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AVP Tour
$210,000 AVP Crocs Slam San Diego
August 1 - 3, 2008

(20) Dain Blanton/Jon Mesko

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Jon Mesko

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Traverse City, MI

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Gros Islet 2012)

Career AVP Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$39,715.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,600.00

Previous San Diego Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Albert Hannemann - 13th	Did not play
1995	Ian Clark - 5th	Did not play
1996	Canyon Ceman - 4th	Did not play
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 3rd	Did not play
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 1st	Did not play
2004	Did not play	Vince Fierro - 57th
2005	Kevin Wong - 7th	Arqum Iqbal - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-5/2008	AVP Slam Boulder	21	9th	208	$2,100.00

AVP Slam San Diego Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/1/2008

Winner 1

Paul Baxter / Matt Prosser (13)

Lost 17-21, 21-19, 7-15

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	24	13	6	0.292	0	16	1	3
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	6	0	2
	2	11	6	3	0.273	0	7	1	0
	3	3	2	1	0.333	0	3	0	1
Jon Mesko	Total	49	17	13	0.082	2	5	1	1
	1	20	9	6	0.150	0	2	0	0
	2	15	4	2	0.133	2	2	1	1
	3	14	4	5	-0.071	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	24	13	6	0.292	0	16	1	3
Jon Mesko	49	17	13	0.082	2	5	1	1

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,600.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Jon Mesko
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00	World Championships
13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	15	0	$12,900.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50	Manhattan Beach	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$3,015.00
18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	$250.00
242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25	Total	82	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	20	8	$16,165.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2008	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,600.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,600.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Jon Mesko
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75	1994	AVP
22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00	1995	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00	1996	AVP
22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00	1997	AVP
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50	1998	AVP
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2000	USAV
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00	2001	AVP
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2001	BVA
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00	2002	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00	2003	AVP
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB
11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50	2005	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB
14	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	$14,062.50	2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB
14	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0	0	$10,237.50	2007	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	$2,200.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$2,625.00	2008	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$2,275.00
255	11	11	24	10	53	79	51	11	5	$684,446.75	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	23	$5,075.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches	3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall	Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	1-2	33.3%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Mesko trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Medel/Souza 0-1
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 2	Medel/Souza	5	Blanton/Mesko	21	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 13 Baxter/Prosser 0-1
8/1/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 1	Baxter/Prosser	13	Blanton/Mesko	20	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	1:02
Lead the series against # 16 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
7/4/08	AVP	AVP Slam Boulder	Winner 1	Blanton/Mesko	21	Morrison/Tramblie	12	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:09