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Junior USA 1998

Junior USA 1998 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Pasquale Grieco.

Year
1998
Date
May 15, 1998
Location
USA
Federation
NPC
Divisions
9
Competitors
61

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Junior USA 1998

Pasquale Grieco Champion

1998 USA May 14, 1998

Junior USA 1998 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Pasquale Grieco.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

Defending BantamWeight champion Gennaro Brigante, who won in 1997, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

1st
Pasquale Grieco
Pasquale Grieco
United States
2nd
David Wilson Jr
David Wilson Jr
United States
3rd
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
United States

Junior USA 1998 contested 9 divisions across 61 athletes. Pasquale Grieco took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 9 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 - Bantamweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Pasquale Grieco First recorded win United States
2nd David Wilson Jr United States
3rd Brian Wilson United States
4th James Imsho United States
5th Richard Schneider United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Jonathan Ferreri First recorded win United States
2nd Craig Ritchwood United States
3rd Paul Cici United States
4th Luis Tavarez United States
5th Eric Americo United States
6th Randy Fahrenbach United States
7th Howard Steffensmeier United States
8th Ray Weeks United States
9th Stephen Scott United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Kevin Holley First recorded win United States
2nd Harold Irby United States
3rd Joseph Critelli United States
4th Eric Allred United States
5th Matthew DiRenzo United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Caron Smith First recorded win United States
2nd Cassie Schwartz United States
3rd Connie Hamilton United States
4th Donna Karr United States
5th Teresa Maine United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Vilma Caez First recorded win United States
2nd Rosemary Cheeseman (2) United States
3rd Francesca Garnet United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
61
Divisions
9
Size rank
30 of 40

The biggest field since 1996.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2021 Priscila Kavaliausku Bodybuilding
2020 Crystal Shelnutt Bodybuilding
2015 Jessica McKenzie Bodybuilding
2013 Rebecca Andrades Bodybuilding
2001 Rhonda Costello Figure

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What this page holds

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.
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