{"id":1993,"date":"2012-07-27T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T15:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2012-08-12T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T19:04:58","slug":"2012-npc-usas-in-las-vegas-july-27-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/2012\/07\/2012-npc-usas-in-las-vegas-july-27-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 NPC USA&#8217;s in Las Vegas July 27-28th &#8211; Mens Competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 800 competitors will be competing at the 2012 NPC USAs in Las Vegas on July 27th-28th. Prejudging begins on Friday at noon for Men&#8217;s Bodybuilding, followed by Women&#8217;s Bodybuilding, Women&#8217;s Physique and Bikini. Prejudging for Men&#8217;s Physique and Figure will be on Saturday morning. Here is list of some of the male competitors (although not complete) who will be competing.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/npcusa2012big.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/npcusa2012big.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"npcusa2012big\" width=\"600\" height=\"498\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/npcusa2012big.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/npcusa2012big-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mens Bodybuilding is always huge, and this year is no difference. Here are the tentative competitors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Super Heavyweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Lyons<br \/>\nMike Weitzman<br \/>\nJonathan Ward<br \/>\nMax Charles<br \/>\nChristopher Smith<br \/>\nAnthony Hobson<br \/>\nKorbie Nitiforo<br \/>\nMarc-Arthur Dautruchee<br \/>\nChris Gillespie<br \/>\nStephen Frazier<br \/>\nDerek Duszynski<br \/>\nReginald Sargeant<br \/>\nNicholas Trigli<br \/>\nGabriel Moen<br \/>\nSwansen Brent<br \/>\nJosh Wade<br \/>\nZinjun Croon<br \/>\nRicky Collins<br \/>\nMickey Hennessee<br \/>\nRudy Richards<br \/>\nDan Decker<br \/>\nMichael Sheppard<br \/>\nEric Posejpal<br \/>\nRyan Foxx<br \/>\nJosh Barnett<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Heavyweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill Haynes<br \/>\nCody Lewis<br \/>\nRobert Youells<br \/>\nKali Muscle<br \/>\nCaleb Blanchard<br \/>\nAaron Clark<br \/>\nNeko Roberson<br \/>\nTony Ferrhira<br \/>\nMatt Leake<br \/>\nJames Stewart<br \/>\nBrian Case<br \/>\nSteven Kruckenberg<br \/>\nBillie Jones<br \/>\nDorian Haywood<br \/>\nBrady Johnston<br \/>\nJoel Sanchez<br \/>\nRansford Jackson<br \/>\nMatthew Cook<br \/>\nRick Figoni<br \/>\nAnthony Pasquale<br \/>\nJoe Thomas<br \/>\nBrad Rowe<br \/>\nRyan Wendt<br \/>\nAkeim Williams<br \/>\nPJ Braun<br \/>\nJeff Later<br \/>\nLloyd Dollar<br \/>\nJonathan Irizarry<br \/>\nHabib Youssefi<br \/>\nMichael Kawaski<br \/>\nBrian Copeland<br \/>\nRafael Jaramillo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Light Heavyweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Przybyla<br \/>\nTroy Tate<br \/>\nRobert Tristan<br \/>\nAlejandro Cambronero<br \/>\nBrian May<br \/>\nJacob Wilson<br \/>\nCurtis McGovert<br \/>\nMark Smith<br \/>\nCory Mathews<br \/>\nManuel Torres<br \/>\nNorman Aleong<br \/>\nNahum Vizakis<br \/>\nRick Salazar<br \/>\nBrandon Burrows<br \/>\nAndrew Mitchell<br \/>\nEdgar Petrosian<br \/>\nArthur Reed<br \/>\nDarron