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May 12, 2013
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Divisions: FITNESS MEN'S PHYSIQUE BIKINI MEN'S BODYBUILDING FIGURE WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

Awards

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall
Dustin Buyes
masters overall
Matthew Atwood-Failing
super heavyweight
1 Mike Sodano 2 Luke Prochnow 3 Matthew Atwood-Failing 4 Dominic Santini 5 Marcell Scott 6 A.J. Hardee 7 Nolan Rothfus
heavyweight
1 Jack Sandberg 2 Kwesi Keller 3 Justin Pense 4 Marty Sandhop 5 Zack Cassel 6 Brandon Ricker 7 Chris Merkel 8 Tyler Osborn
light heavyweight
1 Sean Moore 2 Josh Cary 3 Cohn Wolfe 4 Billy Bridges 5 Eric Lara 6 Alan Winstead 7 Logan Gray 8 Ralph DiBiase
middleweight
1 Dustin Buyes 2 Chad Glauser 3 Clint Shovar 4 Jeremy Barnett 5 Shane Benningfield 6 Jack Brown 7 Jared DeBaca 8 Aaron Castillo 9 Preston Geving 10 Andrew Reese 11 Jason Kennedy 12 Luke Dixon 13 Tony Starr 14 Thomas Dea
masters over 40
1 A.J. Hardee 2 Thomas Dea
masters over 50
1 Matthew Atwood-Failing 2 Jack Brown 3 James Waldo 4 Mark Kennedy 5 David Malone 6 Wayne McIntyre 7 Mark Horner
junior
1 Sean Moore 2 Dylan Johnson 3 Ryan Fenter
lightweight
1 Will Hendrix 2 Gary Rose 3 Mark Horner 4 Seth Armerding 5 Chase Bloom 6 Dylan Johnson
wheelchair
1 Kolter Beneitone

FIGURE

overall
Treasure Brooks
masters overall
Kelli Piggee
novice overall
Carlee Shepherd
novice class a
1 Amy Brantner 2 Kelley Howlett 3 Madisyn Lyn-Failing 4 Christy King 5 Makaela Zabel 6 Jess Madsen 7 Miranda Gouin Comparisons (novice class a)
novice class b
1 Carlee Shepherd 2 Jenn Baggz Young 3 Vanessa Wilson 4 Stephanie Canizalez 5 Heather Schmidt 6 Bree Muai 7 Angela Hayes 8 Candace Carter 9 Ashley Powers 10 Jaymie Smith 11 Ashley Skeen Comparisons (novice class b)
masters over 35
1 Amy Brantner 2 Christy King 3 Lisa VanDriel 4 Laura Sicilia 5 Ashley Skeen 6 Kelly Fox Comparisons (masters over 35)
masters over 40
1 Traci LaRosa 2 Denise Langford 3 Debbie Salzman 4 Judi Baggarley 5 Anne Brust 6 Marla Huggins 7 Nancy Diaz 8 Angela Hayes 9 Yvonne Gibson 10 Paula Taylor 11 Tracy Bos Comparisons (masters over 40)
masters over 50
1 Kelli Piggee 2 Carol Crane
class a
1 Corinna Verdugo 2 Marla Huggins 3 Nancy Diaz 4 Haley Moser 5 Rachelle Willie
class b
1 Treasure Brooks 2 Amber Jacobs 3 Suzanne Prescott 4 Stephanie Harms 5 Nicole Walker 6 Erica Lent 7 Kelley Howlett 8 Kendra Segali 9 Madisyn Lyn-Failing 10 Lisa VanDriel 11 Tiana Walter 12 Natasha Usai 13 Makaela Zabel 14 Miranda Gouin Comparisons (class b)
class c
1 Debbie Salzman 2 Judi Baggarley 3 Joni Bailey 4 Karrisa Otero 5 Anne Brust 6 Michelle Smith 7 Amy Winstead 8 Carlee Shepherd 9 Laura Sicilia 10 Stephanie Canizalez Comparisons (class c)
class d
1 Denise Langford 2 Traci LaRosa 3 Nicole Overfield 4 Tammy Binschus 5 Jenn Baggz Young 6 Angie Hughes 7 Julie Michaelson 8 Paula Taylor 9 Sarah White Comparisons (class d)

