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NPC Empire Classic

April 25, 2017
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Years: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Divisions: MEN'S PHYSIQUE MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE FIGURE FITNESS MEN'S BODYBUILDING WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE BIKINI

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Cody Plumb
super heavyweight
1 Cody Plumb
heavyweight
1 Kevin Reed 2 Benjamin Platt
light heavyweight
1 Ryan Wortman 2 Vincent Schroder 3 Orlando Moore 4 Jacob Rios 5 Jeramy Harvey 6 Caleb Story 7 Tim Zeller 8 Randy Long
middleweight
1 Damian Meyer 2 Paul Fisher 3 Jamison Agee 4 Joshua Saiz
novice heavyweight
1 Benjamin Platt
novice lightweight
1 Joshua Saiz
masters over 40
1 Orlando Moore 2 Kevin Reed 3 Damian Meyer 4 John Blade 5 Randy Long
masters over 50
1 Tim Zeller

FIGURE

overall winner
Ciara Perez
novice class a
1 Leah Hunter 2 Stephanie Nyberg 3 Miranda Downs
novice class b
1 Layla Ikahihifo 2 Alyssa Walsh 3 Andrea Hallowell 4 Jessica Evans 5 Katharine Johnson
novice class c
1 Michelle Broeckel 2 Talitha Thomas 3 Lindsay Smith 4 Jessica Clark 5 Soozy Hardy 6 Olivia Diaz
masters over 35
1 Heather Alderson 2 Layla Ikahihifo 3 Amber Fowler 4 Jessica Evans 5 Jennifer Davis
masters over 40
1 Tanya Palacios 2 Yvonne Aitken 3 Tawnya O'Keefe 4 Marchand Bozarth 5 Lindsay Smith 6 Soozy Hardy 7 Jessica Clark
masters over 45
1 Michelle Broeckel 2 Tawnya O'Keefe 3 Marchand Bozarth 4 Soozy Hardy
masters over 50
1 Kathy Asher 2 Talitha Thomas 3 Michelle Mielke 4 Debra Stewart 5 Darcy Puett
masters over 60
1 Terry Ottosen
class a
1 Tanya Palacios 2 Heather Alderson 3 Yvonne Aitken 4 Samantha Rickey 5 Ashlee Morrell 6 Kathy Asher 7 Leah Hunter
class b
1 Ciara Perez 2 Layla Ikahihifo 3 Jessica Bishop 4 Breanna Taiclet 5 Korianne Jackson 6 Carlie Paquin 7 Jessie Laplante 8 Amber Fowler 9 Andrea Hallowell 10 Alyssa Walsh
class c
1 Michelle Broeckel 2 Mackena Sherman 3 Marissa Delamatter 4 Tawnya O'Keefe 5 Katie Sexauer 6 Talitha Thomas 7 Soozy Hardy 8 Jennifer Davis 9 Olivia Diaz

BIKINI

overall winner
Christine Sim-Farris
true novice class a
1 Natashia Henderson 2 Stephanie Riley 3 Camie Bost 4 Mikayla Jensen 5 Tina Duff 6 Becky Rice 7 Katherine Marhnes 8 Shannon Pottratz 9 Chrissii Almquist 10 Andrea Doty 11 Nichole Schultz
true novice class b
1 Rachelle Leyva 2 Christy Shulenberger 3 Jennifer Mason 4 Valerie Ridinger 5 Sarra Arras 6 Tiffany Long 7 Katharine Johnson 8 Nicole Slack 9 Alicia Smith 10 Monica Preciado
true novice class c
1 Shaun Johnson 2 Karissa Stephens 3 Vanessa Gray 4 Gail Ricker 5 Anela Mustajbasic 6 Emelee Croninger 7 Brandi Adaszewski 8 April Williams
masters over 35
1 Kelly Brook 2 Darris Griffith 3 Shaun Johnson 4 Christy Shulenberger 5 Katherine Hood 6 Estee Wilson 7 Tiffany Long 8 Valerie Ridinger 9 Shannon Pottratz 10 Allyson Falkner
masters over 40
1 Yvonne Aitken 2 Shawn Gutierrez 3 Darris Griffith 4 Stephanie Riley 5 Jennifer Mason 6 Kim Morse 7 Allyson Falkner 8 April Williams
masters over 45
1 Camie Bost 2 Marchand Bozarth 3 Kim Morse 4 Ute Faulkner 5 Staci Mar 6 Allyson Falkner 7 Dawnmarie MacGillis 8 Laurie Bren
masters over 50
1 Dawnmarie MacGillis 2 Laurie Bren
class a
1 Christine Sim-Farris 2 Shawn Gutierrez 3 Alexandria Hibbs 4 Christy Grorud 5 Teresa Bigand 6 Huyen Winzler 7 Camie Bost 8 Ashlee Morrell 9 Kristina Barry 10 Alyssa Huber 11 Shannon Pottratz 12 Sara Stump
class b
1 Yvonne Aitken 2 Stacie Navin 3 Brittani Ramey 4 Tina Duff 5 Becky Rice 6 Andrea Doty 7 Senaida Monroy 8 Sarah Bedient
class c
1 Kendall Kershaw 2 Rachelle Leyva 3 Christy Shulenberger 4 Darris Griffith 5 Katherine Hood 6 Rachel Kyhl 7 Tiffany Long 8 Katharine Johnson
class d
1 Kristen Para 2 Carlie Paquin 3 Kylie Wallace 4 Brittni Daffe 5 Sarra Arras 6 Siera Maier 7 Jennifer Mason 8 Kim Morse 9 Jessica Ashley
class e
1 Shaun Johnson 2 Karissa Stephens 3 Gail Ricker 4 Ute Faulkner 5 Jenna Galler
class f
1 Kelly Brook 2 Vanessa Gray 3 Kari Wallace 4 Estee Wilson 5 Laura Thompson 6 Tawny Thompson 7 Allyson Falkner

