Figure Is Fine at the NAC

The IFBB North American Championships, held last weekend in Cleveland, attracted some 300-plus quality athletes from the United States, Canada and Mexico, and you can bet your sweet you-know-what that a large share of them came to quarter-turn in figure. Canada continued its domination of the weekend with the stunning victory in that sport of Silvana Salvati, a 37-year-old from Toronto who’s been competing in figure and model search contest for less than a year.

As with her fellow Canadian Zoa Linsey in the women’s bodybuilding competition, Silvana is a tall one—5’8”—and she swept the overall in the masters division as well as the open. Since three pro cards in figure are awarded at this contest—to the masters winner as well as the top two in the overall posedown—Silvana’s double win meant that the top three class winners got the call. That was great news for LaVonda Ezell and Cheryl Brown, of the A- and B-class, respectively, who also got their cards. Both those gals have been featured in Pump & Circumstance in IRON MAN in the past couple of months after LaVonda took her class at the Masters Nationals in mid-July and Brownie notched a class win at the USA a week later. It was only a matter of time before they’d both be moving on to the next level.

Also winning their classes in the figure open were Pamela Soper, Charmayne Jackson and Katherynne Ramirez.

See below for complete NAC figure results.

Photo

New figure pros (from left): LaVonda Ezell, Silvana Salvati and Cheryl Brown.

’09 IFBB North American Figure Championships

Figure A

1) Lavonda Ezell**
2) Tiana Gonzalez
3) Crystal Brown
4) Debra Lavette
5) Juana Guadalupe-Esparza
6) Tiffany Moody
7) Anne Strouch
8) Ann Claiborne
9) Jennifer Berkowitz
10) Sara Schumann
11) Shawna Kondo
12) Gina Molinaro
13) Catherine Norris
14) Judy Del-Amor
15) Lisa Sandercock
16) Hanah Melvin
17) Debbie Bell

Figure B
1) Cheryl Brown**
2) Tiffany Procopio
3) Shannon Bennett
4) Ann Pratt
5) Wendy Tedesco
6) Lauren Jacobsen
7) Jayme Galloway
8) Betsy DiGiovanni
9) Tracey MacDonald
10) Tracy Grogg
11) Nicole Huss
12) Sarah Block
13) Shelly Albetta
14) Jennie Hendricks
15) Teresa Lake
16) Misi White
17) Judi Merrick
18) Lisa Anderson

Figure C
1) Pamela Soper
2) Chelsey Morgenstern
3) Angela Kegler
4) Ginger Redeker
5) Rachel Leblanc
6) Jennifer Marchetta
7) Nancy Tremblay
8) Mary Dent
9) Julie Bagley
10) Sabrina Sonner
11) Carmen Demske
12) Orah Bigio
13) Rommey Murphy
14) Katherine Fratello
15) Stacy Kinnard
16) Nina Cash
17) Shawna Reinhart
18) Alicia Kowalski
18) Anne Michalak
18) Beatrez Villasenor
18) Gloria Mohninger
18) Jaime Taylor
18) Lauren Krysa
18) Michelle Yatsuk
18) Selma McPherson
18) Stacy Rose
18) Trease Smock

Figure D
1) Charmayne Jackson
2) Mikaila Soto
3) Sue Knott
4) Deborah Judy
5) Jennifer Myers
6) Heather Wilson
7) Janet Lynn West
8) Melissa Colucci
9) Sheila Mettler
10) Jean Migliore
11) Kathleen Lamberson
12) Lena Borgeson
13) Nicole Pearson
14) Suzanne Barlas
15) Tanya Peale

Figure E
1) Katherynne Ramirez
2) Mona Muresan
3) Holly Powell
4) Elizabeth Earhart
5) Katie Heath
6) Allison Moyer
7) Rachel Davis
8) Renee Paul
9) Genevieve Palmer
10) Particia Manzi
11) Diana Madera
12) Michele Thorington
13) Ursula Cristofaro
14) Danielle Rouleau

Figure F
1) Silvana Salvati*
2) Sheri Fisher
3) Amanda Bollinger
4) Michelle Krack
5) Melanie Rucker
6) Siobhan Wright
7) Julie Jepson-Garcia
8) Melissa Binkley
9) Emily Zelinka
10) Shelly Howard
11) Christian Hammond
12) Michelle Bates
13) Colleen Smith
14) Sici Weinstock
15) Stephanie Billings
16) Ashleigh Gass
16) Lisa Miles
Masters 35 and Over Figure A
1) Lavonda Ezell
2) Kristina Curci
3) Tiffany Procopio
4) Shannon Bennett
5) Debra Lavette
6) Juana Guadalupe-Esparza
7) Tracy Grogg
8) Anne Strouch
9) Tiffany Moody
10) Shawna Kondo
11) Nicole Huss
12) Gina Molinaro
13) Judy Del-Amor
14) Frederica Brant
15) Teresa Lake
16) Misi White
17) Debbie Bell
17) Hanah Melvin
17) Julie Kelsey
17) Lisa Anderson
17) Lisa Sandercock
Masters 35 and Over Figure B
1) Cheryl Brown
2) Ann Pratt
3) Angela Kegler
4) Tracey MacDonald
5) Wendy Tedesco
6) Mary Dent
7) Patrice Vignola
8) Julie Bagley
9) Sabrina Sonner
10) Lara Williams
11) Jennifer Marchetta
12) Orah Bigio
13) Carmen Demske
14) Cindy Currie
15) Judi Merrick
16) Anne Michalak
16) Gloria Mohninger
16) Katherine Fratello
16) Nina Cash
16) Selma McPherson
16) Stacy Kinnard
16) Stacy Rose

Masters 35 and Over Figure C
1) Mikaila Soto
2) Elizabeth Earhart
3) Stephanie Blocker
4) Deborah Judy
5) Jennifer Myers
6) Caroline Hernandez
7) Janet Lynn West
8) Jean Migliore
9) Jamie Johnson
10) Melissa Colucci
11) Renee Paul
12) Sheila Mettler
13) Tanya Peale
14) Lena Borgeson

Masters 35 and Over Figure D
1) Silvana Salvati* **
2) Holly Powell
3) Shelly Howard
4) Colleen Smith
5) Sici Weinstock
6) Caron Mahn
7) Genevieve Palmer
8) Particia Manzi
9) Ursula Cristofaro
* Overall winner.
** Earned pro card.