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 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Laguna Beach, CA
Resides: Los Angeles, CA
Height: 187 cm (6'3")
Weight: 88 kg (194 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 68
Career Wins: 2
Career Winnings: US$207,485.00
Sean Rooney
United States
Photo: Ken Delgado
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 13, 1982 (41 yrs old)
Home Town: Wheaton, IL
Resides: Malibu, CA
Height: 206 cm (6'9")
Weight: 100 kg (220 lb)
Seasons: 1
Tournaments: 1
Career Best: 17th (FIVB Klagenfurt 2006)
Career Winnings: US$2,450.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
FIVB10000000010 US$4,900.00
Previous Klagenfurt Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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
Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/3/06FIVBAustria 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
8/4/06FIVBAustria 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
8/4/06FIVBAustria 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
8/4/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool G Blanton/Rooney 26 Ces/Dugrip 23, Q5 21-18, 21-14 0:36