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NPC Empire Classic

April 16, 2018
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Years: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Divisions: MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE FIGURE MEN'S PHYSIQUE MEN'S BODYBUILDING WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE FITNESS BIKINI

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Vincent Schroder
heavyweight
1 Orlando Moore 2 Matt Maiwald 3 Murtadha Allabbad 4 Casey Stone
light heavyweight
1 Vincent Schroder 2 Elston Cloy
middleweight
1 Shane Needham 2 Matthew Chambers 3 Matt Zacher 4 Steve Schatz
masters over 40
1 Shane Needham 2 Orlando Moore
lightweight
1 Jared DeBaca 2 Tyler Christianson

FIGURE

overall winner
Carlie Boyle
novice class a
1 Tamara Farber 2 Nishee Picken 3 Haley Fisher 4 Rebecca Siegel 5 Kristin Fullmer 6 Jerrica Hauck 7 Brandi Shaw
novice class b
1 Julie Dodge 2 Laura Thompson 3 Kristy Misiaszek 4 Soozy Hardy 5 Tracy Smisek 6 Katie Painter
masters over 35
1 Heather Alderson 2 Ronda Hossfeld 3 Tamara Farber 4 Samantha Rickey 5 Kristin Fullmer 6 Jessica Pokorski
masters over 40
1 Lisa Stark 2 Kristy Misiaszek 3 Lindsay Smith 4 Soozy Hardy 5 Brandi Shaw
masters over 45
1 Marchand Bozarth 2 Tracy Smisek 3 Soozy Hardy
masters over 50
1 Marchand Bozarth
class a
1 Lisa Stark 2 Heather Alderson 3 Tamara Farber 4 Ronda Hossfeld 5 Haley Fisher 6 Samantha Rickey 7 Jerrica Hauck
class b
1 Julie Dodge 2 Nishee Picken 3 Korianne Jackson 4 Kristin Fullmer 5 Ashley Greer 6 Corrie Sande
class c
1 Carlie Boyle 2 Laura Thompson 3 Jessica Pokorski 4 Carrie Welty 5 Katherine Garfield

BIKINI

overall winner
Amanda Wilson
novice class a
1 Amanda Wilson 2 Kristina Barry 3 Christy Grorud 4 Brittany Engle 5 Kimber Buehler 6 Shandell Bussler 7 Christina Nelson 8 Michelle Soderstrom 9 Andrea Shepherd 10 Ashton Montgomery
novice class b
1 Cynnea Schreibman 2 Nishee Picken 3 Christine Andrews 4 Becky Rice 5 Kristy Bartimioli 6 Angelica Silva 7 Elina Bishop 8 Chanel Drucker 9 Nichole Tomlinson
novice class c
1 Natasha Peay 2 Tatum Venckus 3 Sarra Arras 4 Lacey Kinghorn 5 Kathryn Holden 6 Lauryn Coyle 7 Brandi Adaszewski 8 Georgia Loosier
novice class d
1 Lauren Smith 2 Kaelyn Baker 3 Laura Thompson 4 Brittany Brown 5 Marissa Scott 6 Paige Goodman 7 Courtney Kerr‐Smith 8 Alyssa Ricken
true novice class a
1 Ciera Brooks 2 Michelle Soderstrom 3 Shandell Bussler 4 Nancy Lopez 5 Megan Dimmler 6 Gabby Atnip 7 Whitnie Whitman 8 Rachelle Now
true novice class b
1 Cynnea Schreibman 2 Kristy Bartimioli 3 Ashton Montgomery 4 Elina Bishop 5 Chanel Drucker 6 Nichole Tomlinson 7 Bobbi Stanfield 8 Stephanie Breck
true novice class c
1 Kayla Chauvin 2 Kaelyn Baker 3 Lauren Smith 4 Tatum Venckus 5 Sarah Higman 6 Monica Crawford 7 Paige Goodman 8 Angela Hisaw 9 Alyssa Ricken 10 Raquel Dennis
masters over 35
1 Shaun Johnson 2 Michelle Soderstrom 3 Katherine Hood 4 Elina Bishop 5 Georgia Loosier
masters over 40
1 Shawn Gutierrez 2 Michelle Soderstrom 3 Katherine Hood 4 Marchand Bozarth 5 Courtney Kerr‐Smith 6 Stephanie Breck
masters over 45
1 Shawn Gutierrez 2 Molly Lawson 3 Marchand Bozarth 4 Ana Morgen 5 Stephanie Breck
masters over 50
1 Marchand Bozarth 2 Raquel Dennis 3 Nancy Englund
class a
1 Ciera Brooks 2 Kimber Buehler 3 Alyssa Debaca
class b
1 Amanda Wilson 2 Christy Grorud 3 Kristina Barry 4 Christina Nelson 5 Shawn Gutierrez
class c
1 Casey Snider 2 April Sablan 3 Brittany Engle 4 Shandell Bussler 5 Nancy Lopez 6 Ashton Montgomery
class d
1 Kayla Chauvin 2 Patricia Beckwith 3 Becky Rice 4 Katherine Hood 5 Nishee Picken 6 Rebecca Siegel 7 Christine Andrews 8 Kristy Bartimioli 9 Angelica Silva 10 Randi Washburn
class e
1 Sarra Arras 2 Savannah Clendenen 3 Nina Evans 4 Natasha Peay 5 Lacey Kinghorn 6 Shaun Johnson 7 Sarah Higman 8 Tatum Venckus 9 Sidney Benningfield 10 Kathryn Holden 11 Monica Crawford 12 Angela Hisaw
class f
1 Nicole Pope 2 Meghan Barrington 3 Laura Thompson 4 Marissa Scott 5 Brittany Brown 6 Lauren Smith 7 Janeen Fletcher 8 Courtney Kerr‐Smith

