Metropolitans/NY Pro Fitness

[GerryT]

Will be attending the show tomorrow (3/19), so I will not be on line again till Sunday.

Metropolitans is a NQ for men and women's BB, fitness and figure. NY Pro Fitness is a qualifier for the Fitness Olympia.

Capriese Murray and Chris Cook are guest posing. Should be good. Will post a report some time Sunday afternoon.

[Tim Wescott]

Cool!!

That`s a pretty big/prestigous contest...........enjoy!

[GerryT]

This turned out to be a good show. What it lacked in quantity of competitors it made up for in quality. Among the awards presenters on stage were Figure O winner Davana Medina, Tara Scotti, and Jennifer Searles. Sorry that I didn't have a chance to say hi to Jennifer after the show. She looked stunning as always.

Capriese Murray and Chris Cook were scheduled guest posers and they looked large for 9 weeks out from the NY Pro. King Kamali and Victor Martinez were also in attendance and also got on stage and posed in the audience. So it was a real crowd pleaser. All four will be competing here in 9 weeks.

Spoke with Chris and he is a nice person; very humble and grateful for what he has. Personality wise he reminds me a bit of Mark Dugdale and Jay Cutler, who he called role models for him.

Kim Klein and Julie Palmer were 1 and 2 in NY Pro Fitness and were audience favorites. Both did well at the Arnold and were no surprise here. Debbie Champinsky was 3rd, so top 3 are Fitness O qualified.

Surprised that there were only 2 competitors in women's BB and 14 in figure. Turnout is usually much higher.

Scott Cohen won overall Masters, and he is a veteran comprtitor who looked good for this show. He is considering Masters Nats. Was very impressed with overall novice winner, Mike Knowles. He was hard and cut, and as a middlewt won the open class as well. Ron Rich won the men's overall.

Jason Arntz was there and will also be competing in NY Pro, and was also great seeing my good pal Chris Croce again (he is aiming for Jr Nats and USA). Good show.

[Tim Wescott]

Thanks for the report Gerry............sounds like it was a good one!! :Not Worthy Purple:

[Jennifer1]

Gerry - You were there and DIDN'T SAY HELLO?! SHAME ON YOU

Would've been great to meet ya, we'll have to connect next time!

[AdrenalineRush]

damn i had to work....i missed this one, i knew some people competing wish i went to it...thanks for the review gerry

[GerryT]

Jennifer, sorry about that. I did not know you were there until I saw you on stage in the evening.

If you are going to be at NY Pro and/or Atlantic States,
we will set up a meeting place ahead of time. I would
very much like to meet you and say hi!!

You too, AR!

[AdrenalineRush]

Gerry, I will be at the NY PRO SHOW,,
do you know where to buy tix??

I will exchange celly #'s as it gets closer, see u there!

[GerryT]

Great, AR. Look forward to it.

There is a ticket order form at www.bevfrancis.com in
the contests section. Or call Bev Francis Gold's Gym
at 516-933-1111.

I'm going to order when I get paid again. Tribeca has a smaller seating capacity than City Center, so it is likely to sell out.

[Jennifer1]

GerryT said:

Jennifer, sorry about that. I did not know you were there until I saw you on stage in the evening.

If you are going to be at NY Pro and/or Atlantic States,
we will set up a meeting place ahead of time. I would
very much like to meet you and say hi!!

You too, AR!

I'll be at both... Are you talking about the NY Pro BB in May? Because I'm competing in the NY Fig Pro in Aug. BUT I will also be at the one May as well....

See ya there!

[GerryT]

Thanks, Jennifer. Yes, I meant NY Pro BB in May. So I'll look out for you. Will most likely be at NY Pro Figure as well (in August with Team U).

We'll definitely meet and say hello! :Goaline Dance: