Collegiate Nationals 1988
Collegiate Nationals 1988 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Gerard Dente.
- Year
- 1988
- Date
- Apr 15, 1988
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 14
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Gerard Dente | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Lance Johnson | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Reuben Dennis | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | John Sherman | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Betsy Hoffman (2) | Rachel Shawn |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Karen Anderson | Cynthia Foreman |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Karen Garrison | Tracy Bailey (2) |
Collegiate Nationals 1988
Collegiate Nationals 1988 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Gerard Dente.
Defending Open champion Andrea Garner, who won in 1987, did not return.
Collegiate Nationals 1988 contested 7 divisions across 14 athletes. Gerard Dente took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 7 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gerard Dente | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lance Johnson First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Reuben Dennis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Sherman | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Betsy Hoffman (2) First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Rachel Shawn | United States |
| 3rd | Lisa Dunsky | United States |
| 4th | Sherry Papcsy | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Karen Anderson | United States |
| 2nd | Cynthia Foreman | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Karen Garrison First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Tracy Bailey (2) | United States |
| 3rd | Kelly Romero | United States |
| 4th | Rebecca Wasser | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 14
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 20 of 36
The biggest field since 1986.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kirstie Barnes | Figure |
| 2013 | Tia Angle | Collegiate Figure |
| 2010 | Katie Middeler | Bodybuilding |
| 2008 | Lily Jones | Bodybuilding |
| 2007 | Kira Neuman | Open |
| 2005 | Britt Ashley Miller | Bodybuilding |
| 2004 | Amy Schmid | Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | Kim Segal | Open |
| 1987 | Andrea Garner | Open |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.

