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NPC Emerald Cup Open

April 25, 2026
NPC

Years: 2026 2025
Divisions: MEN'S BODYBUILDING MEN'S PHYSIQUE MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE FIT MODEL WOMEN'S BODYBUILDING WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE WOMEN'S WELLNESS FIGURE BIKINI

MEN'S BODYBUILDING

overall winner
Connor Sliney
super heavyweight
1 Rob Chicano 2 Ben Spear 3 Louis Sanders 4 Daniel Jones 5 Alex David
heavyweight
1 Connor Sliney 2 Banko Bankov 3 Irie Anderson 4 Joel Strutz 5 Walter Hawkins 6 Matthew Swortwood
light heavyweight
1 Dustin Hiestand 2 Zack Granly 3 Cody New 4 Justin Pauole 5 Kevin Bunger 6 Travis Seltenreich 7 Montique Edwards 8 Merlin Hyland
middleweight
1 Wesley Dang 2 Trevin Sanaski 3 Logan Turner 4 Tyler Church 5 Jaffer Jalon
novice
1 Justin Pauole 2 Tyler Church 3 Walter Hawkins 4 Evan Toupin 5 Jaffer Jalon 6 Adam Chase 7 Dustin Sevilla
bantamweight
1 Zakari Miller 2 Jay Morales 3 Nimish Sharma
masters 40+
1 Vince Schroder 2 Kevin Bunger 3 Tyler Church 4 Jaffer Jalon
masters 50+
1 Justin Pauole 2 Louis Sanders 3 Matthew Swortwood 4 David Malone 5 Rich Wetzel
masters 60+
1 Rick Vahlberg 2 David Malone 3 Rich Wetzel 4 Jon Haratyk
masters 70+
1 Rick Vahlberg
hero
1 Justin Pauole 2 Zakari Miller 3 Daniel Jones 4 Dustin Sevilla
lightweight
1 Juan Ayala 2 Silas Hopkins 3 Larry Horsey 4 Adam Chase 5 Dustin Sevilla

FIGURE

overall winner
Jasmin Cardenas
novice
1 Ashley Condray 2 Eden Cazares 3 Caitlind Canacakos 4 Leah Buckler 5 Amber Breitmayer 6 Tjay Lundfelt 7 Kelly Moron 8 Stephanie Thiele
true novice
1 Leah Crawford
masters 35+
1 Ashley Condray 2 Caitlind Canacakos 3 Tjay Lundfelt 4 Stephanie Thiele
masters 40+
1 Jasmin Cardenas 2 Beth Cummins 3 Leah Buckler 4 Trista Armstrong 5 Mirasol Tilly
masters 45+
1 Tjay Lundfelt 2 Mirasol Tilly
masters 50+
1 Coventry Jankowski 2 Leah Crawford 3 Bonnie Campbell 4 Brandy Richards 5 Mirasol Tilly
masters 55+
1 Kandi Wilson 2 Lori Windsor 3 Parwati Martin 4 Coventry Jankowski 5 Bonnie Campbell 6 Mirasol Tilly
masters 60+
1 Beth Cummins 2 Lori Windsor 3 Sheryl Guyon 4 Linda Kopetzky
a
1 Ashley Condray 2 Caitlind Canacakos 3 Kandi Wilson 4 Leah Buckler 5 Cierra Reynolds 6 Kelly Moron 7 Stephanie Thiele
b
1 Jasmin Cardenas 2 Beth Cummins 3 Eden Cazares 4 Parwati Martin 5 Trista Armstrong 6 Amber Breitmayer
hero
1 Leah Buckler 2 Leah Crawford 3 Kelly Moron

