Gulf Coast Championships 2008
Gulf Coast Championships 2008 was held in Florida, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Timothy Howard.
- Year
- 2008
- Date
- Jan 1, 2008
- Location
- Florida, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 12
- Competitors
- 25
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Timothy Howard | Julio Ferrara |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Brian Silk Sr | Jeffrey Johnson |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Brandon Tanner | Eddie Mejias |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen | Brian Silk Sr | Brian Turner |
| Women's Bodybuilding | Shaz Brooks-Catchings | – |
| Women's Figure - Short | Rachel Russell | Amy Bien |
| Women's Figure - Tall | Shaz Brooks-Catchings | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 40+ | Julie Vanacker | – |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Brian Silk Sr | Eddie Mejias |
| Other Divisions - Masters 40+ | – | Whitner Cabrera |
| Other Divisions - Masters 50+ | Bill Long | – |
| Other Divisions - Masters 60+ | Eric Boyle | – |
Gulf Coast Championships 2008
Gulf Coast Championships 2008 was held in Florida, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Timothy Howard.
Defending Bodybuilding champion Mandy Selby, who won in 2007, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Gulf Coast Championships 2008 contested 12 divisions across 25 athletes, 7 open and 5 age-restricted Masters. Timothy Howard took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 11 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 5
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timothy Howard First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Julio Ferrara | United States |
| 3rd | Dave Baverle | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Silk Sr | United States |
| 2nd | Jeffrey Johnson | United States |
| 3rd | Gaetano LaSavro | United States |
| 4th | Chris North | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brandon Tanner First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Eddie Mejias | United States |
| 3rd | Edgardo Melendez | United States |
| 4th | Brian Silk Sr | United States |
| 5th | Leo Meaner | United States |
| 6th | Alex Rivera | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Silk Sr | United States |
| 2nd | Brian Turner | United States |
| 3rd | Payton Perino | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shaz Brooks-Catchings First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rachel Russell First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Amy Bien | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Tall
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shaz Brooks-Catchings | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 40+
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julie Vanacker First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Silk Sr | United States |
| 2nd | Eddie Mejias | United States |
| 3rd | Leo Meaner | United States |
| 4th | Carlos Dimas | United States |
| 5th | Lonnie Spencer | United States |
| 6th | Andrew Weyl | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Whitner Cabrera | United States |
| 3rd | Genevieve Gil | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Long First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eric Boyle | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 25
- Divisions
- 12
- Size rank
- 3 of 6
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Wayne Kaderly | Open |
| 2012 | Rashetta German | Bodybuilding |
| 2008 | Shaz Brooks-Catchings | Bodybuilding |
| 2007 | Mandy Selby | Bodybuilding |
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.