Southern Muscle Plus

ON THE COVER: 2002 NPC Southern USA Champions from left to right: Mike Degen, bodybuilding; Ellen Woodley, bodybuilding; and Sarah Palmer, Figure. (Cover Photo by Peter W. Potter) (Cover Design by John Stevens)	June 2002
	2002 NPC Atlanta Championships 2002 NPC East Tennessee Volunteer 2002 NPC Southern USA 2002 NPC Eastern States 2002 NPC Metrolina 2002 NPC Body Max Classic 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 Atlanta Championships

..... The 2002 NPC Atlanta Bodybuilding Championships were held on April 27 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta under the promotion of Ken "Doc" Neely and his Doc's Sports.

.....Shane Goodman, 28, of Kennesaw, GA made his contest debut by taking the middleweight class by a majority decision and moved in the finals to take the overall title.

.....Monika Burke, 36, of Marietta, GA was also making her first contest appearance and took the middleweight class by a unanimous decision and after the final comparisons and posedown of the class winners was the pick of the judges for the overall title.

Monica Burke
Middleweight Winner
Open Overall Champion

Shane Goodman
Middleweight Winner
Open Overall Champion

2002 NPC East Tennessee Volunteer

..... The first show of the 2002 season for Tennessee, the 2002 NPC East Tennessee Volunteer Bodybuilding Championships, were held on March 30 in Kingsport under the promotion of Steve Kyker.

.....Clay Spires, 37, of Knoxville, took a one point decision, 5 to 6, over second placed Jeff Cassidy to take the heavyweight class win and moved into the finals and was the pick of the judges for the overall title.

.....Rebecca Roberts was unopposed in the Women's Division and took the heavyweight class and the overall title.

(Photo by Pat Collard)

Clay Spires
Heavyweight Winner
Open Overall Champion

2002 NPC Southern USA

..... This year's 2002 NPC Southern USA Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships, a national qualifier, took place on April 10 in the Marina Civic Center in Panama City and was promoted by Florida West District Chairman Pat Sporer and his Healthworld Gym along with Chuck Bond of Allstate and Legends of Tallahassee.

.....A record number of competitors - 84 - came from all over Florida plus a large contingency from Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. The guest poser was Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman who helped swell the crowd to near capacity for the evening show.

..... Promoter Pat Sporer, a bit tired and grinning from ear-to-ear at the end of the show remarked, "It was our best show to date."

..... Mike Degen, 27, of Boca Raton, was making a come-back after a multi-year absence and took the superheavyweight class by a unanimous decision.

..... The final comparison and posedown between the class winners had the superheavyweight winner Mike Degen scoring another unanimous decision to take the overall title.

..... The Women's Division featured some excellent competition.

..... Ellen Woodley of Orlando, the 2001 NPC Central Florida District Champion, weighed in at 114 pounds and captured the lightweight class win by scoring a unanimous decision.

..... The final comparisons and posedown between the class winners resulted in lightweight class winner Ellen Woodley taking the majority of the judges votes for the overall win.

..... The Women's Figure Division was divided into two height classes, short and tall.

..... Sarah Palmer, 26, of Panama City was the winner of both swim-suit rounds of the competition to take the win in the short class. In the tall class twenty-two-year old Amber Wazlauek of Panama City won both swim-suit rounds to take the class win.

(Story and Photos by Peter W. Potter)

2002 NPC Southern USA Champions from left to right: Mike Degen, bodybuilding; Sarah Palmer, Figure; and Ellen Woodley, bodybuilding.

2002 NPC Eastern States

..... The 2002 NPC Eastern States was held in Bristol, TN on April 13 at the Paramount Theater under the promotional efforts of Bryan Hayworth and Tri-City Total Fitness.

..... A total of 39 athletes competed in the bodybuilding and figure championships.

..... The Men's Open Division saw Aaron Faire dominate the lightheavyweight class with a unanimous win and after moving into the finals was selected by the judges as the overall champion.

..... The Women's Division saw Laura Brown take a unanimous decision over second placed Veronica Lanterman, the 2001 NPC Knox Classic Champion.

..... Laura moved into the finals to take the overall title after a final comparison and posedown with the heavyweight class winner Rebecca Roberts, who was unopposed in that class.

..... The Figure Division had two classes - - short and tall - - and Beth Borelli won the both rounds of competition, two-piece and one-piece swimsuit, to take the short class win and moved into the finals against tall class winner Nina Ditammaso to take the overall title.

Aaron Faire
Lightheavyweight Winner
Open Overall Champion

2002 NPC Metrolina

..... The 2002 NPC Metrolina Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships were held on April 27 under the promotion of Roger and Casey Morrison and Morrison Productions. ..... The 2001 Metrolina set a record with 64 competitors and this year's event before a capacity audience at the Jay M. Robinson auditorium set another record with a total of 80 competitors. ..... Malcolm Marshall of Winston-Salem, NC dominated the heavyweight class and moved into the finals and was the choice of the judges for the overall title. ..... Thirty-six-year-old Donna White of Southern Pines, NC was making her contest debut by taking the middleweight class and after the final comparisons and posedown was declared the overall winner. ..... The Fitness Division was divided into two height classes and Kristy Stone, 27, of Charlotte, who was competing for the first time, took the tall class and moved into the finals and was chosen as the overall winner. ..... The Figure Division was divided into two height classes and Stacea Leone faced 8 other competitors in the tall class to emerge as the winner of the class and went into the finals to take the overall. (Photos by Pat Collard)	Malcolm Marshall Heavyweight Winner Open Overall Champion	Donna White Middleweight Winner Open Overall Champion
	Stacia Leone Figure Champion	Kristy Stone Fitness Champion

2002 NPC Body Max Classic

..... The 2nd Annual NPC Body Max Classic began the contest season in the Florida Central District on April 13 at the Forest High School Auditorium in Ocala under the promotion of Scott Kalb.

..... The 2001 Body Max Classic drew a total of 19 athletes and this yearâ??s event drew a total of 50 athletes.

..... Twenty-seven-year-old Cham Pierre of Ocala dominated the lightheavyweight class with a unanimous decision and moved into the finals to take the overall title.

..... Forty-two-year-old Lynn Foster of Ocala was making her contest debut by taking the lightweight class by a unanimous decision and after the final comparisons and posedown was the choice of the judges for the overall win.

..... The Figure Division had 10 entrants and thirty-nine-year-old Jill Flynn of Lakeland took round one (two-piece swimsuit) with 11 points to win the round and round two (one-piece swimsuit) was tied with Laurie Wiggins, 28, of New Port Richey, with 12 points each. Jill had a total of 26 points to take the overall win.

(Doris Barrilleaux Photo)

2002 NPC Body Max Classic Champions Cham Pierre, bodybuilding, and Jill Flynn, Figure.

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