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NPC California State Championships

May 27, 2023
NPC

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

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Jay Bednar
super heavyweight
1 Baidi Farl 2 Ignacio Bucio
heavyweight
1 Jay Bednar 2 Cody Carlberg 3 Troy Tyson 4 Edward Gillison 5 Les Pearce 6 Benjamin Duran 7 Benjamin Galvan
light heavyweight
1 Jonathan Avalos 2 Chris Sullivan 3 Chris Tierney 4 Stepan Artuni 5 Arturo Carrera
middleweight
1 Roberto Gonzalez 2 Tuan Truong 3 Mike Tolerico
novice heavyweight
1 Les Pearce 2 Arturo Carrera 3 Che Amaro 4 Shaun Perry
true novice heavyweight
1 Juan Andres Ruiz 2 Luis Hernan Cortes Barajas 3 Che Amaro 4 Jack Hawks 5 Jesus Perez
true novice lightweight
1 Mike Tolerico
masters 35+
1 Chris Sullivan 2 Arturo Carrera
masters 40+
1 Arturo Carrera
masters 50+
1 Chris Tierney 2 Aidan Acuff 3 Jack Hawks 4 Reginald Johnson
lightweight
1 Lorenzo Buhain

FIGURE

overall winner
Liz Martin
novice b
1 Tori Reccord
true novice b
1 Tori Reccord
masters 40+
1 Atorah Neveah
masters 45+
1 Maria Martinez 2 Bao Su
masters 50+
1 Maria Martinez
class a
1 Atorah Neveah
class c
1 Mandi Morgan 2 Tori Reccord 3 Maria Martinez 4 Jaime Sullivan 5 Porchia Jackson
class d
1 Liz Martin 2 Kristina Parks

BIKINI

overall winner
Julie Pattison
novice a
1 Audrey Castanon 2 Ana Gonzalez 3 Shae Lopez 4 Stephanie Valdez 5 Irene Herrera 6 Lisa Jimenez
novice b
1 Chau Nguyen 2 Larisa Slav 3 Alina Ridzel 4 Tanya Smith 5 Gabriela Vargas 6 Gabriella Rivera
novice c
1 Alyssa Drake 2 Alexis Rios 3 Ingalil Vallejo
novice d
1 Tori Jaress 2 Shanna Jackson 3 Anna Quigley
true novice a
1 Audrey Castanon 2 Ana Gonzalez 3 Dominic Ouh 4 Stephanie Valdez 5 Roxanne Finlen 6 Angelina Davis 7 Natalia Cortes
true novice b
1 Larisa Slav 2 Elizabeth Gonzalez 3 Elisa Chapparosa 4 Gabriela Vargas
true novice c
1 Whitney Carnohan 2 Alyssa Drake 3 Alexis Rios 4 Melanie Carroll 5 Dorothy Miranda 6 Vanessa De Leon
true novice d
1 Theresa Shupe 2 Tori Jaress 3 Shanna Jackson 4 Stephanie Nava
masters 35+ a
1 Fran Llamas 2 Jennifer Lau 3 Kimbly Chang 4 Faith Kurisu 5 Arjey Blackwell 6 Elisa Chapparosa 7 Irene Herrera 8 Gabriela Vargas 9 Hilary Mattes
masters 35+ b
1 Whitney Carnohan 2 Shanna Jackson 3 Anna Quigley 4 Jessica Parham 5 Holly Brandenburger 6 Vanessa De Leon
masters 40+ a
1 Fran Llamas 2 Kimbly Chang 3 Arjey Blackwell 4 Tanya Smith 5 Roya Vahidtari 6 Irene Herrera 7 Hilary Mattes
masters 40+ b
1 Sulamith Pena 2 Whitney Carnohan 3 Melanie Carroll 4 Holly Brandenburger
masters 45+
1 Tanya Smith 2 Renee Curzie 3 Dominic Ouh 4 Dorothy Miranda 5 Holly Brandenburger 6 Roya Vahidtari 7 Tamara Thompson
masters 50+
1 Renee Curzie 2 Dorothy Miranda 3 Tamara Thompson 4 Monica Mora 5 Jane Harris 6 Lisa Jimenez
class a
1 Arjey Blackwell 2 Stephanie Valdez 3 Hilary Mattes 4 Lisa Jimenez
class b
1 Audrey Castanon 2 Summer Farage 3 Jennifer Lau 4 Alina Ridzel 5 Shae Lopez 6 Angelina Davis
class c
1 Fran Llamas 2 Sugey Quintero 3 Chau Nguyen 4 Faith Kurisu 5 Larisa Slav 6 Gabriela Vargas 7 Gabriella Rivera
class d
1 Julie Pattison 2 Alyssa Drake 3 Melanie Carroll
class e
1 Erin Avery 2 Alexis Rios 3 Theresa Shupe 4 Alexis Andra 5 Ingalil Vallejo 6 Jessica Parham
class f
1 Sulamith Pena 2 Tori Jaress 3 Shanna Jackson 4 Anna Quigley

