2019 NPC Empire Classic
Bodybuilding, Physique, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships
(Spokane, WA - April 13, 2019)
The second time for this reporter covering a Ribic Productions event at this fantastic river front location, this show never disappoints! Often seen as a
preview or warm up show for Emerald Cup, many definitely brought their 'A' game here. Starting with Bikini, a good mix of novices and more experienced
competitors, Katie Lake honed her physique for a well deserved overall win. Names to note are other class winners Renee Williams, Emily Mystic and Breanna
Ramsay in particular, expect to hear more of them down the road.
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Bodybuilding brought us a glimpse of a future pro
in Jake Toll, has all the qualities to do very well! There was only single classes in the Women's Physique
categories, but strong fields! Kimberley Bickley's got everyone on notice for Emerald Cup...already sliced and diced! Martina Motika-Thomas crossed over
from Figure, as did Amie Garner.
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Figure saw some definite standouts, three open classes. In a large class 'B', Martina Motika-Thomas placed ahead of Laura Vallieres,
both showing nice size and shape...Martina going on to take Overall. A lot of very good newcomers with nice proportionality for this
division, I'm sure we'll see a number of them in future shows and do rather well!
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Rounding out the Men's categories were the very popular Classic and Men's Physique divisions, Austin Paulsen and Benjamin Verchota taking overall title respectively.
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A huge thanks to the promoters, volunteers and the dedicated competitors who keep this sport growing.
The Pacific Northwest is a special place when it comes to the NPC community with everybody pitching in
to make each others' shows as successful as possible. It's a continued privilege to be able to
cover and publicize these shows for decades now.
We'll have more on the show here as time permits. Thanks for NOT cropping watermarks if reposting photos
on social media. Official results and further information
can be found at ribicproductions.com.
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(Please notify me of any placing or name spelling errors, thanks.)
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