2006 Oregon Iron Man Bodybuilding, Fitness And Figure Results!

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The 2006 Oregon Iron Man Bodybuilding Championships

The 2006 Oregon Iron Man Bodybuilding Championships was incredible! Ron and Sue Smith always produce a superb show! This year was no exception. 2006 saw more athletes, more guest posers, more audience participation and just more fun overall. This is what makes a bodybuilding competition first-class! Kim "Kong" Farrison, emcee'd the show in another stunning phat ensemble that rocked (see pic, right)!

The first guest poser opened with a routine to "The devil went down to Georgia", was National Fitness Champion and Oregon's own Nikki Crawford, who did a routine that would break any person's back. Nikki is one of the top champion fitness models in the Northwest. She can do moves like no other fitness athlete!

The next guest poser was the 2000 Ms. Olympia, Valentina Chepiga. She did her very own rendition of "All that Jazz" from the musical, Chicago, and it was a splendid job of muscle, grace, beauty and choreography. She's coming back to compete in the 2007 Ms. Olympia. So watch out girls, she's coming back to win!

The last but not the least of the great guest posers was Oregon's own bodybuilding champion, Sean Calder. This guy could have just stood there and made the audience holler, but amazed and impressed everyone with his awesome size and muscularity.

A special presentation award was given to 1986 Champion bodybuilder, Terry Fultz by Ron Smith for his contribution to Oregon bodybuilding and it was a great introduction to an outstanding athlete.

Another introduction was for Michael Kindred, who will be the guest poser at the 2006 Northern Pacific States Classic October 7th at the 7 Feathers Hotel and Casino. He will be competing in two pro shows this year and also will be getting married to his lovely fiancé Charna Johnson June 2nd. Congratulations Michael and best of luck in your upcoming shows.

Now, on to what we've been waiting for; the athletes!

The Bodybuilding Athletes

What a show the 2006 Oregon Iron Man Bodybuilding Championships was.

There was an impressive array of athletes in this year's Oregon Iron Man with 98 entrants across all classes. The competition was fierce in the really tough Masters classes and also in the Open Men's Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight classes.

To start with, the Teen class was won by Anthony Burgess, who also competed in the novice men's light heavyweight class.

Novice Women's lightweight was won by Kathy Kauffman. In the Novice Women's Heavyweight class the winner was Heidi Young who also took the Novice Overall. Heidi also won the overall masters fitness division in the Figure/Fitness show. She is the mother of five lovely children, one whose birthday was the day of the figure show.

In the Novice Men's division, the Novice Men Lightweight winner was Tony Tully, Novice Men Light Middleweight went to Aaron Whitten. The Novice Men Middleweight winner was Bill Johnson, Light Heavyweight went to David Mylar (who looks great for being 52) and Heavyweight went to Devon Stephenson. In a split decision, Novice Men Overall went to Aaron Whitten.

In the Masters Women over 35 class, the first place winner was the gorgeous Dani Craig, who has become a familiar face on the Bodybuilding stage.

In the very tough Masters Men's class, the over 40 lightweight winner was Kris Shumway, who proved that you don't look your age when you work out and eat right. Over 40 Heavyweight winner was Frank Smith.

Masters Men over 50 went to Felton Campbell who had an awesome posing routine and Masters Men over 60 (yes, 60) was taken by Dick Eilertson. Overall Masters Men Champ was Kris Shumway. Great job, Kris, in a very competitive class.

The Mixed Pairs class was won by Dani Craig and Devon Stephenson, both having already snatched first place in their respective novice classes.

In the Open Women division, Open Women Lightweight went to Nancy Lublink. Open Women Middleweight went to Vicki Combest and Open Women Heavyweight and Overall winner was won by, big surprise, Dani Craig. I hope she brought a U-haul for all those trophies!

Finally, in the Men's Open division, Bantamweight was won by Dale Morishige, Lightweight winner was John Andrew, Middleweight winner was Larry Eleverud who also was a big crowd favorite. Light Heavyweight winner went to the awesome Kyle McKern (a former Ranger) and Heavyweight winner was John Smith, who looked bigger than ever.

