 16
7.	Janelle (Laube) Lamar	219	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2004, wk. 16
8.	Pat Searcy	178	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2004, wk. 16
9.	David Codding	170	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2002, wk. 16
10.	David Parre	165	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2002, wk. 16
11.	Eric Lynch	158	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Fall 2014, wk. 16
12.	James Tott	155	Spring 2017, wk. 16	Fall 2021, wk. 16
13.	Dennis Blake	155	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
14.	Michael Smith	152	Spring 2013, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
15.	Jake Parrott	149	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
16.	Alison Radke	142	Fall 2014, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
17.	Dave Winger	139	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2013, wk. 16
18.	Mark DeVoe	133	Spring 2013, wk. 16	Spring 2016, wk. 16
19.	Kris Hiestand	129	Fall 2002, wk. 16	Fall 2004, wk. 16
20.	Cory Chorpenning	126	Spring 2013, wk. 16	Spring 2013, wk. 16
21.	Dustin Schmeltz	122	Spring 2016, wk. 16	Fall 2024, wk. 16
22.	Deena Slinkard	118	Fall 2004, wk. 16	Fall 2004, wk. 16
23.	Nathan Burrows	112	Fall 2021, wk. 16	Fall 2024, wk. 16
24.	Sean Miller	111	Fall 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
25.	Teresa Deterding	111	Spring 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2014, wk. 16

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