The second annual NANBF Natural Springfield Missouri Classic brought 15 awesome athletes from all over the country on August 9^th, 2008. The competition was held at Missouri State University’s Plaster Student Union. Springfield has been a bodybuilding community and we are very pleased to bring natural bodybuilding to the area again this second year. Our major sponsor JLA construction and owner Jennifer Arndt has made it possible to bring this event to Springfield, THANK YOU!

The first class to arrive on stage was Novice Figure. This class featured just one great athlete, Kelli Gutscher. Kelli had great stage presence and possessed a very lean, muscular physique.

On next was the Open Figure class. This class was sure to warm up the crowd with two tremendous figure girls. Shellie Collins ended up in first place with her great symmetry. Finishing in second place was Kelli Gutscher who we had seen in the earlier class.

Don High was our only competitor in the Collegiate class. Don has improved tremendously throughout the summer shows. In this event Don showed up in his best ever condition.

Submasters Men were up next. The submasters class consisted of three great athletes. Finishing in third was Kevin Woods who possessed a great upper body. In second place was James Shatzer who was much improved in this appearance. Frank McAloose ended up winning this class with his great symmetry.

Master Men consisted of three outstanding competitors. Rocke Derochey finished in third place. Rocke has a phenomenal upper body. Don High finished in second place as stated earlier was in his best condition. Receiving first place in this tough class was Morgan Edwards. Morgan has a great structure with tons of potential.

Masters Men 40 plus is always an exciting class. This class consisted of 3 competitors all we had seen earlier in the masters classes. Don High finished in third followed by Morgan Edwards in second. Winning the class was Frank McAloose who has outstanding potential.

Open Women’s Bodybuilding was next. We just had one woman in the open class and that was Shellie Collins. Shellie entertained the audience at the evening show with a great routine. That routine awarded Shellie the best poser award for the whole show.

The Novice Men’s Bodybuilding class was next. First up was the short class. This class featured five amazing athletes. These athletes were all of championship caliber. Finishing in fifth was D. J. Edwards who had amazing symmetry. In fourth place was James Shatzer, followed very closely in third by Morgan Edwards. In second place was the awesome Matt Holcomb. Matt possessed some awesome muscle mass. Frank McAloose finished in first place in this very, tough class.

The Novice Tall class featuring 5 athletes took the stage next. Kevin Woods finished in fifth place followed by Eric Mosely in fourth. Eric has a ton of potential at such a young age. In third was Joseph Mendendorp with his outstanding physique. In second was the mass monster Brandon Frick. Winning the class was the shredded John Joseph Kavanaugh II.

The Novice overall was between Frank McAloose and John Kavanaugh. After a rigorous comparison John Kavanaugh’s ripped physique won.

The Open Men now took the stage. The short class was stacked with 5 quality competitors all of which we had seen earlier. In fifth was D.J. Edwards followed by James Shatzer. In third was Don High with Morgan Edwards in second. Matt Holcomb won the class with his outstanding muscle mass.

The open tall class consisted of 6 competitors. In sixth was Kevin Woods and in fifth finished Eric Mosely. In fourth place Rockey Derochey finished with Joseph Medendorp in third. Finishing in second was Brandon Frick. Once again winning the tall class was the ultra shredded John Kavanaugh.

The overall featured Matt Holcomb and John Kavanaugh. These two athletes were awesome. In the end John Kavanaugh collected his second sword of the night by winning the overall.

Our guest poser was Robert Johnson. Robert amazed the crowd on two different occasions with his high-energy routine and great choreography.

I want to thank all my amazing sponsors. The Springfield area has been so good to me throughout the years. I had many wonderful sponsors this year: JLA my main sponsor, Bret Wyman, Reed’s Plumbing, GNC of Springfield, Holly Stenger, JJ Zind, Loren Cook Company, Alite Tanning, Mad Bear Fitness Springfield. Thank you all so very much!

I want to also thank Fred and Jan Rowlett for helping me promote this event. I couldn’t have done this with out you guys. Jan did an awesome job MC ing the finals thanks so very much.

For information on the 2008 NANBF Natural Springfield Missouri Classic, send email to michael03champ@yahoo.com or check out our website at www.naturalspringfieldbodybuilding.com.

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