Nicole Wilkins sweeps at Team U

It's only fitting that Nicole Wilkins chose to wear a Wonder Woman costume during her fitness routine, because she pulled off something suitable for a superhero at the 2007 Team Universe — an NYC Sweep. Competing in both fitness and figure, Nicole not only won her pro card in each discipline, but she also won the overall in both as well, something I don't believe has even been done before. Jessica Booth of Colorado won a pro card in fitness and figure at the 2005 Team U, but did not capture either of the overall titles.

On the professional side, the striking Zivile Raudoniene took the top spot. Following her were Shannon Meteraud and Jennifer Gates, with all three earning prestigious Olympia bids.

Lost in all of the Nicole Wilkins sweep talk were the 16 — yes, 16 — other competitors that got pro cards in either fitness or figure. They included Jessica Rohm and Bethany Wagner, both winning their classes in fitness, and Maggie Blanchard, Erin Riley and Michelle Mayberry coming in second.

In figure, the class winners were Huong Arcinas, Tara Chandler, Becky Clawson, Krissy Chin, Nicole, and Theresa Anthony. Also winning pro cards and coming in second in their respective classes were Meriza DeGuzman, Tara Alicki, Heather Green, Hazel Nelson, Stacy Clary and Melissa Griffin.

Yep, the professional figure world just got a whole lot bigger. And just wait until after the USAs in two weeks!

Congrats to all of the winners.. and also congrats to Jodi Miller for winning her lightweight bodybuilding class, after making the (successful) transition from figure after last year's USAs.

Check out coverage at the usual suspects (not here).. Bodybuilding.com, HardFitness, and Muscular Development.

IFBB Cal Pro and NPC figure results

Sonia wins again!

Here's how the Cal Pro finished up, placing-wise:

1 Sonia Adcock USA 5 5 10
2 Mary Jo Cooke-Elliott USA 12 12 24
3 Felicia Romero USA 15 13 28
4 Cheri Lewis USA 20 22 42
5 Chastity Slone USA 23 24 47
6 Pauline Nordin Sweden 34 37 71
7 Nicole Pitcher-Scott England 37 35 72
8 Zhanna Rotar USA 37 37 74
9 Kristi Tauti USA 44 47 91
10 Kristin Gomes USA 50 46 96
11 Sherie Salvadori USA 59 64 123
12 Milamar Sarcev USA 62 62 124
13 Juliana Malacarne Brazil 65 66 131
14 Waleska Valle USA 72 65 137
15 Rosa Maria Romero Australia 67 80 147
16 Consi Shirlaw USA 80 75 155
17 Leslie Morris USA 79 80 159
18 Dina Dela Liana USA 80 80 160
18 Christine Mehling Canada 80 80 160
18 Masae Tagami Japan 80 80 160
18 Angela Toriesky USA 80 80 160

On the NPC side, congrats to San Diego's Jessica Troha for winning the overall figure crown. Well, technically she and Sonia both won swords instead of crowns. Other class winners (in order of height) included Brie Zentil, Elissa Schlichter, Maria Rogers and Ifeyinwa Nzerem.

Check out Muscular Development for their coverage of the Cal Pro and NPC shows.

For those of you that were on the blog while the contest was going on got to see a bit of live coverage of the callouts, including photos. Thats something I'll try to keep doing in the future, when possible. Hope you liked it.. that is, if anyone even saw it!

2007 Pittsburgh Pro results

The results are in for the Pittsburgh Pro, and congrats to San Diego's own Sonia Adcock for taking the title in 2007. Ever since I saw Sonia on stage at the local level, I knew she had it, so its cool to see her take it to the next level and start racking up some pro wins. Personally, I think she has "figure icon" written all over her, but maybe that just me and my bias talking.

Anyways, here are the results.. good to see some new names in the Top 10:

1. Sonia Adcock
2. Bernadette Galvan
3. Amy Fry
4. Elisha Archibald
5. Shannon Meteraud
6. Amy Peters
7. Amy Pitcher-Scott
8. Elizabeth White-Lamm
9. Cheri Lewis
10. Natalie Benson
11. Shelby Kodyk-Right
12. Leslie Morris
13. Pauline Nordin
14. Briana Tindall
15. Mari Kudla
16. Irina Mishina
17. Tinamarie Bloomfield
18. Kristen Gomes
19. Rose Romera
20. Jill Laurent
Amber Steinmetz
Kristi Tauti
Pamela York
Janet Koehler
Stephanie Collins
Zena Collins
Nina DiTommaso-Morgan
Juliana Malacarne
Christina Mehling
Petra Mertl

Muscular Development has been on the ball with contest coverage this year, so check out their photos from the event.

2007 Jr USA results

Congrats to Paola Almerico (above) and Valerie Haines for garnering the first pro cards of the year, given at the this Saturday's Jr USAs.

The top five for all the classes were:

Class A
1. Huong Arcinas
2. Melissa Froio
3. Jennifer Gates
4. Jessica Madden-Lyons
5. Sue Upson

Class B
1. Valerie Haines
2. Gale Elie
3. Melody Clere
4. Edith Driver
5. Andrea Ferry

Class C
1. Amy Wilson
2. Erin Heath
3. Krista Gibson
4. Heather Green
5. Jeri Corte

Class D
1. Melissa Pearo
2. Krissy Chin
3. Michele Naylon
4. Toni Harvanek
5. Kristy Stone

Class E
1. Paola Almerico (overall winner)
2. Lauren-Michelle Noah
3. Jan Horn
4. Danielle Edmonds
5. Alecia Rankovic

Class F
1. Melissa Griffin
2. Jessica Wright
3. Nicole Vitale
4. Teresa Anthony
5. Jen Thaler


Fitness Short Class
1. Bethany Wagner (overall winner)
2. Tonya Burkhardt
3. Edith Driver
4. Safiya Johnson
5. Rachel Patton

Fitness Tall Class
1. Desiree Walker
2. Joanne Murphy
3. Melissa Frederyck
4. Leigh Yeager
5. Betty Otaola
6. Tara Carrillo

Be sure to check out Muscular Development's website or Bodybuilding.com for photos of all the competitors.

2007 Max Muscle Naturals coverage posted

Words and photos regarding this Saturday's 2007 NPC Max Muscle Naturals are now up. Pictured below is Noreene Castillo, winner of Class C and the Overall title at the competition.

NPC San Diego (formerly World Gym Classic) report

The full report for the 2007 NPC San Diego show is now up and ready for public consumption. So grab a spork and dig in. Click on the photo below to jump to the coverage.

Congrats to Crystal Lowrey, Nez Zamarano, Susana Genty and Olesya Novik for winning their respective classes in a surprisingly competitive show.