Southern Muscle Plus - February 2004

ON THE COVER: 2003 NPC Southeastern USA Champions, from left to right: Krisha Moore, Figure; Kirsin Tran and Marcus Haley, Bodybuilding; and Edith Driver, Fitness. (Cover Photo by Iaje Photography) (Cover Design by John Stevens)	February 2004
	2003 NPC Southeastern USA 2003 NPC Mountaineer 2003 NPC Gulf Coast 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.

2003 NPC Southeastern USA

..... The 2003 NPC Southeastern USA Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships were held at the Orlando Expo Center on September 26 - 27 under a new promoter, James Goad.
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..... The Fitness and Figure prejudging was held on Friday evening at the Expo Center.
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..... Thirty-year-old Marcus Haley of Tampa took the superheavyweight class by a unanimous decision.
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..... After completion of the final comparisons and pose down there was a tie between Marcus Haley and lightheavyweight winner Sean Mong with 11 points each.
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..... The highs and lows were added back in and Marcus Haley was declared the overall champion.
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..... Kirstin Tran, 39, of Sarasota was coming off of her Gulf Coast win to take the lightweight class by a unanimous decision.
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..... Kirstin went into the finals and once again scored all first place votes from the judges to take the overall title.
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..... The Fitness Division only had two entrants in the short class and Edith Driver, 31, of Sarasota took all first place votes in each of the three rounds of competition to take the overall title.
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..... The Figure Division had three classes with a total of 37 competitors.
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..... Class B (medium) had a total of eight entrants and twenty-five-year-old Krisha Moore of Safety Harbor took all first place votes in each round of the competition for a two-round total of 10 points to take the class win.
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..... Kirsha then moved into the finals to take the decision of the judges for the overall win.

(Photo by Iaje Photography)

2003 NPC Southeastern USA Champions, from left to right: Krisha Moore, Figure; Kirstin Tran and Marcus Haley, Bodybuilding; and Edith Driver, Fitness.

2003 NPC Mountaineer

..... The 2003 NPC Mountaineer, a national qualifier, was held on September 27 at the Appalachian State University in Boone, NC under the promotion of Roger Morrison and Morrison Productions.
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..... Joseph Barker, 26, of Harmony, NC took the superheavyweight class by a unanimous decision and moved into the finals to capture his first overall win.
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..... Forty-seven-year-old Kathy Sigmon of Stateville, NC was the unanimous choice of the judges for the heavyweight class win and after the final comparisons and posedown was the pick of the judges for the overall title.
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..... The Fitness Division had three height classes and Annie Lomax, 24, of Easley, SC was unopposed in Class B and moved into the finals to take the overall win in her second contest appearance.
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..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes and it was thirty-four-year-old Lisa Jolly of Raleigh, NC making her contest debut by taking the Class B win with a two round total of 12 points.
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..... Lisa then moved into the finals and was the pick of the judges for the overall win.

(Photo by Patrick Collard)

2003 NPC Mountaineer Champions, from left to right: Annie Lomax, Fitness; Joseph Barker, standing, and Kathy Sigmon, kneeling, Bodybuilding; and Lisa Jolly, Figure.

2003 NPC Gulf Coast

..... The 2nd Annual 2003 NPC Gulf Coast Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships were held in Ft. Myers at the Bishop Verot High School Auditorium under the promotion of Matt DiRenzo and Intense Promotions.
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..... Veteran competitor Lorenzo Newton, 37, of Seminole took the lightheavyweight class by a unanimous decision then moved into the finals to take the overall win by receiving all first place votes from the judges.
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..... Thirty-nine-year-old Kristin Tran of Sarasota took all first place votes to take the lightweight class win and after the final comparisons and pose down was declared the overall winner by a unanimous decision.
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..... Fifteen-year-old Jessika Coelho of Sarasota was unopposed in the Fitness Division.
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..... The Figure Division had a total of six entries and Jennifer Yamada, 30, of Sarasota accumulated a two-round total of 13 points to take the title.

(Photo by Pete Fancher)

2003 NPC Gulf Coast Champions, from left to right: Jennifer Yamada, Figure; Kirstin Tran and Lorenzo Newton, Bodybuilding; and Jessika Coelho, Fitness.

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