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November 11, 2006
Your overall 2006 Nationals champion is...
...about to be announced. We are going through the mandatory poses right now, and then they will pose down.
Stan and Lionel are top-flight bodybuilders, but if Desmond doesn't take this title, we need to ask for a recount. And not a Florida-style recount either.
The winner is Desmond Miller. No recount necessary.
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Men's Nationals Super Heavyweight Finals
Based on callouts yesterday, this class is between Desmond Miller and Evan Centopani. We'll see who comes out on top after the top five pose.
First up, Jerome Ferguson. He's promised not to do his "Who Let The Dogs Out" routine ... let's see if he sticks to it.
So far, so good...
Nope, didn't do it. Oddly, I actually missed it. Maybe next time.
Second up is Desmond Miller. He was fourth in this class at last year's Nationals, and won the 2005 Eastern USAs. Honestly, give this guy the overall now. He's that good.
24 year old Evan Centopani is up. Lots of potential in this kid, who's competing in only his third NPC show. He was the overall champ at this year's Jr. Nationals, and also won the 2005 Atlantic States overall title. His arms are ridiculous ... in a good way. Give him some more sizeable legs, and we'll see him in the pros.
Stokely Palmer, long-time competitor who turned promoter this year (the Atlantic City Pro), is in the top five. He's from West Orange, New Jersey, and should be a familiar name to anyone who's been following the sport for awhile. He's a veteran, and most recently finished fourth at the 2005 North American championships in this class. His conditioning is off from where it was yesterday.
Last finalist is Ben White from Albany, New York. Weighed in at 231.
The top five awards, presented by Ronnie Coleman, who just announced he indeed will compete at the 2007 Olympia.
5) Jerome Ferguson
4) Ben White
3) Stokely Palmer
2) Evan Centopani
1) Desmond Miller
Evan's going to be a force to reckon with in the future, but Desmond was way too damn good on this night.
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Men's Nationals Heavyweight Finals
Top five posing routines.
First up is Randy Moore of Water Valley, Mississippi.
Second to pose, Shaun Crump of Cresco, Pennsylvania. He's using a ballad, but he does have the fluid, smooth moves to pull it off (unlike most bodybuilders who try to pose to slow music).
Third is Adorthus Cherry, he of the big arms and shoulders. He made a great run at this year's USA's, where he was third among heavyweights. Could have the best shoulders in the show.
Lionel Brown is up.He was second at the 2006 USA's in this class, and fourth at the 2005 USAs. He's been knocking at the pro door, and now wants to finally break through. The judging is over (unless they re-open), but Brown isn't quite on his game conditioning-wise tonight.
DeShaun Grimez rounds out the top five. From Lake Forest, California, he weighed in at 225, right at the upper limit of this class.
Top five awards:
5) DeShaun Grimez
4) Shaun Crump
3) Randy Moore
2) Adorthus Cherry
1) Lionel Brown
If it was judged tonight and not last night, Cherry would have probably won this class. Congratulations to Lionel, who's been fighting long and hard for the pro card, and now finally has it.
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Men's Nationals Light-Heavyweight Finals
The best class of this year's Nationals is now up. This should be a tough fight, and precontest favorite Stan McQuay, while in the top three, may not find himself in first at the end of the proceedings.
First finalist from Canoga Park, California, McQuay. In 2002, he was first in the middleweight class at the USAs.
Next is Kert McLean from Brooklyn. He was the 2003 Eastern USA overall champion. A stellar physique.
Third up is Charles Dixon, who was a disappointing ninth at this year's USA's back in July. He's much improved here. He weighed in at 198 1/4, at the very upper limit of this class. One cheeseburger and he would've been a heavyweight.
Fourth to pose is Michael Yablon of New York, giving up 10 pounds to Dixon at 188. To make the top five in this class is an accomplishment, as it was deep with quality 1-10.
TJ Hewitt rounds out the group.
Top 5 Winners were:
5) Michael Yablon
4) TJ Hewitt
3) Kert McLean
2) Charles Dixon
1) Stan McQuay
McQuay has an undeniably great physique but Dixon could have easily won this class, the crowd was deeply divided on this result.
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Men's Nationals Middleweight Finals
The top five middleweights are doing routines. First up is Garrett Allin from Las Vegas.
Next is Darron Glenn from Gastonia, North Carolina. Both Glenn and Allin have noteworthy arms. From the front Glenn has a very proportional and solid upper body.
Todd Scott from Moses Lake, Washington is third to pose. There's no truth to the rumor that Moses Lake is split down the middle. (Yes, that one was a major reach. Hey, you try blogging a four hour show...)
Anthony Watkins of Chicago, Illinois is now on stage.
Kevin Creeden from Alaska rounds out the top five. He's the lightest of the top five, at 168 pounds in a class that ranges from 165 to 176. That may not matter, though, as he has the package to win this class.
Top 5:
5) Kevin Creeden ... so lightest of the group was last.
4) Todd Scott
3) Anthony Watkins
2) Darron Glenn
1) Garrett Allin from Las Vegas, 41 years old, is your middleweight champion.
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Nationals Fitness Awards
Women's Fitness Short Class Top five:
5) April Wintle
4) Ozzie Jacobs
3) Maggie Blanchard
2) Michelle Theison
1) Nicole Duncan
The top two in each fitness class turn pro. The practice of giving out pro cards to the top two in each class was presumably started to stock the pond with pro competitors back when they started the sport in the mid-90s, but now it seems like overkill with such a dearth of pro shows to compete in. If only the class winners in bodybuilding get pro cards, it should be same in Fitness and Figure.
Medium Class
5) ShaNay Norvell of Atlanta
4) Tina Durkin
3) Colleen Baldwin of Austin, Texas
2) Angela English of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1) Amy villa Nelson of Brooklyn
Tall Class
5) Nicole Wilkins
4) Sandy Stewart
3) Michelle Mayberry
2) Mandy Polk
1) Liza Hughes
They are judging the three class winners to decide the overall...
The overall champ of the 2006 NPC Nationals is Amy Villa Nelson, the medium-class champ.
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