Deerfield Beach, FL April 16, 2000 - Weather
conditions remained<br> beautiful throughout <br> today’s
matches.<br> Men’s Gold Medal Match results:<br> Dax
Holdren/Todd Rogers def. Bill Boullianne/Ian Clark 15-9<br>
Holdren/Rogers take the Gold and split $20,000<br>
Boullianne/Clark take the Silver and split $14,000<br> This is
Holdren/Rogers’ third open win and all the best US men
players<br> competed in this <br> Deerfield Beach Alero
tournament. Each of their wins in 1998 and 1999<br> were <br>
“footnoted” because some strong teams like Johnson/Kiraly
and<br> Blanton/Fonoimoana <br> were absent from those
tournaments. Although Holdren/Rogers never<br> went up against
<br> Karch Kiraly/Adam Johnson in this tournament, it
is likely they could<br> have beat them if <br> they
had. While Holdren/Rogers have beaten virtually every
other US<br> team at one time or <br> another in open
tournament play, they have never beaten Kiraly/Johnson<br>
in an actual <br> tournament.<br> Men’s Bronze Medal
Match results:<br> Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana def.
Rob Heidger/Kevin Wong 15-12<br> Blanton/Fonoimoana
take the Bronze and split $10,000<br> Heidger/Wong
take 4th place and split $7,500<br> Women’s Gold Medal
Match results:<br> Misty May/Holly McPeak def. Lisa
Arce/Barbara Fontana 15-8<br> May/McPeak take the Gold and
split $20,000<br> Arce/Fontana take the Silver and
split $14,000<br> This is May/McPeak’s first open win
in the US and undoubtedly not their<br> last. Misty
May <br> AND Holly McPeak were awesome. It must be
tough for their opposing<br> team to decide <br> which
one of them to serve. While Misty is not considered
exceedingly<br> tall at 5’10”, her <br> blocking ability is
something to be reckoned with. Her jump serve on the<br>
beach is as <br> effective as it was at The Beach (Long
Beach State University). Both<br> Misty and Holly <br>
were running down balls on defensive and touching them
if not getting<br> them up. When <br> hitting
against big blocks, such as those of Lisa Arce, Annett
Davis, and<br> Jenny Johnson <br> Jordan, neither Misty
or Holly seemed to have much trouble jumping out<br>
of the sand and <br> either crushing the ball to the
sand, tooling the block, or soft-hitting the<br> ball
to open court.<br> Holly McPeak’s determination to
win is well documented. Misty May’s<br> determination
and <br> dedication is no different from Holly’s.
Walking away from her 17-16<br> victory over <br>
David/Johnson Jordan, Misty was heard to say she wants to
become a<br> much better player <br> in response to a
compliment of her awesome performance. There is no<br> doubt
- she is the <br> real thing.<br> Women’s Bronze
Medal Match results:<br> Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson
Jordan won by forfeit.<br> David/Johnson Jordan win the
Bronze Medal and split $10,000<br> Karrie Popinga/Angela
Rock win 4th place and split $7,500