Massachusetts Championships 1997
Massachusetts Championships 1997 was held in Boston, MA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Alan Chubbuck Jr.
- Year
- 1997
- Date
- Jan 1, 1997
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 9
- Competitors
- 13
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | – | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Alan Chubbuck Jr | Matt McLaughlin |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Patrick Longley | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Gary Kendig | Johan Parivry |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen | Aaron Powell | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding | Shari Berkal | Laurie Hagerty |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | – | Steve Mullin |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Eddy Chrispin | Christian Gigante |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Johan Parivry | Fred Potenti |
Massachusetts Championships 1997
Massachusetts Championships 1997 was held in Boston, MA, USA.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Joel Cutulle, who won in 1996, did not return.
Massachusetts Championships 1997 contested 9 divisions across 13 athletes, 8 open and 1 age-restricted Masters. Alan Chubbuck Jr 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.
Masters divisions 1
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Diane Vecchione | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alan Chubbuck Jr First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Matt McLaughlin | 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 | Patrick Longley First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gary Kendig First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Johan Parivry | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aaron Powell First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shari Berkal First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Laurie Hagerty | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Steve Mullin | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eddy Chrispin First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Christian Gigante | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Johan Parivry First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Fred Potenti | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 13
- Divisions
- 9
- Size rank
- 13 of 14
The biggest field since 1996.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Deanna Rebosky | Figure |
| 2006 | Jill Forgitano | Figure |
| 2005 | Karen Garrett | Open |
| 1997 | Shari Berkal | Open |
| 1993 | Lucy Wightman | 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.