WOLFORD TWINS WIN BIG, MESA RETAINS TITLE IN 2019 NPC BODYBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Robert Balajadia

The annual NPC Bodybuilding Championships had the Sheraton Hotel rocking for a third year in row with a big crowd once again filling out the always lively event. 2018 Bikini Overall Champ Jeralyn Mesa retained her Overall Title in 2019 and twin brothers Trevor and Travis Wolford each grabbed Overall winners in their divisions to highlight the night.

Fans of the event, and local fitness fans in general, are familiar with the Wolford twins how serious they approach their training. Trevor was able to climb back to the top in 2019 as an Overall Winner in Men’s Classic Physique after winner the award last year, but having Travis win Overall in Men’s Bodybuilding proved a special moment for the wins.

“It’s really an awesome moment. It’s probably the best feeling ever, not only to compete with your brother, but your twin at that,” said Trevor.

“It’s more motivational too, working, training and dieting with [Trevor] and he knows how it is to compete so it’s really good,” said first time competitor Travis.

The competition field gets tougher each year and the Wolford’s expected a challenge, but their training with the Next Level Fitness team had them in their best versions come show time.

“We put in the same length of training, but we put in a lot more hard work coming out knowing that there was more competitors coming out and giving their best too,” added Travis.

The Men’s Physique Division saw a new winner in the overall as Ian Milan was able to bring in his first ever Overall winning Medal.

“I wasn’t overly confident, but I did have tunnel vision. I didn’t overlook the competition. I knew I was going against the top guys in the class… I soaked it all in, kept my composure, remembered what I was here to do and followed through,” said Milan.

Overall Winners

Mesa tops Bikini Division

It’s hard to believe that Jeralyn Mesa only started competing in this sport last year. In just her second year, she’s already gotten a tight hold of the always competitive Bikini Division by winning Overall for the second year in a row.

“As a returning competitor, I did feel a lot of pressure to look better than I did last year. But I did feel more mentally prepared as far as meal prepping, training and posing… I really try to train and prepare for the local level shows just as hard as I would for a stateside level show. My next goal is to try and achieve a Procard!,” said Mesa.

First year competitor Muneka Taisipic won her Division and Overall International, bringing her medal haul to two in her debut. Taisipic is no stranger to getting medals after winning Gold with the Guam National Volleyball Team last year in the Micro Games, but this sport did present challenges Taisipic wasn’t fully ready to handle at times. Regardless, she’s embraced the process and loves the reward.

“It’s a very rewarding experience given the time that I put into to working hard for this single goal and at the end, the reward is food so it’s even better… I don’t want to change anything as everything happens for a reason. I had to pull away from volleyball due to family reasons, but it opened up a new opportunity for me to start this new journey and I just went full force in it. And this process taught he a very big lesson which I’ll hold forever in my heart,” said Taisipic.

Full Results

NPC Men’s Bodybuilding  
Overall NPC Winner: #6 Travis Wolford

Lightweight
1^st: #3 Donavin Ngirandgeboi
2^nd: #57 Carmelo Miano 
3^rd: #2 Jomey Ignacio

Middleweight 
1^st: #6 Travis Wolford 
2^nd: #4 Jaime Rodriguez

Heavyweight 
1^st: #1 Kenneth Walker 
2^nd: #5 Jason Lee Cruz 

International Men’s Bodybuilding 
Overall Winner: #51 Takeshi Okumura 

International (Lightweight Division) 
1^st: #51 Takeshi Okumura 
2^nd: #3 Donavin Ngirandgeboi 
3^rd: # 57 Carmelo Miano 

International (Masters Division)
1st: #51 Takeshi Okumura 
2^nd: #57 Carmelo Miano 
3^rd: #4 Jaime Rodriguez 

International Women’s Fitness Exhibition
1^st: #54 Hiroko Niwa
2^nd: #55 Mitsuyo Suzuki

International Men’s Fitness Exhibition
1^st: #50 Iwao Takada 

NPC Men’s Classic Physique
Overall NPC Winner: #16 Trevor Wolford 

Class A 
1st: #16 Trevor Wolford 
2^nd: #7 Runnel Balecha 
3^rd: #2 Jomey Ignacio 

Class B 
1^st: #11 Pio Miguel Santos 
2^nd: #10 Daniele Reyes 
3^rd: #58 Travis Aguon  

Class C
1^st: #1 Kenneth Walker 
2^nd: #15 Jason Bean 
3^rd: #13 Alexander Greiner 

NPC Bikini
Overall NPC Winner: #19 Jeralyn Mesa 

Class A 
1^st: #19 Jeralyn Mesa 
2^nd: #17 Jachele Saludo
3^rd: #21 Ha’ane Keele 

Class B 
1^st: #26 Marithir O’Connor
2^nd: #24 Ava Ramos 
3^rd: #25 Brittany Borja 

Class C 
1^st: #28 Muneka Taisipic
2^nd: #27 Tammie Gilmore 

International Bikini (Class C) 
Overall Winner: #28 Muneka Taisipic 
1^st: #28 Muneka Taisipic 
2^nd: #56 Mizuho Kuribayashi 
3^rd: #27 Tammie Gilmore 

International Mix-Pair Bodybuilding Exhibition 
1^st: #50 Iwao Takada & #55 Mitsuyo Suzuki 

NPC Men’s Physique 
Overall NPC Winner: #33 Ian Milan 

Class A
1^st: #33 Ian Milan 
2^nd: #31 Joewel Baisa
3^rd: #32 Lucas Rebanal 

Class B 
1^st: #42 Erickson Peregrind 
2^nd: #39 Joshua Cantara 
3^rd: #35 Masashi Asai 

Class C 
1^st: #44 Rick Guevara
2^nd: #12 Joel Tudela 
3^rd: #43 Dennis Cruz 

Class D
1^st: #47 Bryen Carbullido 
2^nd: #46 Stephen James Meno 
3^rd: #45 Caleb Hietpas 

International Men’s Physique (Class C)
Overall winner: #53 Takutoshi Saotome
1^st: #53 Takutoshi Saotome 
2^nd: #44 Rick Guevara
3^rd: # 12 Joel Tudela 

NPC Women’s Figure (Class A)  
Overall NPC Winner: #49 Jaime Mendiola 
1^st: #49 Jaime Mendiola
2^nd: #48 Lucille Johnson 

International Women’s Figure/Body fitness
Overall winner: #49 Jaime Mendiola 
1^st: #49 Jaime Mendiola 
2^nd: #54 Hiroko Niwa 
3^rd: #48 Lucille Johnson

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