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Anthony Lacey
novice a
1 Jeremiah Marquez 2 Marty Mitchell
novice b
1 Ethan Hole 2 Eric Sohn 3 Trae Carter 4 Daniel Valles 5 Benjamin Gardner 6 Jose Manuel Gonzalez
novice c
1 Alexander Gutierrez 2 Adam Holmgren 3 Jake Desantis 4 Ty Mcdowell 5 Shaun Perry
true novice a
1 Craig Chapman 2 Stewart Ray
true novice b
1 Eric Sohn 2 Geoffrie Frias 3 Trae Carter 4 Daniel Valles 5 Marcos Ramirez 6 Benjamin Gardner 7 Jose Manuel Gonzalez 8 Joshua Perez 9 Richard Nunes 10 Sky Molina
true novice c
1 Alexander Gutierrez 2 Jake Desantis 3 Ty Mcdowell 4 Matthew Abrams
masters 35+ a
1 Carlos Sanchez
masters 35+ b
1 James Graves
masters 40+ b
1 Richard Nunes
masters 45+
1 Fred Arias 2 Jose Oscar Armando Angulo Lares
masters 50+
1 Yinglu Yeh 2 Ron Blackwell 3 Marty Mitchell
class a
1 Tuan Truong 2 Erwin Barrido 3 Cristian Escobar 4 Carlos Sanchez 5 Jeremiah Marquez 6 Van Nghia Nguyen
class b
1 Anthony Lacey 2 Eric Sohn 3 Kyle Panela 4 Benjamin Donegan 5 Michael Zapien 6 Trae Carter
class c
1 Paris Valcinus 2 Ethan Hole 3 Fred Arias 4 Jose Manuel Gonzalez
class d
1 Zachary Bacon 2 Tristan Leonetti 3 Jalen Mere 4 Donnie Puente 5 James Graves 6 Jacob Sapien 7 Jake Desantis
class e
1 Alexander Gutierrez 2 Adam Holmgren 3 Bryan King
class f
1 Khi Evans 2 Cyril Matswetu

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Robert Lizama
novice a
1 Samuel Zaslaw 2 Chris Alires 3 Ronnie Baker 4 Van Nghia Nguyen 5 Lorenzo Buhain
novice b
1 Les Pearce 2 Michael Fernandez 3 Arturo Carrera 4 Ty Mcdowell 5 William Salinas 6 Shaun Perry
true novice a
1 Chris Alires 2 Javier Garcia Palacios 3 Ronnie Baker 4 Van Nghia Nguyen 5 Dominique Benedicto 6 Anthony Davis
true novice b
1 Connor Christner 2 Michael Fernandez 3 Tait Afualo 4 Ty Mcdowell
masters 35+
1 Chris Sullivan 2 Mike Tolerico 3 Arturo Carrera
masters 40+
1 Javier Garcia Palacios 2 Arturo Carrera 3 Ronnie Baker 4 Robert Tolentino
masters 50+
1 Tait Afualo 2 Ron Blackwell
class a
1 Robert Lizama 2 Chris Valles 3 Roberto Gonzalez 4 Mike Tolerico 5 Van Nghia Nguyen 6 Lorenzo Buhain
class b
1 Albert Tobias 2 Matthew Diaz 3 Cj Henson 4 Jaime Gonzalez 5 David Casanova 6 Javier Garcia Palacios 7 Chris Sullivan 8 Connor Christner 9 Chris Alires 10 Tongamohenoa Siua 11 Michael Fernandez 12 Ryan Maspero 13 Arturo Carrera 14 Angel Lopez
class c
1 Kyle Valenzuela 2 Les Pearce 3 Heber Anguiano 4 Robin Hofer 5 William Salinas
class d
1 Michael Angelo Antoci 2 Troy Tyson 3 Michael Johnson 4 Scott Hamelberg 5 Brendan Quinn

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Nadia Stowers
masters 45+
1 Casie Wright
class b
1 Nadia Stowers
class d
1 Christina Hernandez 2 Casie Wright

WOMEN'S WELLNESS

overall winner
Meredith Jones
novice a
1 Cindy Andrade 2 Rafaela Da Silva 3 Rosemary Inclan 4 Michelle Ramirez 5 Jennifer Garfias 6 Tannaz Taheri 7 Emma Kim
novice b
1 Jocelyn Peters 2 Alexis Rios 3 Gladys Ruiz 4 Kimberly Ruiz
novice c
1 Erica Lopez 2 Valeria Rivera
true novice a
1 Aisha Renee 2 Stephanie Valdez 3 Cindy Andrade 4 Rosemary Inclan 5 Minji Song 6 Jennifer Garfias 7 Emma Kim 8 Maria Cruz 9 Rosa Loreto
true novice b
1 Alexis Rios
true novice c
1 Valeria Rivera 2 Kenia Bautista
masters 35+ a
1 Meredith Jones 2 Rosa Loreto
masters 35+ b
1 Lindsey Cohn
masters 40+
1 Meredith Jones 2 Yamileth Perez 3 Kenia Bautista 4 Tannaz Taheri 5 Kimberly Ruiz
masters 45+
1 Maria Cruz
masters 50+
1 Maria Cruz
class a
1 Yamileth Perez 2 Cindy Andrade 3 Rosemary Inclan 4 Dezy Fernandez 5 Tannaz Taheri
class b
1 Meredith Jones 2 Aisha Renee 3 Rafaela Da Silva 4 Minji Song 5 Michelle Ramirez 6 Jennifer Garfias
class c
1 Jocelyn Peters 2 Alexis Rios 3 Gladys Ruiz 4 Lara Escriba 5 Ainsley Clift
class d
1 Lindsey Cohn 2 Erica Lopez 3 Valeria Rivera 4 Kenia Bautista

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