Glenn<br \/>\nCarlos Pinto<br \/>\nPete Ciccone<br \/>\nAdam Cohen<br \/>\nAnthony Brooks<br \/>\nJerry Jackson<br \/>\nGilbert Martinez<br \/>\nIvan Meraz<br \/>\nAlfredo Velasquez<br \/>\nRyan Martucci<br \/>\nLeo Morales<br \/>\nClayton Johnson<br \/>\nAlex Gonzales<br \/>\nMichael Ralar<br \/>\nScott Turner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Middleweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jose Rivera<br \/>\nChris Hunte<br \/>\nDamon Aviles<br \/>\nLeonardo Padua<br \/>\nRichard Williams<br \/>\nPeter Gal<br \/>\nRobert Wichman<br \/>\nThomas Weisk<br \/>\nAdam Reich<br \/>\nMarshall Bulliner<br \/>\nRyan Walters<br \/>\nStoil Stoilov<br \/>\nBrandon Truckenmiller<br \/>\nAndrew Pietraszewski<br \/>\nKevin Moss<br \/>\nNeko Roberson<br \/>\nEmily Patton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Welterweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julius Rumingan<br \/>\nCharles Curtis<br \/>\nDaniel Marquez<br \/>\nMichael Gracey<br \/>\nThomas Arnone<br \/>\nVictor Del Campo<br \/>\nSteve Karnya<br \/>\nBrandon Williams<br \/>\nDaniel Rocha<br \/>\nJesse Sabater<br \/>\nEddie Foster<br \/>\nHardy Wood<br \/>\nMatthew Johnson<br \/>\nDickens Fenelon<br \/>\nKob Yan<br \/>\nJames Bowe<br \/>\nTimoney Fernandez<br \/>\nDaniel Stern<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Lightweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Dewey<br \/>\nDavid Garcia<br \/>\nKelly Bautista<br \/>\nRamfis Lam<br \/>\nKeith Fells<br \/>\nJohn Dunnegan<br \/>\nPhil Smeath<br \/>\nNhon Ly<br \/>\nPatrick Hurrington<br \/>\nLuis Moreno<br \/>\nMichael Conol<br \/>\nMike McGill<br \/>\nJerry Foss<br \/>\nAndrew Vu<br \/>\nJerry Guiterrez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Bodybuilding Bantamweight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barry Morris<br \/>\nLarry Luna<br \/>\nRobert Chan<br \/>\nWinston Johnson<br \/>\nKaleo Garcia<br \/>\nDean Brown<br \/>\nBrad Wisniewski<br \/>\nRichie Langit<br \/>\nKenny Marrero<br \/>\nJorge Pavon<br \/>\nKristian Floresca<\/p>\n<p>The Mens Physique competition has grown tremendously since it first premi\u00e8red and you never know which competitors will become the next IFBB pros! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Physique Class A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reynaldo Pickwoad<br \/>\nScott Do<br \/>\nEvan Arakawa<br \/>\nShaka Smith<br \/>\nSteve Nandkeshwar<br \/>\nJohn Currie<br \/>\nTyler Anderson<br \/>\nFrank Tran<br \/>\nRaymond Querido<br \/>\nJoseph Adaya<br \/>\nBrian SanAgustin<br \/>\nHumberto Lopez<br \/>\nOusman Cessay<br \/>\nDevan Pina<br \/>\nMichael Murray<br \/>\nDaymond Sewall<br \/>\nTai Tran<br \/>\nMoses Frazier<br \/>\nAlexander DeLaCruz<br \/>\nJoe Davidson<br \/>\nVincent Fiore<br \/>\nRobert Gigilo<br \/>\nArmando Chavez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Physique Class B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wellington Swartout<br \/>\nArthur Villanueva<br \/>\nMike Saffaie<br \/>\nChris Williamson<br \/>\nGarret White<br \/>\nArt Ortiz<br \/>\nTimothy Roberts<br \/>\nLuke Koval<br \/>\nJason Beard<br \/>\nBrady Ward<br \/>\nKristian Cota-Abert<br \/>\nDavid Gonzalez<br \/>\nPreston Noble<br \/>\nEarnest Flowers<br \/>\nKaren Yoakum<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Physique Class C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curtis