The Open Men's winner, in a split decision, went to Kyle McKern. Great job, Kyle. He could be seeing a pro card in the very near future.

Great job to all the athletes, and hope to see you again next year. And a fantastic job to Ron and Sue Smith, who produced another fantastic Oregon Iron Man.

Here are the results of the Oregon Iron Man. Listed are the top five and overall from both Friday and Saturday night shows.

Teenage Men

1st: ANTHONY BURGESS

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Novice Women Under 125 1/2

1st: KATHY KAUFMANN

2nd: Sandra McKinney

3rd: Veronica Elverud

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Novice Women Over 125 1/2

1st: HEIDI YOUNG

2nd: Leanne Marshall

3rd: Debbie Card

4th: Deana Schneider

NOVICE WOMEN'S OVERALL: HEIDI YOUNG

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Novice Men Under 154 1/4

1st: TONY TULLY

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Novice Men Under 165 1/4

1st: AARON WHITTEN

2nd: Dave Grove

3rd: Don Fogel

4th: Anthony Burgess

5th: Ric LaFave

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Novice Men Under 176 1/4

1st: BILL JOHNSON

2nd: Jake Hamaker

3rd: Joe Borelli

4th: Reed Morrison

5th: Alex Yee

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Novice Men Under 198 1/4

1st: DAVID MYLAR

2nd: Larry Wilcox

3rd: Lanny Billings

4th: Casey Turner

5th: Eddie Dominguez

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Novice Men Over 198 1/4

1st: DEVON STEPHENSON

2nd: Brad Williams

3rd: Phil Hebener

NOVICE MEN'S OVERALL: AARON WHITTEN

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Master's Women's Over 35

1st: DANI CRAIG

2nd: Janice Gaines-Ehlen

3rd: Heidi Young

4th: Kathy Kaufmann

5th: Vicki Combest

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Master's Men Over 40 / LIGHT-WEIGHTS

1st: KRIS SHUMWAY

2nd: Bill Johnson

3rd: Don Fogel

4th: Rick LaFave

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Master's Men Over 40 / HEAVY-WEIGHTS

1st: FRANK SMITH

2nd: Mark Sweet

3rd: Chris Smith

4th: Larry Wilcox

5th: David Snethen

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Master's Men Over 50

1st: FELTON CAMPBELL

2nd: David Mylar

3rd: Michael Huard

4th: Dr. Jonathan Preiss

5th: Wayne Kim

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Master's Men Over 60

1st: DICK EILERTSON!

2nd: Arden Johnson

MASTERS MEN'S OVERALL: KRIS SHUMWAY

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Mixed Pairs

1st: DANI CRAIG and DEVON STEPHENSON

2nd: Rachel Glazier & Scott Schafer

3rd: Susan Blair & Lanny Billings

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Open Women Under 114 1/2

1st: NANCY LUBLINK

2nd: Julie Fielding

3rd: Deb Blais

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Open Women Under 125 1/2

1st: VICKI COMBEST

Open Women Over 125 1/2

1st: DANI CRAIG

2nd: Janice Gaines-Ehlen

3rd: Sandy Ornberg

4th: Rachel Glazier

OPEN WOMEN'S OVERALL: DANI CRAIG

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Open Men Under 143 1/4

1st: DALE MORISHIGE

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Open Men Under 154 1/4

1st: JOHN ANDREW

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Open Men Under 176 1/4

1st: LARRY ELVERUD

2nd: Kris Shumway

3rd: Derek Kaneshiro

4th: Paul Sabin

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Open Men Under 198 1/4

1st: KYLE MCKERN

2nd: Eric Camp

3rd: Mark Sweet

4th: Scott Schaffer

5th: John Gagnier

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Open Men over 198 1/4

1st: JOHN SMITH

2nd: Joseph Marcell Scott

3rd: Mike Etienne

4th: David Fox

OPEN MEN'S OVERALL: KYLE MCKERN

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The 2006 Oregon Iron Man Women's Fitness and Figure Championship

The Women's Fitness and Figure Championship Competition was a great show. There beautiful figure contestants and the fitness ladies routines were awesome to watch!

