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NPC Garden State Championships

June 28, 2025
NPC

Years: 2025 2024 2022 2021 2019 2018 2016 2015 2014
Divisions: MEN'S BODYBUILDING MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE MEN'S PHYSIQUE WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE FIGURE FIT MODEL WOMEN'S WELLNESS BIKINI

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Brandon Edwards
heavyweight
1 Joel McNeff 2 Leonel A Ortega 3 Emmanuel Osei
light heavyweight
1 Brandon Edwards 2 Stephen Palumbo 3 Ronald Baez
middleweight
1 Joseph Pettignano 2 Harry Correa 3 Cristian Guevara 4 Nicholas Zubulake 5 Erwin Gonzalez
novice
1 Leonel A Ortega 2 Harry Correa 3 Efren Calderon 4 Erwin Gonzalez
true novice
1 Zachary Vonlangen 2 Efren Calderon
masters 35+
1 Brandon Edwards 2 Joel McNeff 3 Emmanuel Osei 4 Zachary Vonlangen
masters 40+
1 Joel McNeff 2 Joseph AmecAngelo 3 Erwin Gonzalez 4 Ryan Bartunek
masters 50+
1 Joseph Pettignano 2 Eugenio Caicedo 3 Joseph AmecAngelo
masters 60+
1 Kyle Kroll 2 Nicholas Zubulake
lightweight
1 Eugenio Caicedo

FIGURE

overall winner
Ashlen Blom
novice
1 Avery Eaton
true novice
1 Emma Reder 2 Helene Jones 3 Avery Eaton
masters 35+
1 Nicole Harper 2 Kateska Patterson
masters 40+
1 Nicole Harper 2 Allison Walsh 3 Helene Jones
masters 50+
1 Ellen Tar
class a
1 Ashlen Blom 2 Kateska Patterson
class b
1 Nicole Harper 2 Emma Reder 3 Allison Walsh 4 Helene Jones 5 Ellen Tar
junior
1 Emma Reder 2 Avery Eaton

BIKINI

overall winner
Valentina Giorgio
novice a
1 Valentina Giorgio 2 Jennifer Good 3 Emily Fernandez 4 Molly Belanger 5 Iro Taveras 6 Diana Melnikova 7 Sarah Ponessa 8 Jenifer Perez 9 Megan Martino 10 Felicia Dellaquila
novice b
1 Kayla Jacobi 2 Sara Gorski 3 Autumn Ledbetter 4 Bethany Howe-Fanning
true novice
1 Valentina Giorgio 2 Emily Fernandez 3 Kayla Jacobi 4 Jenifer Perez 5 Autumn Ledbetter
masters 35+
1 Diana Clough 2 Zhanna Virkerman 3 Bozena Diaz
masters 40+
1 Diana Clough 2 Zhanna Virkerman 3 Bonnie Gianinno 4 Sabrina Duda 5 Bethany Howe-Fanning 6 Jewel Rizzo 7 Bozena Diaz
masters 50+
1 Bonnie Gianinno 2 Felicia Dellaquila
class a
1 Valentina Giorgio 2 Jennifer Good 3 Diana Clough 4 Ikbal Giray 5 Emily Fernandez 6 Molly Belanger 7 Iro Taveras 8 Meghan Tayllor 9 Zhanna Virkerman 10 Diana Melnikova 11 Sarah Ponessa 12 Bonnie Gianinno 13 Bozena Diaz 14 Megan Martino 15 Felicia Dellaquila
class b
1 Gianna Ciricillo 2 Kayla Jacobi 3 Sara Gorski 4 Bethany Howe-Fanning
class c
1 Autumn Ledbetter
junior
1 Jennifer Good 2 Autumn Ledbetter

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Jonathan Mercado
novice a
1 Luis Alberto Cepeda 2 Edwin Plata 3 Mikhail Medvedev 4 Justin Mannara
novice b
1 Kevin Adams 2 Christopher Snagg 3 Douglas Carrescia 4 Kevin Rosario 5 Christopher Novak
true novice
1 Christopher Snagg 2 Miguel Barrera 3 Zaire Howe 4 Christopher Novak
masters 35+
1 Juan Jose Perez 2 Mikhail Medvedev
masters 40+
1 Sid Garabato 2 Justin Rathjen 3 Edwin Plata 4 Marcisco Morrison 5 David Gardiner
masters 50+
1 Eric Powe
masters 60+
1 Eric Powe
class a
1 Ivo Toledo 2 Miguel Barrera 3 Mikhail Medvedev 4 Justin Mannara
class b
1 Jonathan Mercado 2 Ed Elysee 3 Jack Van Kleeff 4 Alejandro Rodriguez 5 Sid Garabato 6 Luis Alberto Cepeda 7 Kevin Rosario 8 Justin Rathjen 9 Zaire Howe 10 Nick Nappi
class c
1 Faradzh Manashirov 2 Juan Jose Perez 3 Kevin Adams 4 Christopher Snagg 5 Douglas Carrescia 6 Marcisco Morrison 7 Christopher Novak
junior
1 Nick Nappi

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Peter Khanjian
novice a
1 Yerson Florez 2 Harry Correa
novice b
1 Leonel A Ortega 2 Erik Novak
true novice
1 Ugonna Egenasi 2 Ryan Merelo
masters 35+
1 Wes Walker
masters 60+
1 Nicholas Zubulake
class a
1 Zan Carver 2 Ryan Begnoche 3 Stephen Palumbo 4 Finnigan Cowan 5 Wes Walker 6 Harry Correa 7 Benjamin Ridlon 8 Cristian Guevara 9 Lucas Stouber 10 Jason Lasky
class b
1 Peter Khanjian 2 Ed Elysee 3 Gregg Snyder 4 Anthony Washington 5 Ahmed Eid 6 Leonel A Ortega 7 Ugonna Egenasi 8 Ronald Baez 9 Erik Novak 10 Ryan Merelo
junior
1 Erik Novak 2 Benjamin Ridlon 3 Lucas Stouber 4 Nick Nappi

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

open
1 Nicole Harper
masters 35+
1 Nicole Harper

WOMEN'S WELLNESS

overall winner
Charmaine Agna Chan
novice
1 Charmaine Agna Chan 2 Raymora Sousa 3 Gabriela Harris
true novice
1 Helene Jones
masters 35+
1 Candida Alves 2 Wipawadee Armenio 3 Gabriela Harris 4 Nicole Speed 5 Audrey Brown
masters 40+
1 Wipawadee Armenio 2 Helene Jones 3 Nicole Speed 4 Audrey Brown
class a
1 Charmaine Agna Chan 2 Wipawadee Armenio 3 Gabriela Harris
class b
1 Candida Alves 2 Raymora Sousa 3 Helene Jones

FIT MODEL

overall winner
Chris Noia
novice
1 Yendy Tavares 2 Mandisa Boxill 3 Marianna Kraizman
true novice
1 Chris Noia 2 Bianca Socarras 3 Marianna Kraizman
masters 35+
1 Bianca Socarras 2 Mandisa Boxill
masters 40+
1 Chris Noia 2 Yendy Tavares
masters 50+
1 Marianna Kraizman
class a
1 Chris Noia 2 Yendy Tavares
class b
1 Bianca Socarras

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