2005 Women's Tri-Fitness World Challenge Contest Report

July 8-10, 2005 - by genex hwang

Las Vegas, NV, USA - The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas strip was again host to the Women's Tri-Fitness World Challenge and there were over 200 female athletes of all ages competing.

The Women's Tri-Fitness events are comprised of several events, all of which are optional.

The first even was the Grace and Physique round which is similar to a figure competition. The athletes are not judged as much on conditioning as they are in the NPC and IFBB, but the four categories instead are: 1) symmetry, 2) feminine firmness, 3) grace & poise and 4) overall appearance.

There are also age divisions and within the age divisions, when necessary, two height classes - 5'4" and under, and over 5'4".

Other events include the obstacle course, fitness routines, and the fitness skills competition. Within the fitness skills competition, there are three events: 1) shuttle run, 2) bench press and 3) box jump. In previous years, the shuttle run was the last event but this time around, it was the box jump, which is one of the most exhausting events, and it was quite evident when the athletes were finishing it out, just how much energy they had expended over the weekend up until that point.

The consensus opinion from the athletes competing was that it was an enjoyable, supportive competition environment with a familial feel to it.

Sandra Augustin's S.A.S.S. team did quite well with Augustin herself winning the overall Tri-Fitness title. Like in other federations, there were quite a few 'teams' with their leaders all present as well.

Darla Benfield's Fitness-4-You team also had great placings with Arlene Lurey making multiple top tens and Coach Atherton had numerous athletes in the competition from his A-TeamXtreme.

Atherton has coached a lot of top name competitors and even has his own competition coming up, the Bubba's Xtreme Challenge.

Since there were a plethora of individual events and over 200 women competing, only the results of the overalls are posted below. The full results and detail on the athletes can be found on the Women's Tri-Fitness website.

Some of the notable physiques from the weekend included Janis Louie, a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah. Louie had some of the most impressive muscularity and her legs were tops.

In the 18-24 group, Heidi Charest and Janelle Haney had nice looks to them. If Haney comes in a bit tighter she'll look really impressive as her overall presence and poise compliment her striking eyes.

The 25-29 year old class was stacked with great athletes. Angie Lustrick showed nice muscle bellies, Julianna Funk had a tight midsection, professional softball player Jeannette Coachell looked impressive, and top finishers Amy Perry and Sandy Kannelos both were lean and tight.

Louie was in the 30-34 class which also has other impressive physiques like that of Jenny Ermish-Williams who was sleek and lean, Cecilia Santos, a firefighter from Miami, Jenny Chen-Edwards who's genetics and symmetry were notable and Amy Pearce and Arianna Kelly. Kelly had nice muscularity and was lean while Neely Simmons looked very buff and may have been a bodybuilder before. Lisa Thomas had very nice calves and was also lean and happened to be enjoying her 13th wedding anniversary during the weekend.

Age can be defied with weight training and the women in the 35-39 class definitely didn't look their age. Gina Ellis and Dionne Miller both have nice shape and symmetry. Patty Franklin showed nice mature muscularity and Sandra Augustin of course showed that you can be any age and still be competitive.

Susie Hoverson showed nice thickness while Gretchen Ritter also looked nicely buffed out. A former swimmer, you could tell that she has been athletic all her life. In the over 40 class, Donna Hawley had an impressive physique with nice muscularity and Paula Jager, Mimi Zumwalt, Ann Groff and Kathleen Wilson were all impressive. Of course Francious Sullvian got a huge round of support as one of the oldest competitors.

Routines were also quite impressive with notable performances from Bobbie McGeragle, Adriane Kulvinskas, Kristina West, Amy Perry, Angela Glenn, Tiffany Ray, Lisa Thomas, Pattry Franklin, Sandra Augustin, Nancy Wrenn, Arlene Lurie, Janis Louie and Sherilyn Roy.

The fitness skills were hard to assess so looking at the results is the best way to see who did well. There were a few injuries on the obstacle course, but many of the athletes were troopers and some even had to be carried on stage to compete in events like the bench press. That kind of attitude was commonplace over the arc of the weekend and seeing the functional aspects of a muscular physique was much more entertaining than just quarter turns.

