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62 TEAMS ENTER THIS WEEKEND'S PAUL MITCHELL AVP HUNTINGTON BEACH AVP OPEN

EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. - Sixty-two (62) teams have entered the $62,500 Paul
Mitchell AVP Huntington Beach Open, presented by Michelob Light with
qualifying competition-starting play Friday (June 15) to determined the
final four berths in the 32-team Main Draw at The Pier in Huntington Beach,
Calif.

A total of 34 teams will be competing in the Qualification Tournament
starting at 9 a.m. (PDT) Friday on six sand courts south of The Pier in
Huntington Beach. Main Draw play starts Saturday at 9 a.m. with 48 matches
being played. Sunday's competition starts at 8 a.m.

The medal matches will begin approximately at 1 p.m. Sunday with the winning
team sharing the $14,000 first-place prize.

Karch Kiraly and Mike Whitmarsh, a pair of beach Medallists from the 1996
Atlanta Olympic Games, headline the Paul Mitchell AVP Huntington Beach Open.
Kiraly, who is entered with Brent Doble, missed last weekend's the Hermosa
AVP opener due to a left calf injury. Kiraly, the winningest player in pro
beach history (142 wins and $2,953,568 in earnings), had entered the Hermosa
event with Doble, but withdrew last Thursday.

A three-time Olympic Gold Medallists, Kiraly will be seeing his first
competitive action Saturday. His 2000 season ended last August on a beach
in Belgium where he dislocated his right shoulder. The Belgium event was
the last Sydney 2000 Olympic-qualifying event where Dain Blanton and Eric
Fonoimoana leaped ahead of Kiraly and Adam Johnson for the second USA berth
in last September's Bondi Beach competition.

Without Kiraly, Doble picked up Matt Lyles for Hermosa Beach where the pair
placed fourth after being defeated 21-18 and 21-13 by the top-seeded Holdren
and Rogers in a 35-minute semi-final. Seeded eighth in the men's Main Draw,
Doble and Lyles dropped the Bronze Medal match to sixth-seeded Stein Metzger
and Kevin Wong 22-20 and 21-17 in 46 minutes.

Entries for the Paul Mitchell AVP Huntington Beach Open will be announced
Wednesday with Canyon Ceman and Whitmarsh competing together. Ceman, who
captured the 2000 AVP Huntington Beach Open with Brian Lewis, and Whitmarsh
placed ninth in Hermosa after being eliminated by fifth-seeded Carl Henkel
and Sinjin Smith 21-16, 18-21 and 15-12 in 57 minutes.

Whitmarsh, who captured the Silver Medal with Mike Dodd at the 1996 Atlanta
Olympic Games, is the AVP's reigning "King of the Beach" after winning the
crown last October in Las Vegas. Kiraly, who teamed with Kent Steffes to
win the Atlanta Gold, is a three-time KOB winner. Kiraly and Johnson also
won USA Volleyball-sponsored event in 1999 at Huntington Beach.

$62,500 PAUL MITCHEL AVP HUNTINGTON BEACH OPEN - MEN'S ENTRIES
June 15-17, 2001 at The Pier, Huntington Beach, Calif.,
Revised June 13, 2001, 5:20 PM

Men's Main Draw Entries
· Canyon Ceman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego, Calif.
· Brent Doble, St. Paul, Minn./Capistrano Beach, Calif./Karch Kiraly, San
Clemente, Calif.
· Aaron Boss, San Diego, Calif./Ian Clark, Boulder, Colo./Hermosa Beach,
Calif.
· Albert Hannemann, Torrance, Calif./Sean Scott, Kailua, Hi.
· Nick Hannemann, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Adam Jewell, San Juan Capistrano,
Calif.
· Lee LeGrande, Honolulu, Hi./Mark Williams, Santa Monica, Calif.
· David Smith, Santa Monica, Calif./John Anselmo, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
· Rob Heidger, Redondo Beach, Calif./Chip McCaw, Tulsa, Okla.
· David Swatik, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Brent Frohoff, Manhattan Beach,
Calif.
· Scott Akayatubby, Hermosa Beach, Colo./Eduardo Bacil, El Segundo,Calif.
· Mark Paaluhi, Honolulu, Hi./Jake Elliott, Columbia, S. C.
· Pepe Delahoz, San Diego, Calif./Daniel Cardenas, Los Angeles, Calif.
· Mark Kerins, Huntington Beach, Calif./Chris Makos, Playa Del Rey,Calif.
· Andy Witt, Santa Ynez, Calif./Larry Witt, Santa Ynez, Calif.
· Ricci Luyties, Boulder, Colo./Jim Nichols, Encinitas, Calif.
· Chad Mowrey, Redondo Beach, Calif./Scott Lane, Las Vegas, Nev.
· Paul Baxter, Plymouth, Minn./Jason Ring, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
· Bill Boullianne, Redondo Beach, Calif./Leland, Quinn, Leland Quinn, Los
Angeles, Calif.
· Mike Lambert, Honolulu, Hi./Colin Smith, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
· Casey Jennings, Huntington Beach, Calif./Sean Rosenthal, Redondo Beach,
Calif.
· Scott Davenport, Redondo Beach, Calif./Jeff Nygaard, Madison, Wis.
· Eddie Stokes, Redondo Beach, Calif./Brad Torsone, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
· Jeff Bellandi, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Jeff Carlucci, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
· Adam Roberts, Myrtle Beach, S. C./Colin Wellman, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
· David Fischer, Santa Monica, Calif./Jerry Graham, Hermosa Bach, Calif.
· Rafat Agi, Redondo Beach, Calif./Randall Koerv, Redondo Beach, Calif.
· Richard Boldt, Los Angeles, Calif.l/John Hribar, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
· Sean Burke, Chicago, Ill./Matt Olson, San Diego, Calif.