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Ryan Winzler
novice class a
1 Dean Neilson 2 Nate Kahovec 3 Jeffrey Kinservik 4 Hussam Shaqhan 5 Roy Borrego 6 Devin Carpenter 7 Nathan Boston 8 Ty Winder 9 Robert Miller 10 Marvin McNamee 11 John Laughery 12 Dave Chandler 13 John Ruark
novice class b
1 Daniel Maymon 2 Mitch Ramsay 3 Christopher McKinnon 4 Evan Ludwig 5 Eric Laplante 6 Scotty Hopp
masters over 40
1 Jose Gutierrez 2 Benjamin Leske 3 William Hogan 4 John Blade 5 Frank Lopez
masters over 50
1 Howard Campbell 2 Patrick Taiclet 3 Robert Miller 4 Ben Asher 5 John Ruark
masters over 60
1 John Laughery 2 Dave Chandler
class a
1 Stuart Miner 2 Ben Willden 3 Tom Trude 4 Spencer Harwood 5 Jeffrey Kinservik 6 Jake Schroeder 7 Hussam Shaqhan 8 John Laughery
class b
1 Ryan Winzler 2 Dean Neilson 3 Christopher McKinnon 4 Benjamin Leske 5 Howard Campbell 6 Scott Zlateff 7 Alex Biviano 8 Steven Mills 9 Joshua Kalanick 10 Denis Bigand 11 Ben Asher
class c
1 Brandon Anderson 2 Jose Gutierrez 3 Xavier Daniels 4 Evan Ludwig 5 Cole Johnson 6 Eric Laplante
class d
1 Daniel Maymon 2 Mitch Ramsay 3 Michael Baielli 4 William Hogan 5 Shaun Meseberg 6 Eli Bernard
junior
1 Cole Johnson 2 Alex Biviano 3 Emmanuel Sanchez 4 Mitchell Peterson 5 Nathan Boston 6 Nathaniel Finley 7 Jack Thompson

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Benjamin Baker
masters over 40
1 Benjamin Leske 2 John Blade 3 Shayne Evans 4 Paul Orgish 5 Rick Thornton
class a
1 Shawn Turner 2 Tom Trude 3 Shayne Evans
class b
1 Paul Fisher 2 Benjamin Leske 3 Jamison Agee 4 Caleb Story
class c
1 Benjamin Baker 2 Brandon Anderson 3 Michael Baielli 4 Xavier Daniels 5 Shaun Meseberg 6 Cole Johnson 7 Donald Durst 8 Jake Renouard

FITNESS

open
1 Jessica Bishop

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

open
1 Jolene Flanary 2 Rene Popke 3 Lisa Kromer 4 Callie Collins 5 Gina VanLoon 6 Juli Stratton
masters over 35
1 Jolene Flanary 2 Rene Popke 3 Lisa Kromer 4 Gina VanLoon 5 Debra Stewart 6 Juli Stratton

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