Southern Muscle Plus - January 2002

ON THE COVER: 2002 NPC Sunshine Classic Champion, from left to right: Rick Rosello, bodybuilding; Christina Passi, bodybuilding; and Zena Steen, Figure. (Cover Photo by Peter W. Potter) (Cover Design by John Stevens)	January 2002
	2002 NPC American Classic 2002 NPC Sunshine Classic 2002 NPC Wheelchair Nationals 2002 NPC Capital City 2002 Northwest Florida District Championships More articles are available only in the printed magazine. Pick up a copy at your favorite gym, health club, fitness center or health food store; or to be sure of getting a copy each month, subscriptions are available.

2002 NPC American Classic

..... The first national qualifier of the year for Alabama, the 2002 NPC American Bodybuilding Classic, was held on March 23 at the Alabama Theater in Birmingham under the promotion of Charlie Lindsey. Todd Elder of Northport, AL took the lightheavyweight class and moved into the final comparisons and posedown to take the overall title. Rachel Camp of Albertville, AL was making her contest debut and took the heavyweight class and the overall title. The Fitness Division was divided into two height classes and twenty-seven-year-old Michelle Woodward of Decatur, GA was making her contest debut and was unopposed in the short class and after the final comparisons was the choice of the judges for the overall. The Figure Division had six entrants and twenty-one-year-old Joelle Tyler of Pelham, AL was the choice of the judges for the win. Joelle is 5’8” tall and trained for 3-months for this event.	Rachel Camp heavyweight winner open overall champion	Todd Elder lighheavyweight winner open overall champion
	Michelle Woodward Fitness Champion	Joelle Tyler Figure Champion

2002 NPC Sunshine Classic

..... The 20th annual NPC Sunshine Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships were held on March 16 at the William T. Dwyer Auditorium in Palm Beach Gardens under the promotion of Frank Dalto and his Mother Nature’s Pantry health food stores. Thirty-five-year-old Rick Rosello of Miami faced nine competitors in the lightheavyweight class and emerged as the class winner to move on to the finals where he took the majority of the votes for the overall win. Christina Passi, 24, of West Palm Beach, made her contest debut by taking the lightweight class unanimously and moving into the finals to take the overall title. The Figure Division had three height classes with nine competitors. Zena Steen, 29, of Palm Beach Gardens took rounds one and two unanimously to take the short class win and after the final comparisons between the class winners was the pick of the judges for the overall title.

(Photos by Peter W. Potter)

2002 NPC Sunshine Classic Champions, from left to right: Christina Passi, bodybuilding; Rick Rosello, bodybuilding; and Zena Steen, Figure.

2002 NPC Wheelchair Nationals

..... The 200 NPC Wheelchair Nationals were held at the William T. Dwyer Auditorium in Palm Beach Gardens on March 16 under the promotion of Frank Dalto and his Mother Nature’s Pantry. The event was held in conjunction with the Sunshine Classic. A total of 16 athletes competed in the masters and open classes. Carlo Trent, 30, of Kennewick, WA dominated the lightheavyweight class with a unanimous decision for the class win and moved into the finals to take the overall title. Carlo has been weight training for five years and works out at the Universe Gym in Kennewick.

Carlo Trenti

lightheavyweight winner

2002 NPC Wheelchair National Champion

2002 NPC Capital City

..... The 2002 Capital City Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships were held on March 30 at the Moon in Tallahassee under the promotion of Adam Odgen and D & A Nutrition stores of Tallahassee. Twenty-six-year-old Marshall Mayo of Orange Park, FL was making his contest debut and took the heavyweight class with a unanimous decision and moved into the finals to take a 6 to 9 win for the overall title. Willeena Woodall, 28, of Perry, FL took the heavyweight class also by a unanimous decision - - and with no other classes having competitors, took the overall title. The Figure Division had 10 entrants and Jennifer Thomas, 28, of Colorado Springs, CO dominated rounds one and two to take the title. Jennifer is 5’1” tall and has been weight training for only 18 months and works out at the World Gym in Colorado Springs. (Doris Barrilleaux Photos)	Marshall Mayo heavyweight winner open overall champion	Willeena Woodall heavyweight winner open overall champion
	Jennifer Thomas Figure Champion

2002 Northwest Florida District Championships

..... The 2002 NPC Northwest Florida District Bodybuilding Championships were held on March 30 in Tallahassee under the promotion of Adam Odgen and D & A Nutrition at the Moon. Thirty-one-year-old Steve Pfiester of Tallahassee dominated the heavyweight class by taking the class unanimously and after the final comparisons and posedown edged out the lightweight winner by a score of 5 - 2 to take the overall title. Willeena Woodall, 28, of Perry, was unopposed in the heavyweight class and moved into the finals to take the overall unanimously.

(Doris Barrilleaux Photos)

Steve Pfiester

heavyweight winner

open overall champion

Willeena Woodall - Click for Larger Image

Willeena Woodall

heavyweight winner

open overall champion

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