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NPC Southern USA Championships

April 1, 2015
NPC

Years: 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Divisions: BIKINI MEN'S PHYSIQUE FIGURE MEN'S BODYBUILDING WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

Awards

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Brennan Atkins
heavyweight
1 Brennan Atkins 2 Eric Diffenderfer 3 Christopher Hobbs
middleweight
1 Sharod Gilyard

FIGURE

overall winner
Lauren Viola
masters overall winner
Neyda Moyet
novice
1 Heather Foskey
masters over 30
1 Stephanie Noriega 2 Crystal Thomas 3 Valerie Banning 4 Amy Powell 5 Ashley Biernacki
masters over 40
1 Neyda Moyet 2 Amy Powell 3 Roxane Pagliaroli 4 Heather Foskey
masters over 50
1 Roxane Pagliaroli
class a
1 Roxane Pagliaroli
class b
1 Lauren Viola 2 Neyda Moyet 3 Valerie Banning 4 Stephanie Desantis
class c
1 Amy Powell 2 Crystal Thomas
class d
1 Ashley Biernacki 2 Stephanie Noriega 3 Heather Foskey

BIKINI

overall winner
Idianette Ortiz
masters overall winner
Idianette Ortiz
novice overall winner
Idianette Ortiz
novice class a
1 Julie Liporace 2 Kristina Martinez 3 Veronica Betancourt 4 Lauren Weissing 5 Sandra Fay
novice class b
1 Idianette Ortiz 2 Marlisse Lopez 3 Karen Diaz 4 Patricia Mata 5 Amanda Costaregni 6 Andressa Ribeiro 7 Cimara Schmidt 8 Torraine Sarro 9 Chyla Almero 10 Maria Matlack 11 Julianna Bonarrigo 12 Tenika Rodgers
masters over 30 class a
1 Melissa Gilyard 2 An Van Au 3 Ella Kapul-Jenkins 4 Kristina Martinez
masters over 30 class b
1 Idianette Ortiz 2 Marlisse Lopez 3 Luisana Gandica 4 Patricia Mata 5 Cimara Schmidt 6 Lauren Miller
masters over 40 class a
1 Ella Kapul-Jenkins 2 Shelly Woods 3 Torraine Sarro
masters over 40 class b
1 Luisana Gandica 2 Lucia Owens
masters over 50
1 Torraine Sarro
class a
1 Lauren Triani 2 Mariela Melendez 3 Melissa Gilyard 4 Julie Liporace 5 Kristina Martinez 6 Fabiana Xavier 7 An Van Au 8 Lauren Weissing 9 Sandra Fay 10 Jennifer Garcia
class b
1 Marlisse Lopez 2 Karen Diaz 3 Amanda Costaregni 4 Andressa Ribeiro 5 Cimara Schmidt 6 Chyla Almero 7 Lauren Miller
class c
1 Vanessa Quiroz 2 Patricia Mata
class d
1 Idianette Ortiz 2 Alzira Rodriguez 3 Maria Matlack

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Michael Taylor
novice
1 Sly Gora 2 George Blackwell 3 Fabio Kawanami 4 Brandon Chrisan 5 Roberto Portales 6 Searg Davidian 7 Jose Deleon 8 Arturo Sandoval
masters
1 Ryan King 2 Rick Kushner 3 Kevin Sanchez
class a
1 Sly Gora 2 Xavier Kelly 3 George Blackwell 4 Roberto Portales 5 Marvin Short 6 Brandon Smith 7 Searg Davidian
class b
1 Michael Taylor 2 Marcos Felix 3 Jamie Swegheimer 4 Donald Sharpe 5 Leo Mackesy 6 Jose Deleon 7 Kristopher Saliva
teen
1 Brandon Chrisan

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

open
1 Kelly Diffenderfer

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