The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

JAMILA Mallory, Rosian Warrington, Yoly Hawley, Jerry Suero and Germain Navarro all left the Bahamas with not only the hardware, but also their eligibility to become a professional bodybuilder.

While all five were the overall winners in their respective categories, they still have to wait on the ratification of the results of the 43rd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships held over the weekend in the Atlantis ballroom on Paradise Island.

Mallory took the women’s body fitness crown, while Warrington was the women’s physique champion and Hawley emerged as the bikini champion.

On the men’s side, Suero won the men’s physique and Navarro was the men’s bodybuilding champion.

It was first time charm for Mallory.

“This was my first CAC. I started in February this year, so I felt really good and I was very confident,” said Mallory, who only had two other competitions before coming here to compete.

“I am really, really happy about my performance. The competition was really good and I went up against some very developed winners, so my coach told me that they will fit me in.”

Mallory, representing Bermuda, won the women’s physique 163 category that saw Bahamian Lorraine LaFleur settling for a disappointing third place behind second place finisher Clarisa Morales of Puerto Rico.

Warrington from Antigua and Barbuda was the clear winner in the Body Fitness 1.58A category that didn’t have any Bahamians in the final six. But in the pose down, she beat out the field that included Grand Bahamian Dekel Nesbitt.

Hawley, on the other hand, took the women’s Bikini 169cm D class title to the Dutch St Martin after beating out Bahamian Carina Ferguson, who was sixth. After the pose down, she was declared the overall winner.

In the men’s physique, Suero was overwhelmed as he was crowned the men’s overall champion in the pose down. He was the 178 CM champion.

Navarro from Aruba won the men’s light heavyweight division that left Grand Bahamian Desmond Bain sitting in sixth place. He went into the pose down and easily emerged as the overall champion as the two-day championship came to a close with the final award presentation.