Men's Qualification Tournament Seeds
1. Craig Geibel, Redondo Beach, Calif./Ron Kumgisky, Santa Monica, Calif.
2. Brian Soldano, Fort Lauderdale, Fla./James Walls, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
3. Mike Mattarocci, San Diego, Calif./Evie Matthews, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada
4. Tom Black, Reseda, Calif./Andrew Vasquez, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
5. Karl Owens, Santa Monica, Calif./Doug Foust, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
6. Matt Sokolowski, Clearwater Beach, Fla../Hermosa Beach, Calif./Geoff
Pollard, Los Angels, Calif.
7. Mike Scales, Newport Beach, Calif./Corin Bemus, San Clemente, Calif.
8. Jeff Hall, St. Paul, Minn./Mike Desjardin, Mission Beach, Calif.
9. John Moran, Phoenix, Ariz./Anthony Medel, Santa Barbara, Calif.
10. John Braunstein, Newport Beach, Calif./Kevin Dake, Irvine, Calif.
11. Scott Hill, Los Angeles, Calif./Tom Slauterbeck, Santa Monica, Calif.
12. Matt Riley, Santa Barbara, Calif./Dan Fisher, Santa Barbara, Calif.
13. Evan Hook, Huntington Beach, Calif./Brian MacDonald, Newport Beach,
Calif.
14. Sam Haghighi, Santa Monica, Calif./Morgan Mainz, Santa Barbara, Calif
15. Dain Pearson, Costa Mesa, Calif./Justin Perlstrom, Laguna Beach, Calif.
16. Mike Szymanski, Hermosa Beach, Calif./ Chris Walmer, Manhattan Beach,
Calif.
17. Ryan Cronin, Torrance, Calif./Jason Greenlaw, Torrance, Calif.
18. Mike Daniel, Pleasant Grove, Utah/Jake Gibb, Salt Lake City, Utah
19. Thomas Mraz, San Diego, Calif.Adam Renfry, San Diego, Calif.
20. Anthony Licata, Belmar, N. J./Anthony Mihalic, Belmar, N. J.
21. Brian Chapman, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Walt Thongtrukl, Los Angeles,
Calif.
22. Coley Kyman, Aliso Viejo, Calif./Mark Presho, San Diego, Calif.
23. Brian Duff, Rochester, N. Y./Jeff Smith, San Diego, Calif.
24. Joe Boken, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Corey Glave, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
25. Santana Aker, Detroit, Mich./Gary Barnes, Phoenix, Ariz.
26. Donovan Dana, Fort Lauderdale, Calif./Ian Gallagher, Hermosa Beach,
Calif.
27. Eric Roberts, Sacramento, Calif./Chad Wick, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
28. Stve Uchytil, Huntington Beach, Calif./Dan Valdes, Long Beach, Calif.
29. Jeff Alzina, Santa Barbara, Calif./Tom Sorenson, Los Angeles, Calif.
30. Mike Bruning, Tucson, Ariz./San Diego, Calif./David Counts, Vista,
Calif.
31. Jesse Webster, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Matt Wilkens, Los Angeles, Calif.
32. Jeff Myers, Redondo Beach, Calif./Mark Smith, Redondo Beach, Calif.
33. Chris Kosty, Fountain Valley, Calif./Ed Ratledge, Los Angeles, Calif.
34. Lucas Wisniakowski, Hermosa Beach, Calif./Raoul Williams, Santa Monica,
Calif.


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