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NANBF Washington State Natural Bodybuilding, Figure, Fitness & Bikini Championships  Contest Recap
By Denise James

NANBF Washington State Natural Bodybuilding, Figure, Fitness & Bikini Championships Contest Results

The Washington State Natural Bodybuilding Championships was held on July 30, 2011 in the historic Moore Theatre downtown Seattle Washington. This year showed record breaking attendance by both competitors and audience members.

The day’s competition began with the Xtreme fit class, and 1st place was awarded to Tammy Colbert. Her routine was full of excitement and entertained the audience.

Next we went to Women’s bodybuilding masters 35+ pro-qualifying class. 1st Cara Raymond with great muscle size and symmetry, 2nd to a well conditioned Kelly Ladines, 3rd place went to Trixi Wright another well rounded competitor.

On to Men’s Masters 50+ class, 1st place Namon “Goldie” Singleton with tight conditioning, symmetry and full muscles, 2nd to an equally muscular Corky Gainsford, and 3rd Larry Gage.

Men’s Masters 40+ PQ was split into to height classes. In the short class 1st place was awarded to a thickly muscled and well balanced athlete Delfin Ignacio, 2nd to Daniel Rutherford with great symmetry and much improved conditioning, 3rd Jamie Hurtt another well balanced athlete.

On to the tall class and all athletes were 6' and over in height. 1st went to a lean muscular Ed Budge who showed overall balance. 2nd was awarded to James Getting’s with tons of thick muscle and 3rd to Lance Ladines. Overall Masters 40+ winner and new IFPA pro masters was awarded in a tough battle to Ed Budge.

Sub-masters men’s class for ages 35-39 is a non PQ and this year consisted of two well muscled and conditioned competitors. Earning 1st place was Sekona Taufa and 2nd to Jerrad Flanary.

The next section is the Novice bodybuilding divisions. First are the Women’s novice and winning the class was Kelly Ladines who was extremely lean, 2nd Tammy Mascolo and 3rd to Nicole Picknell with great structure.

On to the men’s novice and they were divided into two classes. Men’s short novice went to a well balanced and muscular Joseph Schlegel followed by Vince Doherty with great symmetry and conditioning and 3rd to an equally conditioned and improved athlete Joseph Alicea.

Now onto the tall class, 1st place to Przemek Preis with great upper body thickness, 2nd Phillip Cappetto lean and symmetrical and 3rd to Phil Brown with great shoulders. Overall Novice men’s winner was awarded to Joseph Schlegel.

Next is the every popular figure divisions, first to the stage were the masters women 40+ class. Only 3 competitors but all very toned and balanced with only 1 point between 1st and 3rd place. Finally after several turns on stage 1st was awarded to Angela Iverson, 2nd Julie Nagel and 3rd to a much improved Kelli Graves.

Next was the women’s masters 35+ PQ class which proved to be just as tough with more competitors. 1st place went to new comer Rebecca Kimball (winning IFPA pro status), 2nd Trixi Wright and 3rd Diana Gere with well developed shoulders and arms.

Figure novice class next and it was another new comer to take 1st, Adelle Thompson who displayed great symmetry and conditioning. 2nd Carly Cappetto also new to the stage with beautiful muscular legs and 3rd to Joanna Raposa with beautiful symmetry and presentation.

Now onto the open figure PQ class. These women posed on stage over 20 min, with several turns and comparison to see who would win their IFPA pro status. After a grueling morning the winner was announced that evening and 1st went to a beautiful athlete who was equally toned and balanced (also winning best presentation) Raina St Thomas. 2nd Rebecca Kimball and 3rd to a very impressive Melina Robinson who displayed a top physique just lacked in presentation to win the class.

Bikini class is a new division to our organization but popular around the country and encourages new girls in the gym to compete. 1st place went to a beautiful bikini body Andee keepers (also winning best presentation), 2nd to a showy Zeina Salah who improved tremendously from her first show and 3rd to a tall and lean Kerri Baker.

The crowd cheers as we announce the open bodybuilding classes are about to begin. First up are thee women and winning first in her second class along with earning best female poser and most improved athlete is Cara Raymond. 2nd place went to a symmetrical Chrysta Pahlman, 3rd to an 18yr old with great structure and potential, Elizabeth Lawson.

Now onto the final classes of open men which needed to be divided into 3 height classes. All athletes fighting for the chance to become the next IFPA pro! In the short class 1st place went to a young athlete Matthew Ogus with thick overall muscularity, symmetry & great conditioning. 2nd place went to an equally impressive athlete who just lost first by striations but was thick with muscle maturity, Delfin Ignacio. 3rd place was awarded to a muscular and conditioned Jerrad Flanary.

If that wasn’t tough enough we moved to the open med height class where they fought just as hard to win. Winning the class with great overall symmetry and thick muscularity and tight conditioning went to the night’s best open man – Benny Mobley (winning the overall and IFPA pro-status). 2nd place and losing only by striations went to a great overall athlete Cohn Wolfe and 3rd to an equally impressive Derek Tresize.

Now onto the tall class, with the anticipation of an impending overall on the line. 1st place was awarded to Sekona Taufa who came back with winning on his mind, 2nd to one of thee best conditioned men on the stage Ed Budge, and 3d to an incredible muscular Braedan Binkiewicz.

The overall was grueling and the crowd cheered continuously as Benny Mobley was announced the winner.

Finally we would like to give a special thanks to our guest posers: IFPA pro bodybuilders, Katy Wayman-White and Moji Oluwa with a beautiful and impressive couple’s routine which totally wowed the crowd. Also to JJ’s dance Krew who entertained with two dance groups (we wish them luck on America’s got talent). Guest poser Paul Stone with a strong fit muscular body and entertaining routine, all while sharing it with us on his 76th birthday.

To all our volunteers, sponsors, judges and fans that support natural bodybuilding, without you our shows would not be possible.

Kevin & Denise James www.unitedfitness.org