BIKINI

overall
Ashley Edwards
masters overall
Berkley Villard-Phillips
masters over 35
1 Amy Hummer 2 Mayto Layman 3 Laura Sicilia 4 Angie Vincent 5 Jami Strangeland 6 Jolene Fisher 7 Julie Michaelson 8 Katie Penrose Comparisons (masters over 35)
masters over 40
1 Berkley Villard-Phillips 2 Darris Griffith 3 Yayoi Fox 4 Heather Schmidt 5 Marla Folkins 6 Katharine Carey 7 Mirna Pleines 8 Teri Pratt 9 Michele Baldeck 10 Lynda Ribble Comparisons (masters over 40)
class a
1 Tara Edwards 2 Stacy Ingle 3 Isela Rodriguez 4 Trish Flaig 5 Chelsey Hopper 6 Shayle Nelson Comparisons (class a)
class b
1 Nicole King 2 Kristen Widdison 3 Mayto Layman 4 Pauline Noceda 5 Robyn Ducote 6 Ashley Hughes 7 Amber Meredith 8 Tiana Walter 9 Monica Shewfelt 10 Elicia Harlander 11 Mirna Pleines 12 Michele Baldeck Comparisons (class b)
class c
1 Ashley Edwards 2 Rebecca Siegel 3 Kathy Kelly 4 Lindsey Sapien 5 Laura Mathieson 6 Christine Vincent 7 Ashley Overacker 8 Alicia Powers 9 Kristy Kees 10 Ashley Powers 11 Nicole Pomerinke 12 Megan Farmer Comparisons (class c)
class d
1 Kara Stoker 2 Kelly Gizdich 3 Carlie Paquin 4 Lyndsay Hickman 5 Erin McClellan 6 Sarah Carpenter 7 Kelley Wright 8 Sarah Obenland 9 Kara Sorweide 10 Jaymie Smith Comparisons (class d)
class e
1 Berkley Villard-Phillips 2 Rikki Kunz 3 Natasha Peay 4 Ashley Szendre 5 Megan Boudreau 6 Amy Hummer 7 Ellayne Meldrum 8 Jami Roberts 9 Nicole Lanzel 10 Jenn Baggz Young 11 Jennifer Shivel 12 Bonnie Coyle 13 Sienna Struthers 14 Jessica Clemmons 15 Angela Bartlett Comparisons (class e)
class f
1 Estée Wilson 2 Allison Spencer 3 Gabrielle Daily 4 Wendy Slaughter 5 Sarah Caffrey 6 Stephani Keetch 7 Jennifer West 8 Melanie Hodge 9 Kortney Stewart-Finocchiaro 10 Josie Wilkerson 11 Mary Borjessan Comparisons (class f)

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

masters over 40
1 Chris Casserino 2 Scott Boere 3 David Malone
class a
1 Jason Gardner 2 Ben Willden 3 Jake Nimlos 4 Orest Pilskalns 5 Alec Stannard 6 Rowdy Yates 7 Kevin Kelly 8 Matt Spears 9 Chris Casserino Comparisons (class a)
class b
1 Brandon Jones 2 Jeff Muai 3 Winston Brooks 4 Weldon Barker 5 Earl Gerheim 6 John Bonner 7 Zechariah Krogen-Curtin 8 Gregory Sullivan 9 Justin Folkins 10 Chris Jones 11 Chris Baggz Young 12 Jake Weiler 13 Derek Ingle 14 Hawk Green Comparisons (class b)
class c
1 John Toguchi 2 William Dolson 3 Doug Baker 4 Gavin Wagner 5 Craig McDonald 6 Derek Stump 7 Nathan Alderson 8 Tyler Dickerhoof 9 Evan Gregory 10 Nathan Rapstad Comparisons (class c)
class d
1 Noah Bartholomew 2 Taylor Petersen 3 Kevin Keller 4 Jonathan Edwards 5 Luke Dixon 6 Everett Smith 7 Chris Cooke 8 Todd Matsuda 9 Joseph Nicolay 10 Garett Talcott Comparisons (class d)
junior class a
1 Elijah Bonner
junior class b
1 John Lyon 2 Alex Whitehead 3 Sonny Sando 4 Jake Weiler 5 Jake Lulay

FITNESS

open
1 Debbie Salzman 2 Kelley Durbin
junior class a
1 Savannah Grubbs 2 Makala Santos
junior class b
1 Samm Grubbs

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

open
1 Emily Santos 2 Krista McNaught-Davis 3 Darce Watt 4 Debra Cruse Comparisons (open)

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