Review of The 2003 NPC

NC State

Bodybuilding Championships

The 2003 NPC North Carolina State Championships was a battle till  the end and as usual, our talent came out in full force to provide an exciting competition.  Many of the finalist who qualified are heading to Charleston for the Jr. USA championships coming up April 12^th.

North Carolina will be extremely competitive at that event and I look forward to seeing many of our competitors bring home some hardware!

Our Figure competition was divided up into two classes, Class A, under 5’3” and Class B Over 5’3”.  Both divisions had 6 entries and the top 5 qualified for National level competition. 

Placing's went as follows:

            Class A

                        5^th Place           Susan Lennon

                        4^th Place           Kristen Lowe

                        3^rd Place           Amy Stearns

                        2^nd Place          Tammy Jolly

                        1^st Place           Katrina Embry

            Class B

                        5^th Place           Lisa Brewer

                        4^th Place           Amy Huber

                        3^rd Place           Julie Childress

                        2^nd Place          Stephanie Braxton

                        1^st Place           April Jacobs

Overall Winner April Jacobs

Congratulations to all the finalist and to April in her first Figure competition.  April was our State Fitness Overall winner in 1999.  She is planning on competing in the Jr. USA coming up in Charleston.

The Fitness division also was divided into Class A and B.

Placing's went as follows:

            Class A

                        2^nd        Kristen Lowe

                        1^st        Tonya Burkhardt

            Class B

                        1^st        Leslie Newton

Overall Winner Tonya Burkhardt

The Women's Open division was divided into 3 weight Classes.  The top 2 in each class qualify for National Competition.  Ann Dana, runner up in the lightweights last year, moved up a weight class.  Ann won the middleweights in a tough 1 point decision battle over Lisa Jolly.  She then went on to win the Overall title. Ann will be competing in the Jr. USA.

            Light Weight up to and including 118

                        5^th Place           Marilyn Long

                        4^th Place           Amy Spears

                        3^rd Place           Britt Miller

                        2^nd Place          Denise Shepherd

                        1^st Place           Karin Adkins

            Middle Weight 118 ¼ up to and including 132

                        3^rd Place           Diane Mumford

                        2^nd Place          Lisa Jolly

                        1^st Place           Ann Dana

            Heavy Weight over 132

                        3^rd Place           Victoria Paylor

                        2^nd Place          Pamela Rodgers

                        1^st Place           Gloria Mc Knight

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The Men’s Open competition was very competitive as usual.  The top 2 in each weight class qualifies for National competition and may were here just to do that for the upcoming Jr. USA championships in Charleston, SC.

The Light Heavyweights were packed full with 20 contestants!!!  Van Anthony, a veteran competitor on North Carolina physique contests and a former Masters State Champion took a one point decision over North Carolina’s newest rising star, Shaun Crump.  Both Van and Shaun looked great!  The judges battled on their two physiques with Van getting the nod on this day.  Exciting to know that they will be both battling it out again on stage at the Jr.USA’s next week and I hope North Carolina comes away with a one two finish there also  with these two great champions.  The Overall was another battle.  All the class winners looked great.  In the end Van Anthony was crowned the 2003 Overall NC State Champion.

Congratulations to all the competitors and good luck in future contests.

Bantamweight- up to and including 143 ¼

                        3^rd Place           Adam Bolen

                        2^nd Place          DiCarlos Ford

                        1^st Place           Brent Woods

Lightweight- 143 ½ up to and including 154 ¼

                        5^th Place           Larry Anderson

                        4^th Place           John Turner

                        3^rd Place           Dana Lassiter

                        2^nd Place          Tony Harris

                        1^st Place           Patrick Richardson

Middleweight- 154 ½ and up to including 176 ¼

                        5^th Place           Scott Masten

                        4^th Place           Walt Brandenburg

                        3^rd Place           Rich Burke

                        2^nd Place          Milton Ward

                        1^st Place           Marc Jacobs

Light Heavyweight- 176 ½ up to and including 198 ¼

                        5^th Place           Patterson Bryant

                        4^th Place           Owen Lucas

                        3^rd Place           Jason Wojciechowski

                        2^nd Place          Shaun Crump

                        1^st Place           Van Anthony

Heavyweight- 198 ½ up to and including 225 ¼

                        4^th Place           Monte Nichols

                        3^rd Place           Keith Brown

                        2^nd Place          Dennis Hurst

                        1^st Place           Mike Wolbert

Super Heavyweight- 225 ½ +

                        5^th Place           Brian Rockhart

                        4^th Place           Patrick McCoy

                        3^rd Place           Mark Ray

                        2^nd Place          Stephen Greenbaum

                        1^st Place           Malcolm Marshall

Overall- Light Heavyweight-                 Van Anthony

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