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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 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Resides:

Los Angeles, 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 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Traverse City, MI

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

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	9	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

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Mesko trail the series against the field 1-2

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