BIKINI

overall winner
Journey Pielstick
novice a
1 Rylee Johnson 2 Katelynn Kay 3 Sofie Andres 4 Samyra Abweh 5 Alicia Akers 6 Kara Addington 7 Nikki Fenton 8 Frances Clark 9 Sanchari Pal
novice b
1 Natalie Graham 2 Kimberly Girmus 3 Asacia Thomas 4 Hannah Minihan 5 Shauntae Joner 6 Melanie Anderson 7 Julija Smirnovaite 8 Celeste Cummings
novice c
1 Tiana Newton 2 Kindal Holcomb 3 Yaya Simmons 4 Shannon Carey 5 Carrie Sowdon 6 Samantha Hopper 7 Jessica Baken
true novice a
1 Hannah Minihan 2 Samyra Abweh 3 Mariah Smith 4 Julija Smirnovaite 5 Sanchari Pal
true novice b
1 Destiny Cruise 2 Natalie Graham 3 Kimberly Girmus 4 Melanie Anderson 5 Celeste Cummings
masters 35+
1 Breanne Willard 2 Kimberly Purcell 3 Asacia Thomas 4 Alicia Akers 5 Shannon Carey 6 Ali Stewart 7 Kara Addington 8 Carrie Sowdon 9 Nikki Fenton 10 Emily Rowney
masters 40+
1 Kimberly Purcell 2 Ali Stewart 3 Kara Addington 4 Shauntae Joner 5 Chalene Thompson 6 Emily Rowney
masters 45+
1 Frances Clark 2 Chalene Thompson 3 Stacey Luetzen
masters 50+
1 Stefanie Magnuson 2 Stacey Luetzen 3 Tanya Tooze 4 Angel Nicole
masters 55+
1 Stefanie Magnuson 2 Sheryl Guyon 3 Coventry Jankowski
masters 60+
1 Sheryl Guyon 2 Linda Kopetzky
a
1 Journey Pielstick 2 Katlin Crumbley 3 Lauren Pecora 4 Hope Sabanal 5 Frances Clark 6 Samyra Abweh 7 Mariah Smith 8 Sanchari Pal
b
1 Rylee Johnson 2 Katelynn Kay 3 Gianna Moreno 4 Breanne Willard 5 Sofie Andres 6 Hannah Minihan 7 Alicia Akers 8 Kara Addington 9 Ali Stewart 10 Nicole Foster
c
1 Destiny Cruise 2 Tiana Newton 3 Kimberly Girmus 4 Natalie Graham 5 Asacia Thomas 6 Shannon Carey 7 Jessica Baken 8 Melanie Anderson 9 Chalene Thompson
d
1 Yaya Simmons 2 Kimberly Purcell 3 Emily Hurley 4 Mackenzie Donovan 5 Kindal Holcomb 6 Carrie Sowdon 7 Samantha Hopper
hero
1 Destiny Cruise 2 Shauntae Joner
junior
1 Mackenzie Donovan 2 Celeste Cummings 3 Sanchari Pal

MEN'S PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Brian Pearson
novice a
1 Zack Granly 2 Landeau Mcdade 3 Sammy Shows 4 Poula Barsoum 5 Matt Buckler 6 Tomas Francisco- Juan 7 Adam Chase 8 Sean Paul Maloney
novice b
1 Cole Dimatteo 2 Micah Smith 3 Robert Willard 4 Jim Johnson 5 Serhiy Smirnov 6 Kyle Johnson 7 Eng Kien Mitchell Lee
true novice a
1 Micah Smith 2 Sherif Kassem 3 Sammy Shows 4 Adam Chase 5 Francisco Pons
true novice b
1 Jim Johnson 2 Kyle Johnson 3 Serhiy Smirnov 4 Eng Kien Mitchell Lee
masters 35+
1 Travis Thompson 2 Sayed Hashim Mosavi 3 Tom Winn 4 Billy Coliron 5 Micah Smith 6 Kyle Baker 7 Samuel Fernandez
masters 40+
1 Stefanos Siderakis 2 Billy Coliron 3 Robert Willard 4 Ehsan Niksai 5 Mike Hernandez 6 Chris Kirckof 7 Jacob Rhoads 8 Matt Buckler 9 Dion Bethea 10 Samuel Fernandez 11 Chop Thormodsgard
masters 50+
1 Billy Coliron 2 Michael Tilman 3 Chop Thormodsgard 4 Russell Richards 5 Robert Eldredge
masters 60+
1 Jim Johnson 2 Michael Tilman 3 Russell Richards 4 Francisco Pons
a
1 Sayed Hashim Mosavi 2 Myron Di Ramos 3 Mike Hernandez 4 Luciano Neves 5 Silas Hopkins 6 Devone Burns 7 Nimish Sharma 8 Chop Thormodsgard
b
1 Brian Pearson 2 Zack Granly 3 Sherif Kassem 4 Sammy Shows 5 Landeau Mcdade 6 Tomas Francisco- Juan 7 Matt Buckler 8 Samuel Fernandez
c
1 Sebastian Garcia 2 Zack Stewart 3 Tom Winn 4 Stefanos Siderakis 5 Micah Smith 6 Robert Willard 7 Dion Bethea 8 Poula Barsoum 9 Sean Paul Maloney
d
1 Cole Dimatteo 2 Travis Thompson 3 Jeff Marlatt 4 Ehsan Niksai 5 Chris Kirckof 6 Kyle Johnson 7 Kyle Baker 8 Serhiy Smirnov 9 Eng Kien Mitchell Lee

