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Winter 2019
State College PA September 8 8 2018
“The Penn Classic Physique Open
Alexander Puhalla 1st Place & NGA PRO Card
We had another great showing this year in Happy Valley/Penn State State College Pennsylvania There
were athletes from all over the US that trav- eled to central PA for our exciting show that always delivers!
We were honored to have AST as our main spon- sor and with that Joe Ortiz earned the the Dedication Award given to the the the person who has a a a a a a a a tremendous influence with the the show Joe demonstrated this by devoting his his time and dedication to ensure its success In this competition there were a a a a significant amount of debut and novice competitors that took to to to the the stage whose physiques were were very impressive Additionally there were were also two male bodybuild- ers battling it it it out out in in the the Teen/Collegiate division but it it was Kyle Oresick who beat out out Trace Bierlair for the the the victory What a a a a a a a a a a great future these two beasts have ahead of them!
In the Master classes Melanie Crowl took home
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Andrew Starr
NGA PRO Card
& Overall
1st place in in in Bikini Larry Stevenson secured the the Men’s Men’s Physique class class Tina Miller killed the the the Figure class class Carlos Martin took the the top spot in in in in Men’s Men’s Clas- sic and and Bodybuilding 50+ and and Brooke Mayes won the 1st place position in in Women’s Physique Masters The PROs were at the the the top of their game as expected Shkeera Campbell took home
the the the top top prize in in in Bikini Open
and Masters Masters In Men’s Body- building Masters Masters the the top spot went to to Patrick Free- man Kyle Frantz snagged the the the big money in in Classic Physique and Michael Pucci ran ran away with the the victory in in Men’s Bodybuilding Open
The Amateur Open
classes were stacked with tough competition Leanne Merryman battled
for and and won the Bikini Overall
Men’s Physique Heavyweight winner was was Larry Stevenson and and the the the Middleweight was was Andrew Starr
who also won the the Overall
and earned his NGA PRO card Figure Open
was was dominated by Tina Miller One of of the the feature classes of of the the the day was was was Classic Physique and this class class was was was loaded but when the the the smoke cleared it was was Alexander Alexander Puhalla who took the the 1st place win and and and and and also also earned and and and and and NGA PRO Card
Alexander Alexander also also was awarded the special and and and and spectacular 3’
NGA PRo/AM east Coast