Results

Tri-Fitness Overall: Sandra Augustin Top 20 1) Sandra Augustin 2) Amy Perry 3) Kristina West 4) Sherilyn Roy 5) Jenny Ermish-Williams 6) Lisa Thomas 7) Janis Louie 8) Arlene Lurey 9) Tiffany Ray Pristelski 10) Patty Franklin 11) Lynn Virant 12) Amy Pierce 13) Heather Glenn 14) Sheila Law 15) Tina Durkin 16) Gail Moyer 17) Angela Glenn 18) Adriane Kulvinskas 19) Frances Glenn 20) Mimi Zumwalt Overall Obstacle Course 1) Kristina West 2) Amy Pierce 3) Jenny Ermish-Williams 4) Heidi Charest 5) Monique Cruz 6) Courtney Seymoree 7) Maria Trimm 8) Lisa Thomas 9) Bonnie McMillian 10) Lynn Virant 11) Sandra Augustin 12) Patty Franklin 13) Amy Perry 14) Andrea Miranda 15) Angela Glenn 16) Sharon Rasponi 17) Jenny Chen-Edwards 18) Tina Durkin 19) Ida Allen 20) Sheila Law 21) Gina Ellis 22) Jessan Romans Overall Dual-Fitness 1) Kristina West 2) Jenny Ermish-Williams 3) Courtney Seymoree 4) Lynn Virant 5) Sandra Augustin 6) Maria Trimm 7) Monique Cruz 8) Bonnie McMillian 9) Lisa Thomas 10) Heidi Charest 11) Fausta Reyes 12) Patty Franklin 13) Sharina Watkins 14) Amy Pierce 15) Amy Perry 16) Tina Durkin 17) Tiffany Ray Pristelski 18) Stephanie Onorato 19) Jenny Chen-Edwards 20) Arianna Kelley

Grace and Physique 1) Sandy Kanellos 2 tie) Sandra Augustin 3 tie) Ida Allen 4) Arlene Lurey 5) Sherilyn Roy 6) Rhonda Cordano 7) Amy Perry 8) Kathy Gordon 9) Kathleen Wilson 10) Gail Moyer 11) Lisa Thomas 12) Mimi Zumwalt 13) Janis Louie 14) Amy Pierce 15) Monique Cruz 16) Heidi Charest 17) Adriane Kulvinskas 18) Kristina West 19) Robin Sinclair 20) Arianna Kelley Fitness Routines 1) Sandra Augustin 2) Tiffany Ray Pristelski 3) Amy Perry 4) Sherilyn Roy 5) Janis Louie 6) Jenny Ermish-Williams 7) Sheila Law 8) Kristina West 9) Lisa Thomas 10) Heather Glenn 11) Patty Franklin 12) Tina Durkin 13) Angela Glenn 14) Adriane Kulvinskas 15) Venus Ramos 16) Nancy Wren 17) Arlene Lurey 18) Gail Moyer 19) Frances Glenn 20) Gisela Cronan Overall Fitness Skills 1) Lynn Virant 2) Sharina Watkins 3) Kristina West 4) Sandra Augustin 5) Jenny Ermish-Williams 6) Courtney Seymoree 7) Fausta Reyes 8) Maria Trimm 9) Arianna Kelley 10) Tiffany Ray Pristelski 11) Bonnie McMillian 12) Robin Sinclair 13) Kim Williams 14) Lorrie Belcher 15) Patty Franklin 16) Stephanie Onorato 17) Lisa Thomas 18) Monique Cruz 19) Tina Durkin 20) Amie' Soileau Dual - Fitness Optional 1) Sandra Augustin 2) Kristina West 3) Monique Cruz 4) Amy Perry 5) Lisa Thomas 6) Jenny Ermish-Williams 7) Lynn Virant 8) Heidi Charest 9) Arlene Lurey 10) Amy Pierce 11) Maria Trimm 12) Sandy Kanellos 13) Sherilyn Roy 14) Bonnie McMillian 15) Kathy Gordon 16) Patty Franklin 17) Janis Louie 18) Arianna Kelley 19) Stephanie Onorato 20) Jenny Chen-Edwards