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NPC John Kemper Classic

April 1, 2017
NPC

Years: 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Divisions: MEN'S BODYBUILDING MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE MEN'S PHYSIQUE FITNESS WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE FIGURE BIKINI

Awards

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Oluseye Osinowo
heavyweight
1 Oluseye Osinowo 2 Jan Tousek 3 Joseph Pircher 4 Jonathan Giordano 5 Steve Maimin 6 Paul Fogg 7 Kyutae Hwang 8 Sean Mahoney
light heavyweight
1 Saquan Mitchell 2 Dominick LaPalombara 3 Vincent Hahn
middleweight
1 Joseph Benedicto 2 Bill Caputo 3 Thomas Mattice 4 Robert Domino
novice heavyweight
1 Oluseye Osinowo 2 Joseph Pircher 3 Leland Griffin 4 Jonathan Giordano 5 Paul Fogg 6 Kyutae Hwang 7 Napoleon Barnes 8 Sean Mahoney 9 Vincent Hahn
novice lightweight
1 Joseph Benedicto 2 Thomas Mattice 3 Egriseld Zyfi 4 Robert Domino
bantamweight
1 Dylan Restaino
masters over 35
1 Jan Tousek 2 Kyutae Hwang
masters over 40
1 Leland Griffin 2 Steve Maimin 3 Napoleon Barnes 4 Sean Mahoney
masters over 50
1 Bill Caputo 2 Vincent Hahn 3 Martin Sowinski
guest poser
Hidetada Yamagishi
junior
1 Dominick LaPalombara 2 Dylan Restaino
lightweight
1 Daniel Devito
teen
1 Carlos Sousa 2 Egriseld Zyfi

FIGURE

overall winner
Nicole Zenobia Graham
novice class a
1 Nicole Zenobia Graham 2 Melanie Prisby 3 Andrea Villalobos 4 Monica Cedeno 5 Madeline Lucas 6 Rebecca Russo 7 Gina Gambardella 8 Lisa Rankin 9 Joann Loveatz 10 Yesenia Hernandez
novice class b
1 Brienna Virola 2 Dana Colucci 3 Maura Codd
masters over 40
1 JoAnn Larsen 2 Lisa Rankin 3 Joann Loveatz
masters over 50
1 Christine Dwight 2 Lisa Rankin
class a
1 Nicole Zenobia Graham 2 Mariel Lariosa 3 Seline Ortuzar 4 Melanie Prisby 5 Lena Paternoster 6 Andrea Villalobos 7 Madeline Lucas 8 Monica Cedeno 9 Rebecca Russo 10 Gina Gambardella 11 Yesenia Hernandez
class b
1 Brienna Virola 2 Dana Colucci 3 Jackalyn Knox 4 Dana Nicole Mauro 5 Maura Codd
junior
1 Gina Gambardella

BIKINI

overall winner
Meghan Tafuri
novice class a
1 Meghan Tafuri 2 Dalianna Gutierrez Puerto 3 Christina Taylor 4 Linda Balsamo 5 Nicole Vitrone 6 Lauren Imbriaco 7 Natalie Gargiulo 8 Coral Caiola 9 Sarah Caputo 10 Danielle Rispoli 11 Natasha Seunghee Woo 12 Allison Grimm 13 Alneesa Clanton
novice class b
1 Kassie Malone 2 Chrismary Cepeda 3 Lisa Sowinski 4 Shindel Van Rhyn 5 Caliana Nunes 6 Zlata Medalova 7 Gwendolyn Morris 8 Elaina Teitelbaum 9 Ramona Fogelstrom 10 Elisabeth Portugal 11 Danielle Weitman 12 Julie Casal 13 Tamara Peterson 14 Michelle Mccorkle 15 Cheyenne Gordon 16 Kyana Garcia
masters over 35
1 Erin Roedema 2 Elaina Teitelbaum 3 Elisabeth Portugal 4 Michelle Mccorkle 5 Julie Casal
masters over 40
1 Shindel Van Rhyn 2 Julie Casal
class a
1 Meghan Tafuri 2 Christina Taylor 3 Nicole Vitrone 4 Coral Caiola 5 Gabrielle Conte 6 Sarah Caputo 7 Danielle Rispoli 8 Allison Grimm 9 Alneesa Clanton
class b
1 Dalianna Gutierrez Puerto 2 Kira Loveatz 3 Lauren Imbriaco 4 Natalie Gargiulo 5 Natasha Seunghee Woo
class c
1 Jamie Arcykiewicz 2 Chrismary Cepeda 3 Lisa Sowinski 4 Caliana Nunes 5 Erin Roedema 6 Danielle Weitman 7 Kyana Garcia
class d
1 Kassie Malone 2 Shindel Van Rhyn 3 Gwendolyn Morris 4 Elaina Teitelbaum 5 Ramona Fogelstrom 6 Gina Ansaldo
junior
1 Christina Taylor 2 Kira Loveatz 3 Gwendolyn Morris 4 Zlata Medalova 5 Allison Grimm 6 Tamara Peterson 7 Cheyenne Gordon 8 Gina Ansaldo

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Michael Bell
novice class a
1 Couper Mclay 2 Abed Adawi 3 Lance Brooks 4 Stephen Gresko 5 Nerley Lausier 6 Charles Monticello 7 Anthony Mielnicki 8 John Robinson 9 Robert Lavecchia
novice class b
1 Miroslav Fiala 2 Adam Dubanowitz 3 Sterling Duncan 4 Daris Jacklyn 5 Joshua Lally 6 Erik Stephan 7 Joshua Jimenez 8 Thomas Lemere 9 Brandon Farell
masters over 35
1 Douglas Laforge 2 Charles Monticello 3 John Robinson
masters over 40
1 Douglas Laforge 2 Charles Monticello
class a
1 Abed Adawi 2 Lance Brooks 3 John Romyns 4 Anthony Mielnicki 5 Robert Lavecchia
class b
1 Lamar Vaughn 2 Couper Mclay 3 Dexter Springer 4 Terrance Smith 5 Eric Courtney 6 Stephen Gresko 7 Charles Monticello 8 Christyan Villejoint 9 Kyrillos Rizk 10 Ernest Mejias
class c
1 Antonio Freeman 2 Dilwar Singh 3 Christopher Mackie 4 Miroslav Fiala 5 Adam Dubanowitz 6 Joshua Lally 7 Erik Stephan 8 Joshua Jimenez
class d
1 Michael Bell 2 Jason Allen 3 Douglas Laforge 4 Anthony Brown 5 Sterling Duncan
junior
1 Dilwar Singh 2 Christyan Villejoint 3 Miroslav Fiala 4 Kyrillos Rizk
teen
1 Victor Vargas

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Jan Tousek
novice
1 Joseph Benedicto 2 Mohammed Zaal 3 Miroslav Fiala 4 Robert Russo 5 John Paternostro 6 Leossie Reason 7 Peter Guarneri
masters over 35
1 Jan Tousek
class a
1 Simon Sheib 2 Mohammed Zaal 3 John Paternostro 4 Tristan Marchese 5 Daniel Devito
class b
1 Jan Tousek 2 Joseph Pircher 3 Dillan King 4 Jay Gomes 5 Leossie Reason 6 Saquan Thomas

FITNESS

open
1 Rebecca Russo

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

open
1 Christine Dwight
masters over 35
1 Christine Dwight 2 Maureen Paniagua

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