ROCKINGHAM — As part of a special double feature, junior bowler Landon Summerlin has been named the Official Richmond County Male Student-Athlete of the Week presented by Rockingham NC Self Storage.
The lone member of the Richmond Senior High School boys bowling team to qualify for the state championship tournament, Summerlin impressed in the field of dozens of bowlers to take home state honors.
Summerlin, who also plays varsity soccer for the Raiders, earned his first career selection. Also named earlier this week was senior state-qualifying wrestler K’Mauri Morgan.
Athletic Profile
Year: Junior
Winter sport: Bowling
Rank: No. 10 in N.C.
Varsity experience: 2 seasons
Other sports: Soccer
CLASSROOM CREDITS WITH LANDON SUMMERLIN
Summerlin is taking high school and college courses as part of Richmond’s dual-enrollment program with Richmond Community College. He started his second semester of his junior year last month.
During the first semester, Summerlin made the A/B honor roll. He recorded As in Spanish 111 at the college and As in AP US Government and Politics and Weight Training Honors. His lone B was in Math 171.
Back on RichmondCC’s campus this spring, Summerlin is taking Spanish 112 and two required sections of Math 172. At Richmond, he’s in English III Honors and Weight Training Honors.
Summerlin started the spring semester with a 4.42 weighted grade point average. Another extracurricular he participates in is playing soccer.
Landon Summerlin, shown during a match earlier this season, finished 10th in the state at last week’s individual state championship meet. (Kyle Pillar/ROSports File Photo)
“TOP 10” WITH LANDON SUMMERLIN
Although the Richmond Raider bowling team didn’t qualify for the team state championship meet, Summerlin punched his ticket with a fourth-place finish at the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament a week prior.
Competing against dozens of the top bowlers from around the state, Summerlin finished 10th overall at the state championship meet. Landing in the top-10 secured him a spot on the 2023-24 All-State roster.
All individual bowlers rolled three games and the combined total of those games were added up. Summerlin, who got better as the event progressed, bowled game scores of 191, 203 and 212.
Tallying a final score of 606, Summerlin rounded out the list of the top-10 bowlers in the state.
In his first game, he rolled five total strikes (in the second, fifth, and seventh through ninth frames). He also had two spares in the second and 10th frames, closing 8-of-11 frames (67%).
He followed that with a 9-for-11 mark in the second game for an .820 closing percentage. He tallied strikes in the second, fourth through seventh, and the final frame for six total. He also picked up three helpers.
Frame-by-frame details of Summerlin’s third game, which ended with a score of 212, were not available at the time of publication.
On the season, excluding the SAC and state championship meet individual tournaments , Summerlin closed 105/140 frames for a .750 closing percentage. He rolled 70 strikes and 35 spares.
His best solo outing was in the team’s seventh dual-match, which featured two contests against Union Pines High School. He closed 18-of-20 frames (90%).
RAPID RESPONSE VIDEO WITH LANDON SUMMERLIN
The Richmond Observer will publish two more Official Richmond County Student-Athletes of the Week next week.
