30 New IFBB Pros This Weekend From North America
About 30 pro cards were awarded between two shows held in Canada and the USA this past weekend, with bulk being handed out in figure in the Team Universe show [NY]
Canada [CBBF] held it’s national championships this past weekend and awarded about 10 pro cards. Mens IFBB pro cards went to Superheavyweight and overall winner Ben Paluski, Greggory Ulysse, Mboya Edwards and Javier Martinez. Canadian female bodybuilding IFBB pro cards went to Athena Siganakis and Johanna Dejager. Deanne Brown and Macey Boudreau won figure pro cards and Tamara Vaughn and Chantal Dicaire won fitness pro cards.
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- Ben Paluski New Canadian IFBB Pro
Team Universe, one of the few drug tested NPC shows, was held last night alongside the New York Pro. The bodybuilding pro card went to Tim Martin with the female bodybuilding pro card awarded to middleweight and overall winner Cassandra Floyd.
- New American Pro Tim Martin
The 6 new American IFBB Fitness pros are:
- Nita Marquez [overall winner]
- Rose Hendricks
- Jessica Clay [also won figure pro card]
- Jo Marriner
- Amanda Marinelli
- Safiya Johnson [sister of top IFBB pro Tanji Johnson]
- New Fitness Pro Nita Marquez
In Figure the 12 new American IFBB pros are:
- Sherlyn Roy - Overall Winner
- Alicia Marie [a familiar face from the BSN ads]
- Carin Hawkins
- Melody Clere
- Liza Kampstra
- Cynthia Herndon
- Jessica Clay
- Alicia Harris
- Jennifer Toth
- Michelle Craven
- Natalie Call
- MJ Fox
- New IFBB Figure Pro Alicia Marie
Team Universe is only one show where the Americans are awarded pro cards, they are also awarded them at Nationals, North Americans etc. We have written before about pro card distribution in Australia relative to North American, and compiling this info only brings that topic back up. One can assume that the impact of most pro shows taking place in the Northern Hemisphere impacts people’s desire for a pro card, and even with in mind, comparing on a per capita basis Australia is well under North American in IFBB pro card distribution.
[All images via Muscular Development]
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