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NPC Big Cat Classic

October 13, 2018
NPC

Years: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016
Divisions: MEN'S BODYBUILDING MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE MEN'S PHYSIQUE WOMEN'S BODYBUILDING WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE FIGURE BIKINI

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Grant Hetherman
super heavyweight
1 Bradley Kelley 2 Daniel Milefsky 3 Sam Resh
light heavyweight
1 Colten Bunda 2 Ilya Susman 3 Blake Riehl 4 Mark Vinch 5 Janon Gray
middleweight
1 Justin Pedicone 2 Scott Rizzardi 3 Rey Cruz
welterweight
1 Grant Hetherman 2 Richard Forman Jr
novice heavyweight
1 Colten Bunda 2 Ilya Susman 3 Mark Vinch 4 Wilfredo Rivera 5 Jordan Nissley 6 Sam Resh
novice lightweight
1 Kwong Ho Lee 2 Justin Duda 3 Scott Rizzardi 4 Tony Goodley
bantamweight
1 Albert Johnson 2 Justin Duda 3 Kevin Reeves
masters over 35
1 Grant Hetherman 2 Daniel Milefsky
masters over 40
1 Albert Johnson 2 Daniel Milefsky 3 Janon Gray 4 Scott Rizzardi 5 Danny Oakes
masters over 50
1 Albert Johnson 2 Raymond Peck 3 Rey Cruz
masters over 60
1 Wilfredo Rivera 2 Kevin Reeves 3 Tony Goodley
junior
1 Colten Bunda
lightweight
1 Raymond Peck 2 Kwong Ho Lee
teen
1 Colten Bunda

FIGURE

overall winner
Kelly Jacob
novice class a
1 Kelly Jacob 2 Ashley Banks 3 Christina Stiehl 5 Nicole Russo 6 Jules Rangeen
novice class b
1 Alex Via 2 Peggy Acosta
true novice
1 Kelly Jacob 2 Alex Via 3 Caitlyn Mathis 4 Ann Marie Pickworth 5 Erica Davis 6 Beth Rabena
masters over 35
1 Joy Snyder 2 Patricia Whittingham 3 Shannon Leister 4 Catherine Albrecht 5 Nicole Russo 6 Reiko Sakola 7 Beth Rabena
masters over 40
1 Catherine Albrecht 2 Jules Rangeen 3 Erica Davis 4 Peggy Acosta 5 Belinda Cook-Smith 6 Beth Rabena
masters over 50
2 Belinda Cook-Smith
class a
1 Catherine Albrecht 2 Shannon Leister 3 Jules Rangeen
class b
1 Kelly Jacob 2 Ashley Banks 3 Christina Stiehl 4 Joy Snyder 6 Caitlyn Mathis 7 Nicole Russo
class c
1 Alex Via 2 Corlynn Housman 3 Ann Marie Pickworth 4 Peggy Acosta
class d
1 Patricia Whittingham 2 Reiko Sakola
junior
1 Caitlyn Mathis 2 Ann Marie Pickworth

BIKINI

overall winner
Dhariana Strickler
novice class a
1 Abigail McGee 2 Evelyn Aharonian 3 Liza Singson 4 Stacy Einfalt 5 Lindsay Thompson 6 Abigail Bilski 7 Amanda Anderson 8 Carla Porras 9 Jessica Rosario
novice class b
1 Dhariana Strickler 2 Danielle Lyons 3 Brianna Crofton 4 Theresa Napolitano 5 Blaise Barron 6 Vanessa Hernandez 7 Stacy Menecola 8 Rachael Stephenson
true novice
1 Dhariana Strickler 2 Lindsay Palma 3 Nicolette Brignala 4 Abigail McGee 5 Amanda Anderson 6 Olivia Horne 7 Lindsay Thompson 8 Stacy Menecola 9 Jessica Rosario
masters over 35
1 Lindsay Thompson 2 Amanda Anderson 3 Liza Singson 4 Lindsay Palma 5 Stacy Einfalt 6 Stacy Menecola 7 Dawn Gregory
masters over 40
1 Stacy Einfalt 2 Carla Porras
class a
1 Leah Clark 2 Holly Hutchinson 3 Liza Singson 4 Lindsay Palma 5 Carla Porras 6 Jessica Rosario
class b
1 Abigail McGee 2 Haley Martinez 3 Marie Elizabeth Rueger 4 Nicolette Brignala 5 Michelle Reznik 6 Evelyn Aharonian 7 Theresa Napolitano 8 Amanda Anderson 9 Abigail Bilski 10 Lindsay Thompson 11 Stacy Einfalt
class c
1 Dhariana Strickler 2 Rachel Brown 3 Brianna Crofton 4 Vanessa Hernandez 5 Rachael Stephenson
class d
1 Olivia Horne 2 Danielle Lyons 3 Blaise Barron 4 Dawn Gregory 5 Stacy Menecola
junior
1 Rachel Brown 2 Haley Martinez 3 Blaise Barron 4 Rachael Stephenson

