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ON THE COVER: 2005 NPC Southern USA Champions, from left to right: Heather Burtoft, Figure; Jamie Ibone and Anna Clements, Bodybuilding. (Cover Photo by Iaje Photography) (Cover Design by John Stevens)	June 2005
	27th Annual 2005 NPC Southern USA 2005 NPC Gateway Classic 2005 NPC Junior USA 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.

27th Annual 2005 NPC Southern USA

..... The 27th Annual NPC Southern USA, a national qualifier, was held on April 9 at the Edgewater Beach Resort and Convention Center in Panama City Beach under the promotional efforts of West Florida District Chairman, Patrick Sporer.
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..... Veteran competitor Jamie Ibone, 38, of Altamonte Springs captured the middleweight class by a unanimous decision and moved into the final comparisons and pose down and was the pick of the judges for the overall win.
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..... Anna Clements, 41, of Lutz was unopposed in the middleweight class.
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..... Anna moved into the final comparisons and was the pick of the judges for the overall win.
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..... The Figure Division was divided into four height classes and it was Heather Burtoft, 32, of Tallahassee taking the Class A win with all first place votes in each round of competition for a total of 10 points.
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..... Heather then went into the final comparisons and was the pick of the judges for the overall win.

(Photo by Iaje Photography)

2005 NPC Southern USA Champions, from left to right: Anna Clements and Jamie Ibone, Bodybuilding; and Heather Burtoft, Figure.

2005 NPC Gateway Classic

..... Men’s open middleweight winner, Don Bristow of Tampa; women’s open lightweight winner, Angela Mulkin of Gainesville; and figure tall class winner, Corey Block of Merritt Island were victorious in staking claim to their respective overall titles and also boasted bragging rights to the first crowning of Gateway Classic Champions ever.

(Photo by Iaje Photography)

2005 NPC Gateway Classic Champions, from left to right: Angela Mulkin and Don Bristow, Bodybuilding; and Corey Block, Figure.

2005 NPC Junior USA

..... It was a clear, windy and very cool day in Charleston, SC, the site of the 2005 NPC Junior USA Championships at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on April 16, but inside the competition was hot and fierce.
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..... Promoters Tres Bennett, NPC South Carolina Chairman, and Ken Taylor worked hard promoting this event and the efforts paid off with a total of 181 athletes competing and a capacity audience.
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..... Lakeland Florida’s Byron English cameon stage at a weight of 234 pounds to dominate the superheavyweight class by taking all first place votes from the judges for the class win.
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..... Byron then entered the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again captured all first place votes for the unanimous victory.
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..... In the Women’s Division it was Jodi Coy of Greenville, SC taking all first place votes in the middleweight class for the class win.
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..... Jodi moved into the final comparisons and pose down and once again took all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous overall victory.
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..... The Fitness Division was divided into two height classes with a total of 13 athletes competing.
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..... Katie Szep of Highlands, NJ scored a three-round total of 42 points for the short class win.
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..... Katie then went into the final comparisons and took all first place votes from the judges for the overall win.
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..... The Figure Division was divided into four height classes.
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..... Laura Sutter of Columbia, MD scored a two-round total of 11 points to take the Class C win.
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..... Laura went into the final comparisons and emerged with the majority of first place votes from the judges for the overall win.

(Photo by Pete Fancher)

2005 NPC Junior USA Champions, from left to right: Laura Sutter, Figure; Jodi Coy and Byron English, Bodybuilding; and Katie Szep, Fitness.

Promoters of the 2005 NPC Junior USA Championships, Ken Taylor and South Carolina chairman Tres Bennett.

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