The four USA Olympics beach volleyball pairs highlight the field at this week’s AVP Manhattan Beach Open.
Miles Partain and Andy Benesh and Chase Budinger and Miles Evans will compete on the men’s side, while Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss and Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes will play on the women’s.
The event begins with a qualifier Thursday.
At 3:30 p.m. the AVP will honor last year’s winners, Betsi Flint, Julia Scoles, Taylor Crabb and Taylor Sander, by unveiling their plaques on the Manhattan Beach Pier. They will introduced by Olympic medalists April Ross and Mike Dodd.
Speaking of Ross, she and Tokyo Olympics partner Alix Ross — they won gold in 2021 — are in the women’s field.
They are seeded fifth. The top seed went to Kloth and Nuss, while Cheng and Hughes are the second seed.
The top men’s seed belongs to Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner, while Taylor Crabb and Sander are No. 2. Partain and Benesh are seeded third and Budinger and Evans fifth. The fourth seed went to Cody Caldwell and Seain Cook.
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AVP MBO qualifer
Women
Round 1
Shay Piper/Sunny Villapando (Q64) vs. Clover Crenshaw/Zoey Mitchell (Q65)
Danielle Barton-Drews/Melissa Powell (Q60) vs. Anna Donlan/Cierra Simpson (Q69)
Makenzie Griffin/Natalie Steibel (Q61) vs. Jacki Jing/Crystal Meadows (Q68)
Kenzie Brower/Ashley Vincent (Q62) vs. Gabby Walker/Kaylee Young (Q67)
Briana Garcia/Hannah Rable (Q59) vs. April Newcomb/Jaylyn Porras (Q70)
Leah Best/Jade Henderson (Q63) vs. Alauna Soto/Stacy Vorster (Q66)
Round 2
Chloe Loreen/Natalie Robinson (Q1) vs. TBD
Reilly Allred/Kristi Tekavec (Q33) vs. Jenna Colligan/Chloe Hooker (Q32)
Cecilia Agraz/Cassandra Lew (Q17) vs. Melanie Fleig/Emily Reinking (Q48)
Amarie Bremel/Leanna Jadus (Q49) vs. Erica Brok/Regan McGuire (Q16)
Sally Perez/Taylor Wilson (Q9) vs. Elena Eckhardt/Josie Schatz (Q56)
Brooke Rockwell/Madison White (Q41) vs. Parker Bracken/Kaeli Crews (Q24)
Taylor Hagenah/Zoey Henson (Q25) vs. Karynn Garrow/Tanon Rosenthal (Q40)
Victoria Dennis/Agnieszka Pregowska (Q57) vs. Rafaela Biegelmeyer/Alison Denney (Q8)
Katie Spieler/Torrey Van Winden (Q5) vs. TBD
Calla Tufto/Kyra Zaengle (Q37) vs. Brooke Birch/Taylor Slover (Q28)
Mandi Carlino/Hannah Rooks (Q21) vs. Rachael Kramer/Jayelin Lombard (Q44)
Logan Beitler/Natalie Burns (Q53) vs. Paloma Bowman/Delaney Peranich (Q12)
Kelly Kool/Amanda Ollinger (Q13) vs. Allison Olsonoski/Hannah Volpi (Q52)
Lindsey Fuller/Boo Luther (Q45) vs. Giselle Lau/Savanna Lau (Q20)
Emma Morris/Alexandria Young (Q29) vs. Taylor Daignault/Nicole Drake (Q36)
TBD vs. Ella Gray/Madison Shields (Q4)
Madelyne Anderson/Marine Kinna (Q3) vs. TBD
Lisa Dietrich/Alyssa Speckhals (Q35) vs. Adelina Okazaki/Summer Witherby (Q30)
Jennifer Keddy/Tory Paranagua (Q19) vs. Lauren Frilling/Siena Poyfair (Q46)
Tatiana Froehlich/Sydney Trathen (Q51) vs. Giulia Gavio/Jade Race (Q14)
Jessica Foster/Carli Lloyd (Q11) vs. KJ Buckingham/Arika Johnson (Q54)
Amanda McKinzie/Jenna Phillips (Q43) vs. Iya Lindahl/Kamila Tan (Q22)
Alana Embry/Tessa Van Winkle (Q27) vs. Halle Hunt/Brisa Zapata (Q38)
TBD vs. Sara Putt/Tiffany Svenssohn (Q6)
Samantha Parrish/McKala Rhodes (Q7) vs. Mabyn Thomas/Kaileigh Truslow (Q58)
Emma Donley/Hannah Fleming (Q39) vs. Molly Phillips/Kylie Wickley (Q26)
Kelly Belardi/Chloe Hoffman (Q23) vs. Samantha Herman/Savannah Thomas (Q42)
