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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 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
2.	Phil Schroeder	531	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
3.	Freda Schroeder	513	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
4.	AJ Hofmann	447	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
5.	Aubrey Moren	365	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
6.	Jason Carpio	288	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
7.	Bill Krejci	246	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
8.	JoAnne Barber	243	Spring 2018, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
9.	Jeremy Varnell	229	Spring 2018, wk. 16	Fall 2023, wk. 16
10.	Janelle (Laube) Lamar	219	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
11.	Pat Searcy	178	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
12.	David Parre	165	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
13.	Eric Lynch	158	Spring 2003, wk. 16	Spring 2003, wk. 16
14.	James Tott	155	Spring 2018, wk. 16	Fall 2021, wk. 16
15.	Dennis Blake	155	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
16.	Michael Smith	152	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
17.	Jake Parrott	149	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2016, wk. 16
18.	Alison Radke	142	Spring 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
19.	Kody Karnes	141	Spring 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2018, wk. 16
20.	Dave Winger	139	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Fall 2012, wk. 16
21.	Mark DeVoe	133	Fall 2012, wk. 16	Spring 2016, wk. 16
22.	Chris Lewis	127	Spring 2009, wk. 16	Spring 2009, wk. 16
23.	Russell Bingham	125	Spring 2015, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16
24.	Dustin Schmeltz	116	Spring 2016, wk. 16	Fall 2021, wk. 16
25.	Sean Miller	111	Spring 2016, wk. 16	Spring 2019, wk. 16

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