MEN'S CLASSIC PHYSIQUE

overall winner
Wesley Dang
novice
1 Clayton Hunter 2 Evan Toupin 3 Samuel Roberts 4 Jeremiah Davenport 5 Trysten Salter
true novice a
1 Logan Turner 2 Francisco Pons 3 Tobie Robinson
true novice b
1 Justin Pauole 2 Baylor Campbell 3 Patrick Fisher 4 Murtaza Ahmadi
masters 35+
1 Tom Winn 2 Mike Hernandez 3 Zakari Miller 4 Walter Hawkins
masters 40+
1 Marcus Richard 2 Mike Hernandez 3 Tobie Robinson
masters 50+
1 Justin Pauole 2 Russell Richards 3 Jarrod Easton 4 Robert Eldredge
masters 60+
1 Dean Horstman 2 Russell Richards 3 Rick Vahlberg 4 Francisco Pons 5 Todd Noga
a
1 Wesley Dang 2 Mike Hernandez 3 Nick Burnham 4 Silas Hopkins 5 Juan Ayala 6 Zakari Miller 7 Kevin Gallardo Soriano
b
1 Porter Aeschliman 2 Kyle Madsen 3 Tom Winn 4 Clayton Hunter 5 Cody New 6 Logan Turner 7 Samuel Roberts
c
1 Javier Ahumada 2 Travis Carlton 3 Justin Pauole 4 Jacob Jokela 5 Travis Seltenreich 6 Montique Edwards 7 Merlin Hyland
d
1 Jesse Stewart 2 Ben Spear 3 Jeff Marlatt 4 Patrick Fisher 5 Daniel Jones 6 Jeremiah Davenport 7 Ethan Grant
hero
1 Marcus Richard 2 Justin Pauole 3 Patrick Fisher
junior
1 Evan Toupin 2 Samuel Roberts 3 Ethan Grant

WOMEN'S BODYBUILDING

open
1 Raniece Hardy
wheelchair
1 Katherine Haggard

WOMEN'S PHYSIQUE

open
1 Raniece Hardy 2 Erin Young 3 Megan Knight 4 Andrea Zanto 5 Rebecca Englar 6 Jo Ann Eldredge
masters 35+
1 Megan Knight 2 Rebecca Englar 3 Jennifer Clem
masters 45+
1 Andrea Zanto 2 Sheryl Guyon 3 Jo Ann Eldredge
hero
1 Rebecca Englar

WOMEN'S WELLNESS

overall winner
Holland Wheaton
novice
1 Kimberly Girmus 2 Jessica Baken 3 Cherish Summers 4 Heather Yu 5 Megan Knight 6 Tiffani Brook 7 Maurcrei Thibodeaux
true novice
1 Kimberly Girmus
masters 35+
1 Cherish Summers 2 Megan Knight
masters 45+
1 Kelly Long 2 Tanya Tooze 3 Maurcrei Thibodeaux
a
1 Holland Wheaton 2 Jordyn Osborne 3 Erin Young 4 Cherish Summers 5 Heather Yu 6 Megan Knight
b
1 Chantal Sanford 2 Adilene Navarro Tinsley 3 Mackenzie Donovan 4 Jessica Baken 5 Kimberly Girmus 6 Kelly Long
hero
1 Jessica Baken

FIT MODEL

overall winner
Dalia Martinez
novice a
1 Dalia Martinez 2 Mi Trinh 3 Sydney Smith 4 Judy Duong 5 Manuela Pardo Bedoya 6 Michelle Pickles 7 Tawny Fajardo 8 Annalisa Grice
novice b
1 Justice Walton 2 Chelsie Miller 3 Katharine Johnson 4 Ayda Sharkey 5 Sandy Dasalla 6 Blake Parks 7 Eleni Willis
true novice
1 Dalia Martinez 2 Sydney Smith 3 Devyani Sharma 4 Manuela Pardo Bedoya 5 Annalisa Grice 6 Taryn Morgan
masters 35+
1 Shauna Johnson 2 Arielle Deyampert 3 Devyani Sharma 4 Michelle Pickles 5 Tawny Fajardo 6 Krissy Wells 7 Eleni Willis
masters 45+
1 Natalie Dodd 2 Merryn Roberts-Huntley 3 Krissy Wells 4 Eleni Willis
a
1 Dalia Martinez 2 Mi Trinh 3 Shauna Johnson 4 Michelle Pickles 5 Judy Duong 6 Manuela Pardo Bedoya 7 Tawny Fajardo
b
1 Milagro Sevilla 2 Sydney Smith 3 Arielle Deyampert 4 Rocio Cisneros Toscano 5 Natalie Dodd 6 Krissy Wells 7 Taryn Morgan
c
1 Justice Walton 2 Chelsie Miller 3 Katharine Johnson 4 Ayda Sharkey 5 Sandy Dasalla 6 Blake Parks 7 Annalisa Grice
junior
1 Mi Trinh 2 Ayda Sharkey 3 Annalisa Grice

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