Hoyt<br \/>\nJohn Quinlan<br \/>\nCharles Flannagan<br \/>\nDavid Bowler<br \/>\nLucas Ford<br \/>\nLouay Bachir<br \/>\nColin Suzman<br \/>\nKenny Perkins<br \/>\nBenjamin Caravalho<br \/>\nChristian Spencer<br \/>\nChad Crouse<br \/>\nShane Eslahi<br \/>\nBobby Momenteller<br \/>\nRyan Hediger<br \/>\nBobby McCarther<br \/>\nRobert Grote<br \/>\nRick Rozendaal<br \/>\nTommy Reynolds<br \/>\nZach Witchey<br \/>\nEli Diaz<br \/>\nAdam Bankston<br \/>\nKyle Lewis<br \/>\nDerek Trombetta<br \/>\nJason Poston<br \/>\nThomas Canepa<br \/>\nCsaba Molnar<br \/>\nChris Mercadel<br \/>\nChris Griffin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Physique Class D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cole Miller<br \/>\nKevin Haden<br \/>\nVH Shelton<br \/>\nTheron Moodie<br \/>\nMujahideen Alikhan<br \/>\nAlex Atanasov<br \/>\nWilliam Robinson<br \/>\nBrad Petersen<br \/>\nGeobanny Paula<br \/>\nPatrick Rapoza<br \/>\nRobert Liebhart<br \/>\nBrandon Odom<br \/>\nCritelli Scatolini<br \/>\nTony Litton<br \/>\nJosh Cohn<br \/>\nAaron Silverman<br \/>\nKhino Brackeen<br \/>\nTyler Zajic<br \/>\nSean Daniel<br \/>\nEden Kretchet<br \/>\nChad Davison<br \/>\nMichael Balwanz<br \/>\nNathan Granger<br \/>\nJohn Conner<br \/>\nJoe Warren<br \/>\nJoey Wheeler<br \/>\nRyan Stanton<br \/>\nAni Saliasi<br \/>\nRob Warner<br \/>\nGavin Ray<br \/>\nAnton Antipov<br \/>\nDerek Trudeau<br \/>\nSteve Mousharbash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Physique Class E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Landon Gleave<br \/>\nStephen Talamo<br \/>\nMatthew Ashley<br \/>\nChris Caldwell<br \/>\nMike Collison<br \/>\nJason Giardino<br \/>\nBrian Harris<br \/>\nTyler Sacket<br \/>\nRonnie Amadi<br \/>\nCourtney Campbell<br \/>\nKarl Biermann<br \/>\nArtie Cook<br \/>\nChad Demchik<br \/>\nAnthony Perez<br \/>\nKeenon LeBlanc<br \/>\nBrad Albertson<br \/>\nHunter Sievert<br \/>\nJim Holcomb<br \/>\nSekona Taufa<br \/>\nMarshall Lim<br \/>\nMarcus Hobbs<br \/>\nMatt DuBois<br \/>\nIan Lauer<br \/>\nTrent Calvan<br \/>\nMatt Meredith<br \/>\nChristopher Villa<br \/>\nBilly Newsome<br \/>\nJon Hazard<br \/>\nJeanie Lyons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mens Physique Class F<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beckie Boddie<br \/>\nDavid Lamb<br \/>\nDanny Kovarkizi<br \/>\nNathan Lewis<br \/>\nPaul Tomko<br \/>\nGreg Ewen<br \/>\nBranko Teodorovic<br \/>\nWade Hayes<br \/>\nRabelo Clemente<br \/>\nCory Lagasse<br \/>\nFrank Hamilton<br \/>\nBranko Teodorovie<br \/>\nAlfanzo Basurto<br \/>\nErik De La Rosa<br \/>\nRenzo Aste<br \/>\nScott Clifton<br \/>\nDavid Kimerlee<br \/>\nJeremey Zimmerman<br \/>\nMatt Burcur<br \/>\nJared Hold<br \/>\nMark Olson<br \/>\nJeff Seid<br \/>\nAntionne Scott<br \/>\nJustin Williams<br \/>\nKurt Weber<br \/>\nTim Martin<br \/>\nDerrick Wade<br \/>\nChristoph Wertz<br \/>\nKyle Lopez<br \/>\nBryant Fought<br \/>\nDaniel Mejia<br \/>\nAntwaun Moore<br \/>\nAaron Randall<br \/>\nDean Stroud<br \/>\nMatt Pattison<br \/>\nMatt Nelson<br \/>\nBradley Martyn<br \/>\nKyle Macy<br \/>\nLawrence Murphy<br \/>\nFernando Orozco<br \/>\nMourod Guiragossian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 800 competitors will be competing at the 2012 NPC USAs in Las Vegas on July 27th-28th. 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