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Marc Daniels
novice class a
1 Kelvin Vazquez 2 Brody Bowers 3 Chris Phifer
novice class b
1 Thomas Dultz 2 Jon Abrena 3 Mauric Finnerty 4 Eric Louis 5 Julius Pasqua 6 Clint Garman 7 Jayson Morgan 8 Sean Shields 9 Dimitri Malitsis 10 Evan Kleinhaus 11 Edward Schrueder
true novice
1 Jon Abrena 2 Julius Pasqua 3 Golden Czermak 4 Clint Garman
masters over 35
1 Anthony Castelluccio 2 Cornell Ricketts 3 Eric Louis 4 Golden Czermak 5 Edward Schrueder
masters over 40
1 Jayson Morgan 2 Melvin Diaz
masters over 50
2 Melvin Diaz
class a
1 Cesar Perez 2 Jerry Pascucci 3 Kelvin Vazquez 4 Jason Patterson 5 Chris Phifer 6 Trey Settle
class b
1 Tiko Crofoot 2 Anthony Castelluccio 3 Brody Bowers 4 Golden Czermak 5 Jerome Taylor
class c
1 Mauric Finnerty 2 Anthony Delacruz 3 Cornell Ricketts 4 Jon Abrena 5 Thomas Dultz 6 Sean Shields 7 Matthew Brasius
class d
1 Marc Daniels 2 Connor Kovacs 3 Tim Pascual 4 Will Dawson 5 Julius Pasqua 6 Clint Garman 7 TJ Frisch 8 Jason Oliver 9 Dimitri Malitsis 10 Jayson Morgan 11 Evan Kleinhaus
junior
1 Jerry Pascucci 2 Brody Bowers 3 Dimitri Malitsis 4 Mitchel Francis

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Colten Bunda
novice class a
1 Michael Varano 2 Kelvin Vazquez 3 Nicholas Boyd 4 Angel Torres 5 Golden Czermak 6 Jack Dismuke 7 Kraig Kimmel 8 Scott Rizzardi 9 Matthew Brasius 10 Luis Pelaez
novice class b
1 Jextin Pugh 2 Wilfredo Rivera 3 Evan Stahl 4 Dion Merrill
masters over 35
1 Kevin Speicher 2 Golden Czermak 3 John Cavallaro
masters over 40
1 Raymond Peck 2 Steve Lynch 3 Wilfredo Rivera 5 Scott Rizzardi 6 John Cavallaro
class a
1 Justin Pedicone 2 Kelvin Vazquez 3 Michael Varano 4 Rey Cruz 5 Kevin Kahawaty 6 Jack Dismuke 7 Luis Pelaez
class b
1 Colten Bunda 2 Dustin Mitchell 3 Angel Torres 4 Nicholas Boyd 5 Eric Gregory 6 Ilya Susman 7 Golden Czermak 8 Scott Rizzardi 9 Kraig Kimmel 10 Matthew Brasius
class c
1 Tim Pascual 2 Jerome Taylor 3 Kevin Speicher 4 Steve Lynch 5 Ryan Hadginikitas 6 Jason Oliver
class d
1 Connar Kovacs 2 Evan Stahl 3 Dion Merrill 4 Jextin Pugh 5 TJ Frisch
junior
1 Nicholas Boyd 2 Kevin Kahawaty 3 Evan Stahl 4 Luis Pelaez

WOMEN'S BODYBUILDING

open
1 Diane Andrews

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Gigi White
masters over 35
1 Gigi White 2 Diane Andrews 3 Jessica Laughman 4 Danielle Kerker
class a
1 Diane Andrews
class b
1 Gigi White 2 Shannon Smith 3 Jessica Laughman

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