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Keenan Polanco
novice class a
1 Murtadha Allabbad 2 Nathan Boston 3 Russell Prusinski 4 Casey Stone 5 Joseph Evans 6 Tom Alderson
novice class b
1 Keenan Polanco 2 Christopher Braziel 3 Ashton Klein 4 Ian Frederick 5 Elston Cloy 6 Tony Thammavongsa
true novice class a
1 Jeff Hedspeth 2 Nick Gilchrist 3 Tyson Bell 4 Russell Prusinski 5 Damian Velasco 6 Joe Prince 7 Roxman Quintanil 8 Joseph Evans 9 Gabriel Bass
true novice class b
1 Keenan Polanco 2 Christopher Braziel 3 Ashton Klein 4 Lucky Gaskill 5 Ian Frederick 6 Austin Biondi 7 Calvin Gentry 8 Sean Hirtle
masters over 35
1 Koney Kanyawut 2 Elston Cloy 3 Casey Stone 4 Tom Alderson 5 Sylvester Adams
masters over 40
1 Jeff Hedspeth 2 Doug Baker 3 Jared Bloxham 4 Sylvester Adams
class a
1 Mohmmed Alzaher 2 Tanner Snyder 3 Ben Willden 4 Russell Prusinski 5 Damian Velasco 6 Tom Alderson
class b
1 Robert Weeks 2 Jeff Hedspeth 3 Koney Kanyawut 4 Murtadha Allabbad 5 Nathan Boston 6 Ethan Enstad 7 Jake Schroeder 8 Jared Bloxham 9 Alex Biviano 10 Luis Uribe 11 Joseph Evans
class c
1 Keenan Polanco 2 Jose Gutierrez 3 Christopher Braziel 4 Justin Colberg 5 Ashton Klein 6 John Pokorski 7 Richard Mathern 8 Lucky Gaskill 9 Tony Thammavongsa 10 Chris Sharp 11 Sylvester Adams
junior
1 Henry Elliot 2 Tanner Snyder 3 Bobby Flores 4 Roy Borrego 5 Damian Velasco 6 Austin Biondi 7 Sean Hirtle 8 Nathaniel Finley 9 Marco Rojo

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Illya Semyrazum
novice class a
1 Colton Lee Ostermiller 2 Jake Schroeder 3 Marco Rojo 4 Alvaro Sanchez Zapien
novice class b
1 Christopher Braziel 2 Trever Marek 3 Triston Burk 4 Bodey Hawks
masters over 40
1 Shane Needham 2 Doug Baker 3 Shayne Evans
class a
1 Tony Manzo 2 Shane Needham 3 Shayne Evans
class b
1 Illya Semyrazum 2 Landen Faulk 3 Matthew Chambers 4 Colton Lee Ostermiller 5 Jake Schroeder
class c
1 Jake Briles 2 Christopher Braziel 3 Cole Johnson 4 Trever Marek 5 John Pokorski 6 Chris Sharp 7 Scott McIvor‐Garman
junior
1 Triston Burk 2 Bodey Hawks 3 Scott McIvor‐Garman 4 Marco Rojo

FITNESS

open
1 Alyssa Debaca

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Lauren Moen
masters over 35
1 Kristy Misiaszek 2 Jill Wickens 3 Lisa Kromer
class a
1 Lauren Moen 2 Jill Wickens 3 Lisa Kromer 4 Chelsey Fields
class b
1 Jolene Flanary 2 Korianne Jackson 3 Kristy Misiaszek 4 Danielle Resendez

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