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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 2 - 6, 2006

(26) Dain Blanton/Sean Rooney, United States

Dain Blanton
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,485.00

Sean Rooney
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wheaton, IL

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Klagenfurt 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$2,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$4,900.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Did not play
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 4th	Did not play
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 9th	Did not play
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Did not play
2002	Carl Henkel - 9th	Did not play
2003	Jeff Nygaard - 4th	Did not play
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 7th	Did not play
2005	Kevin Wong - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/3/2006	Pool G	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (7)	Lost 32-34, 19-21	0:54
Fri, 8/4/2006	Pool G	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (10)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 8/4/2006	Pool G	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (23, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 8/4/2006	Winner 1	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (17)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:40

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dain Blanton												Sean Rooney
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00
48	1	1	1	2	7	20	9	3	0	$119,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	0	$207,485.00	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dain Blanton													Sean Rooney
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00	1997	FIVB
7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00	1998	FIVB
9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00	1999	FIVB
11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00	2003	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00	2004	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00
68	2	1	3	4	11	24	14	5	4	$207,485.00	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2005-2006	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Blanton/Rooney	26	34-32, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Blanton/Rooney	26	Gosch/Strauss	10	21-16, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	17	Blanton/Rooney	26	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 23, Q5 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Blanton/Rooney	26	Ces/Dugrip	23, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:36