I noticed something interesting while reviewing Allen Fortney’s contest history

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http://musclememory.com/show.php?c=Nationals+-+NPC&y=2002

2002 Nationals

Look who placed 14th in the heavyweight division 

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2002 Nationals - NPC



Overall Winner Toney Freeman

Super-HeavyWeight
1     Toney Freeman
2     David Palumbo
3     Mat DuVall
4     Edward Moyzan
5     Allen Fortney
6     Anthony Brogno
7     Raoul Fulcher
8     Michael Horn
9     Christopher Bennett
10     Bill Wilmore
11     Wondell LeFlore
12     Rusty Jeffers
13     Jason Bard
14     Albert Foster
15     Lorenzo Alderette
16     Korbie N'Tiforo

HeavyWeight
1     Jojo Ntiforo
2     David Watson
3     Thomas Rieke
4     Franklin Roberson
5     Sebastian Zona
6     Mark Perry
7     Abbas Khatami
8     Jonathan Rowe
9     Mike Dragna
10     John Meadows
11     Terence Hairston
12     Jeff Dwelle
13     Leon Parker
14     Shawn Rhoden
15     Greg Davis
16     James Wynn

Light-HeavyWeight
1     Michael Valentino
2     Krisna Dim
3     Prince Fontenot
4     Rashid Shabazz
5     Eddie Linda
6     Faramarz Aghazadeh
7     Capriese Murray
8     Brian Chamberlain
9     William Owens
10     Mark Natalli
11     Joe Mazzone
12     Sonny Thomason
13     Jason Benjamin
14     Tommy L Brown
15     Mark Christensen
16     Vincent Brihm
-     Tomas Ibarra

MiddleWeight
1     David Henry
2     Richard Jackson
3     Robert Kreider
4     Kevin Bunn
5     Robert Evans
6     Robert Garcia
7     Michael Broadway
8     Lorenzo Jones
9     Bobby Holmes
10     Jack Guyette Jr
11     Garret Anway
12     Eryk Bui
13     Jimmy Canyon
14     Eric Anderson (1)
15     Benjie Greaves
16     Joshua Fred

LightWeight
1     Derik Farnsworth
2     Chickel Azor
3     Alexander Ferraro
4     Roland Aki
5     John Traynor
6     Henderson Gordon
7     Daniel Stern
8     Julio Navarro
9     Michael Matassi
10     Cheung Teav
11     Van Nguyen
12     Hector Cruz Vasquez
13     Carlen Charleston
14     Kevin Ofurum
15     Manuel Vigil

BantamWeight
1     Clifton Torres
2     Johnny McKnight
3     Randy Jackson (2)
4     Eric Yamashita
5     Michael Wick
6     Alan Terrell
7     Heath Warren
8     Martin Burger
9     Victor DelCampo
10     Roland Huff
11     James Ferreri
12     Jonathan Hunt (1)
13     Roy Bacani
14     Rashad Hood
15     Tim Sahr

[Matt]

Damn!! I didn't know that Shawn has been at it for so long!

[Matt]

Check this one out:

http://musclememory.com/show.php?c=Team+Universe+Championships+-+NPC&y=1999

[visualizeperfection]

Yes, he continued training and pumping drugs till eventually his placing a were higher. Very bold strategy, wonder if anyone else has tried that method.