Mr. Kim "Kong" Farisson was the Master of Ceremonies and he must have enjoyed the show introducing each of these gorgeous contestants.

Ron and Sue Smith came out to talk to the audience and thanked their crew and the audience and Kim Farrison. Ron also gave credit to Sue for doing 90 percent of the work while he gets "90 percent" of the credit. She really goes all out in the design of the set and the table settings and picks up all of the slack now that Ron is a full time teacher.

To get the crowd warmed up, national fitness champion Nikki Crawford dazzled the audience in a rousing routine to "The Devil went down to Georgia." This top fitness champion is also a wife and mother of three.

Starting first with the Fitness women, the lovely Mandy Potts took first place with a fabulous routine and looking lithe and lean in the two piece round and even more stunning in the one piece round. Congratulations to you!

On with the ladies figure competition, in the Masters Figure Short, first place went to Marla West. Masters Women Tall went to Heidi Young, who is making quite a name for herself in both the fitness and bodybuilding competitions held this weekend. She took first place in not only in the Masters Figure Overall, but took the Novice Women's Overall also in the bodybuilding contest held the next day. Way to go, Heidi!!

In the Figure under 5'2' - Kristi Tauti took first place. In the Figure under 5'3", the winner was Sasha Estrada. The Figure under 5'4" winner was Jennifer McAlister. The Figure under 5'5" went to the incredible Nina Dhevaphalin and special credit must go to her as she suffered a dehydration calf cramp on stage but gamely went on sans heels to win. Way to go, Nina!

The Figure under 5'6" - Ashley Cheney took first place. Figure under 5'8" was gamely won by Heidi Young. She looked great. And she is a mother of five children yet. Her husband was very proud of her.

Figure over 5'8" was won by the statuesque Jessica Kaiser. She was a sight to behold.

At the end, the overall Figure winner was Kristi Tauti. She looked radiant. Kim Farrison invited her husband and her little daughter up on stage to share in the big win. It's hard to believe she had her little girl a little more than a year ago. She looked absolutely awesome!

Great job to Ron and Sue Smith of RK Smith Productions for producing another outstanding show and I feel privileged to have the opportunity to cover it for them.

Women's Figure Under 5'2"

1st: Kristi Tauti

2nd: Jodell Dodge

3rd: Lori Shipley

4th: Julianne Vanderpool

5th: Crystal Blevins

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Women's Figure 5"3" & Under

1st: Sasha Estrada

2nd: Marla West

3rd: Lorelei Hoeptner

4th: Amanda Webber

5th: Kristy Titus

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Women's Figure Under 5'4"

1st: Jennifer McAlister

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Women's Figure Under 5'5"

1st: Nina Dhevaphlin

2nd: Julie Weaver

3rd: Cheryl Sargent

4th: Rachel Kim

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Women's Figure Under 5'6"

1st: Ashley Cheney

2nd: Lindsay Angevine

3rd: Jamie Olson

4th: Brenda Terry

5th: Theresa Brazofsky

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Women's Figure Under 5'8"

1st: Heidi Young

2nd: Sherry Christopherson

3rd: Jill VanAtta

4th: Rebecca Timms

5th: Amy Greenwood

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Women's Figure Over 5'8"

1st: Jessica Kaiser

2nd: Erica Aydelotte

3rd: Kari Lynne

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Women's Figure Over 35 SHORT CLASS:

1st: Marla West

2nd: Lorelei Hoeptner

3rd: Jodell Dodge

4th: Lori Shipley

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Women's Figure Over 35 TALL CLASS:

1st: Heidi Young

2nd: Nina Dhevaphalin

3rd: Sherry Christopherson

4th: Cheryl Sargent

5th: Julie Weaver

Women's Fitness:

1st: Mandy Potts

2nd: Jamie Olson

3rd: Julia Shinkle

MASTER'S FIGURE OVERALL: HEIDI YOUNG

OPEN FIGURE OVERALL: KRISTI TAUTI

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