Jasmine advances into quarterfinals
The 20-year-old 2005 National champion reeled off 256, 206, 247, 204, 208, 217 and 217 to lead the top 8 qualifiers into the quarterfinals. Defending champion, Ann-Maree Putney of Australia narrowed the gap fro 107 pins to 49 pins to finish second with 7210.
Helen Johnsson of Sweden in third with 7171. England's Zara Glover moved up two notches to finish fourth with 7048 by posting the highest 8-game series of 1852.
In the men's division, Derek Eoff was again too good for the field of 24 as he shot 1903 in the eight-game round giving himself a 32-game total of 7403 to take pole and comfortably advanced into the round-robin quarterfinals.
Malaysia's Zulmazran Zulkifli continued to trail the American despite shooting the tournament's fifth perfert game in the second game of the eighth-game block. The Malaysian totaled 7230 but has narrowed the gap from 107 pins to 73.
The most unlucky was perhaps Finland's Sami Konsteri, who was edged out by just 1 pin by Ireland's Paul Stott, who took the last spot with a total of 6988. France's Francois Sacco, who was sixth before the last game dropped to ninth.
The top 8 men and women will return to Bol 300 in the afternoon for the eight games round-robin with 30 pins bonus for a win. The finals will be played on Friday and will be live on television.
Detailed scores: Men's Top 24 | Women's Top 24.