Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2012 Results & Winners

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Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2012

Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2012 was held in California, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Jan Nordlund.

Year: 2012
Date: Jul 15, 2012
Location: California, USA
Federation: NPC
Divisions: 17
Competitors: 44

Results by Division

Division	Winner	Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight	Jan Nordlund	Roger Gustavsson
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight	Bostin Loyd	Daigo Kitai
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight	Brian Hofer	Mehran Zare
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight	Darren Guffey	–
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen	Bostin Loyd	Tyler Sage
Women's Physique	Susan Graham	Sierra Mangus
Women's Figure - Class A	Aubrey Reavis	Amalia Ralar
Women's Figure - Class B	Kendra Butler	–
Women's Figure - Class C	Erika Mott	Shelly Sayman
Women's Figure - Class D	Karma Schopp	Catalina Guasco
Women's Figure - 45+	Bethann Hyndshaw	–
Women's Figure - Masters Class A	Amalia Ralar	Cristina Gedang
Women's Figure - Masters Class B	Shelly Sayman	–
Women's Figure - Masters Class C	Karma Schopp	Amy Gordon
Other Divisions - Masters 40+	Jan Nordlund	Roger Gustavsson
Other Divisions - Masters 50+	Don Willes	Richard Lindholm
Other Divisions - Masters 60+	Bud Ravenscroft	Michael Sessions

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2-time winner Victoria Dominguez, who won in 2011, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st

Jan Nordlund

United States

2nd

Roger Gustavsson

United States

3rd

Don Willes

United States

Muscle Contest (So Cal) 2012 contested 17 divisions across 44 athletes, 10 open and 7 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 2 countries. Jan Nordlund took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 17 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (43) - Canada (1)

Masters divisions 7

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Jan Nordlund First Muscle Contest (So Cal) title	United States
2nd	Roger Gustavsson	United States
3rd	Don Willes	United States
4th	Jason David	United States
5th	Daniel Minarsky	United States
6th	Jack Van Haaster	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Bostin Loyd	United States
2nd	Daigo Kitai	United States
3rd	Edward DeLorenzo	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Brian Hofer First recorded win	United States
2nd	Mehran Zare	United States
3rd	Gerardo Mangual	United States
4th	Ousman Cessay	United States
5th	Zack Hemmingson	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	Darren Guffey First recorded win	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Bostin Loyd	United States
2nd	Tyler Sage	United States
3rd	Chris Aguilera	United States
4th	Jeff Brazynetz	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Physique

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Susan Graham First recorded win	United States
2nd	Sierra Mangus	United States
3rd	Jennifer Jaques-Conn	United States
4th	Stephanie Hurstrom	United States
5th	Lada Plihalová	United States
6th	Jennifer Hopkins	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Aubrey Reavis Title defense, 2nd win here	United States
2nd	Amalia Ralar	United States
3rd	Cristina Gedang	United States
4th	Molly McGuire	United States
5th	Terri Sims	United States
6th	Bethann Hyndshaw	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Class B

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Kendra Butler First recorded win	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Erika Mott	United States
2nd	Shelly Sayman	United States
3rd	Ashley Stanton	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Class D

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Karma Schopp First recorded win	Canada
2nd	Catalina Guasco	United States
3rd	Katherine Miles	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Women's Figure - 45+

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Bethann Hyndshaw First recorded win	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Masters Class A

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Amalia Ralar First recorded win	United States
2nd	Cristina Gedang	United States
3rd	Terri Sims	United States
4th	Bethann Hyndshaw	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Masters Class B

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Shelly Sayman First recorded win	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Masters Class C

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Karma Schopp	Canada
2nd	Amy Gordon	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Jan Nordlund	United States
2nd	Roger Gustavsson	United States
3rd	Scott Harper	United States
4th	Jack Van Haaster	United States
5th	Edward DeLorenzo	United States
6th	Reggie Johnson	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Don Willes	United States
2nd	Richard Lindholm	United States
3rd	Jack Van Haaster	United States
4th	Edward DeLorenzo	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Men

Place	Athlete	Country
1st	Bud Ravenscroft First Muscle Contest (So Cal) title	United States
2nd	Michael Sessions	United States
3rd	Harold Hargrave	United States
4th	Edward DeLorenzo	United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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Complete Results updated March 26, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors: 44
Divisions: 17
Size rank: 3 of 9

The biggest field since 2011.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year	Winner	Division
2016	Megan Trimmer	Physique
2014	Christina Mace	Physique
2012	Susan Graham	Physique
2011	Victoria Dominguez	Bodybuilding
2010	Victoria Dominguez	Bodybuilding

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