Anna Prokofieva/Abbey Roam (Q55) vs. Megan Gebhard/Amanda Harnett (Q10)
Erin Inskeep/Clara Stowell (Q15) vs. Taylor Ford/Logan Walter (Q50)
Judit Kolada/Jessica McGuire (Q47) vs. Katie Pyles/Violeta Slabakova (Q18)
Lindsey Jin/Jordyn Moody (Q31) vs. Sierra Caffo/Portia Sherman (Q34)
TBD vs. Kennedy Coakley/Brooke Sweat (Q2)
Men
Round 1
Andrew Plotkin/Matthew Thibodeaux (Q64) vs. Philip Burrow/John Moran (Q65)
Aaron Letvin/Kyle Merchen (Q48) vs. Kevin Cleary/Kyle Thomson (Q81)
Reid Malone/Blake Stewart (Q49) vs. Brett Hornung/Jonathan Low (Q80)
Rowan Henderson/Ablaza Rerucha (Q56) vs. Spencer Gaston/John Sutton (Q73)
Charles Porter/Clark Porter (Q57) vs. Ray Montes/Quinn York (Q72)
Elijah Margetts/Casey Pieper (Q60) vs. Christopher Long/Kyle Stevenson (Q69)
Ayrton Garcia-Jurado/Jordan Walley (Q44) vs. Jaime Albarracin/Jameel Epps (Q85)
Nate Muttera/Andrew Richardson (Q53) vs. Marshall Brock/Aaren Rice (Q76)
David Aspidov/Vitaly Aspidov (Q52) vs. Aaron Dobron/Michael Donlan (Q77)
Luca Kerr/Cody Price (Q45) vs. Greg Harrison/Brian Marsh (Q84)
Nikola Andjelic/Jonathan Drake (Q61) vs. Luis Guzman/Cuban Perez (Q68)
Kiran Costa/Nemanja Komar (Q62) vs. Gabriel Dyer/Cole Rasic (Q67)
Kevin Knight/Jhony Salvador (Q46) vs. Paul Matysek/Leandro Pinheiro (Q83)
Tyler Carnes/Joel Feldkamp (Q51) vs. Carson Hull/Hunter Westwood (Q78)
Derek Strause/Daniel Wenger (Q54) vs. Colton Cowell/Charlie Siragusa (Q75)
Logan Mister/Leigh Sinoto (Q59) vs. Ben Shassol/Matt Shassol (Q70)
Stephen Maxi/John McNally (Q58) vs. Alex Amylon/Hans-Christian Lauer (Q71)
Dexter Campbell/Peter Peck (Q55) vs. Nicholas Hunt/Jordan Lichtsinn (Q74)
Ben Naouai/Kyle Ohman (Q50) vs. Travis Hannemann/Jon Mesko (Q79)
Weston Kammer/Tate Montana (Q47) vs. Art Barron/Jacob Shapiro (Q82)
Matthew Hilling/Myles Muagututia (Q63) vs. Kai Cromwell/Matias Moreno (Q66)
Round 2
Dylan Maarek/Lev Priima (Q1) vs. TBD
Ty Coutts/Jorge Martinez (Q33) vs. Mark Kazimirov/Soren Sotodeh (Q32)
Frank Field/Tal Shavit (Q17) vs. TBD
TBD vs. Alexander Biz/Christopher Shaffer (Q16)
Nicholas Amado/Alex Ukkelberg (Q9) vs. TBD
Dylan Foreman/Julien Pally (Q41) vs. Tate Calles/Brendan Onishchenko (Q24)
Garrett Bucklin/Owen Karlenzig (Q25) vs. Marcus Partain/Leor Schiffer (Q40)
TBD vs. Markus Koppke/Jeff Samuels (Q8)
Tyler Penberthy/Garrett Peterson (Q5) vs. TBD
Brendan Schmidt/Dylan Zacca (Q37) vs. Kacey Losik/Leo Tuncer (Q28)
Justice Anderson/Marty Lorenz (Q21) vs. TBD
TBD vs. Derek Bradford/Zephyr Dew (Q12)
Ian Carlson/Skylar del Sol (Q13) vs. TBD
TBD vs. Spencer Sauter/Nathan Yang (Q20)
Evan Murray/Tanner Smith (Q29) vs. Dillon Cox/Riley Owen (Q36)
TBD vs. Chase Frishman/Thomas Hurst (Q4)
Wyatt Harrison/Brian Miller (Q3) vs. TBD
Georgi Binev/Danko Iordanov (Q35) vs. Lennart Huijbers/Alex Mortimer (Q30)
Rowdy Lennon/David Updegrove (Q19) vs. TBD
TBD vs. Mark Bucknam/John Schwengel (Q14)
Duncan Budinger/Alec Podrasky (Q11) vs. TBD
Alexi Gabriel/Brian Leonard (Q43) vs. Calvin Sanborn/Travis Woloson (Q22)
Keone Coronado/Anthony Popoca (Q27) vs. Omid Ghazi/Bryce Mayer (Q38)
TBD vs. Nathaniel Miller/Adam Roberts (Q6)
TJ Jurko/Ian Satterfield (Q7) vs. TBD
Brian O’Neill/Nathan Pugh (Q39) vs. Trent Lingruen/Zac Pittard (Q26)
Chris Fleming/Joshua Harner (Q23) vs. Mitchell Keddie/Manning Lemoine (Q42)
TBD vs. Devon Burki/Brandon Joyner (Q10)
Ian Bicko/Jon Ferrari (Q15) vs. TBD
TBD vs. Adam Hartmann/Andrew Holman (Q18)
Jordon Dyer/Bradford Harman (Q31) vs. Colton Jeffrey/Chicory Roth (Q34)
TBD vs. Jordan Hoppe/David Wieczorek (Q2)