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USA Nationals 2002

USA Nationals 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Ben Rodriguez.

Year
2002
Date
Jan 1, 2002
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
11
Competitors
41

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USA Nationals 2002

Ben Rodriguez Champion

2002 USA Dec 31, 2001

USA Nationals 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Ben Rodriguez.

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

2-time winner Julie Melson, who won in 2001, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

1st
Ben Rodriguez
Ben Rodriguez
United States
2nd
Raymond Campisi
United States
3rd
Mario Cirigliano
United States

USA Nationals 2002 contested 11 divisions across 41 athletes, 8 open and 3 age-restricted Masters. Ben Rodriguez took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium. 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 3

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st Ben Rodriguez United States
2nd Raymond Campisi United States
3rd Mario Cirigliano United States
4th Khalid Bashir United States
5th Scott Scartozzi United States
6th Keith Leon United States
7th Ty Stephen Petri United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Michael Massey Title defense, 3rd win here United States
2nd Michael Palazzo United States
3rd Michael Perazzoli United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Mark Rogers 2nd win here United States
2nd Luis Colon United States
3rd Chris Thomas United States
4th Humphrey Afari United States
5th Rembrandt Elliott United States
6th Kenney Sipe United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Daniel Embry United States
2nd Richard Politano United States
3rd Michael Tull United States
4th Curt Savage United States
5th Joe Roosevans United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Tammy Stoltzfus First recorded win United States
2nd Adrienne Padget United States
3rd Karen Poyner United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Tall

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

Place Athlete Country
1st Jodi Newman First recorded win United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Tiffany Moon First recorded win United States
2nd Narumon Cortes United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Laura Sutter First recorded win United States
2nd Jalaine Ulsh United States
3rd Cindy Finkbiner United States
4th Andrea Bernard United States
5th Erica Razek United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

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

Other Divisions - Grand Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Tony Jiorle United States
2nd Calvin Gates United States
3rd David Driver United States
4th Stephen Valkos United States
5th William Palese United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters Short Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Ben Rodriguez United States
2nd Mark Rogers United States
3rd Scott Scartozzi United States
4th Rembrandt Elliott United States
5th Keith Leon United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters Tall Men

Place Athlete Country
1st George Donnelly First recorded win United States
2nd Ralph Wright United States
3rd Larry Sloan United States
4th Joe Roosevans United States
5th Franklin Jones United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
41
Divisions
11
Size rank
8 of 24

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2016 Amanda Malone Figure Short
2014 Scott Jakiel Athletic Physique
2013 Dylan Larsen Athletic Physique
2012 Francisco Santiago Athletic Physique
2011 Stefianeanna Vaught Bodybuilding
2010 Christel McGowan Bodybuilding
2009 Mary Printz Bodybuilding
2008 Mary Printz Bodybuilding
2007 Monica Montone Bodybuilding
2006 Michelle Ivers-Brent Bodybuilding
2005 Kelly Lutz Bodybuilding
2004 Shawn Madden Athletic Physique
2001 Julie Melson Open
2000 Julie Melson Open

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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.
  • 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.