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March 2006	ON THE COVER: 2005 NPC Southeastern USA Champions, from left to right: Shari Riepe, Fitness; Shahar Bar-Chen, Bodybuilding; Nicole Acker, Figure; and kneeling, Galina Serdtsev, Bodybuilding. (Cover Photo by Iaje Photography) (Cover Design by John Stevens)
2005 NPC Southeastern USA 2005 NPC Carolina Clash 2005 NPC Shannon Meteraud Classic More articles are available only in the printed magazine. Pick up a copy at your favorite gym, health club, fitness center or health food store; or to be sure of getting a copy each month, subscriptions are available.

2005 NPC Southeastern USA

..... The 2005 NPC Southeastern USA was held on October 8 at the Lyman High School Auditorium in Orlando under the promotional efforts of Mike Sanders.
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..... Shahar Bar-Chen, 30, of Miami faced tough competition in the lightheavyweight class against seven other competitors and emerged with the majority of first place votes from the judges for the class win.
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..... Shahar went into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again took the majority of the first place votes for the overall win.
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..... Galina Serdtsev, 29, of Orlando was the unanimous choice of the judging panel for the lightweight class win.
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..... Galina entered into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners to once again take all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous overall victory.
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..... Shari Riepe, 38, of Palmetto was unopposed in the Fitness Division.
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..... Shari is 5’4” tall and a few weeks previous had taken the Fitness title at the 2005 NPC Gulf Coast.
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..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes with a total of 13 athletes entered.
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..... Nicole Acker, 25, of Miami took a two-round total of 11 points for the tall class win.
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..... Nicole went into the final comparisons of the class winners and took a two-point (7 - 9) decision for the overall win.

(Photo by Iaje Photography)

2005 NPC Southeastern USA Champions, from left to right: Shari Riepe, Fitness; Shahar Bar-Chen and Galina Serdtsev, Bodybuilding; and Nicole Acker, Figure.

2005 NPC Carolina Clash

..... The 2005 NPC Carolina Clash, a national qualifier, was held on October 22 at the Forestview High School Auditorium under the promotion of Roger Morrison and Morrison Productions.
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..... Forty-two-year-old Squirrel Mosely of Clayton, NC took a one-point (4 - 5) decision for the lightheavyweight class win and then moved into the final comparisons and pose down and once again took a one-point (4 - 5) decision for the overall title.
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..... Paola Nielsen, 31, of Horseshoe, NC edged out a one-point (4 - 5) decision to take the middleweight class win and then after the final comparisons and pose The Figure Division had a total of eight athletes competing in two height classes.
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..... Heidi Cutter, 24, of Virginia Beach, VA took a two round total of 6 points for the unanimous win of the short class.
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..... Heidi then entered into the final comparisons and once again gathered all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous win.

(Photo by Patrick Collard)

2005 NPC Carolina Clash Champions, from left to right: Heidi Cutter, Figure; Squirrel Mosley and Paola Nielson, Bodybuilding.

2005 NPC Shannon Meteraud Classic

..... Greenville, SC was the site of the 2005 NPC Shannon Meteraud Classic Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships on October 29.
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..... Veteran competitor Sam Mendolera, 45, of Tampa, FL took all first place votes from the judges for the unanimous middleweight class win.
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..... Sam moved into the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners and once again took the majority of first place votes for the overall title.
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..... Tei Singleton, 38, of Ravenel, SC was unopposed in the middleweight class and after the final comparisons and pose down of the class winners was the pick of the judges for the overall title.
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..... The Fitness Division had three athletes competing and it was thirty-two-year-old Angi Jackson of Smyrna, GA took a three round total of 23 points for the overall win.
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..... The Figure Division was divided into three height classes with a total of 16 athletes entered.
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..... Lois Powell, 43, of Adams Run, SC took all first place votes from the judges in both rounds of the competition for the unanimous medium class win in her first figure competition.
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..... Lois moved into the final comparisons of the class winners and was the choice of the judging panel for the overall title.

(Photo by Patrick Collard)

2005 NPC Shannon Meteraud Classic Champions, from left to right: Angi Jackson, Fitness; Sam Mendolera and Tei Singleton, Bodybuilding; and Lois Powell, Figure.

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