OK.. I just got a report from a very well trusted source who has seen well over 6000 routines and was at this show and the Arnold. This is what was sent to me. Sorry about the typos etc..I just cut and pasted.1st
The biggest prob was the placing of Mindi OBrien and Maria Allegro. Maria was called out first round and Mindi in the second. Somehow Mindi got called up to place in the first set of girls and Maria got moved back to middle of second without being compared to each other.
2nd
Heidi's routine
It is hard to believe that a group of non-druged adults all scored her 2nd straight across. Same Arnold routine not better not worse same.Not to to come across as harsh but she needs some time. It was middle of the pack well hell maybe upper middle but got straight across 2nd and was not better than Mindi no way and i mean nooooooooway!
3rd
Manion Theory. This is not even possible, if it was rigged why not conceal it better and make it close and as far as that goes why not Angie Semsch instead of Amy Haddad?
she is a Manion girl and no check and a Julie S 1st angie s 2nd and Heidi 3rd would look much better and get an all manion line-up.
SO WHAT HAPPENDED?
?
New judges or math error (maybe the had curious george doing the math!)
JudgesThere mostly non-seasond judges . Why this was the case I have no idea. This is a good show but the judges will be pulled thin this year with all the figure and fitness shows. Frank Seppe's
(sp?) 1st IFBB judged show (where is his expertise in
fitness??) Rich Gaspari and several others I did not recognize.
no Bev F, no Steve W no Tuman, no Rockell, no Sandy, no Carol S. How about having judges that have seen a fitness show before and not have to disccus with one another about the outcome.
MathJust looked weird on the scores the callouts vs the placings?
? sometimes with expert judges they will buck the callouts some, but as explained no EXPERTS here and A SEMSCH called out 1st solid but from there is was a mess Julie S callout like 4th or 5th in 2 piece then moved up to tie for first???
Mindi was called out in 2nd call outs Maria A callout in 2nd then they were switched
??and on and on.....
I could go on for hours but just a weird night to say the least on this stuff but to wrap it up I'll with the biggest ripoffs and the biggest gifts:
BIGGEST RIPOFFS:
Katie Szep not getting best routine (or atleast top 3)
Angie Semsch not getting solid 1st in body (tied for 2nd and tied for 1st???)
Mindi O not getting 2nd in routine
Biggest gift:
Heidi 2nd finish in routine?
? no way a group of non-drinking adults could it this way. Her routine was not better or different, from the arnold and not better than Mindi, Katie s, Sandy grant, Angie s, or Elizabeth M. this was prolly the biggest gift of all time. I am not saying she is not talented, but that routine was just bad regardless of who did it.