The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

WITH four more competitors earning their professional status this year, the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation can now boast of having 20 active professionals in the sport.

Federation president Joel Stubbs made the comments after Serena Salis-Norius, Dekel Nesbitt-Quant and Briceston Anderson all earned their pro cards at the MCP Worldwide Caribbean Grand Prix at the Atlantis resort, Paradise Island, earlier this month.

They joined Terrion Kemp, who picked up his pro card at the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships in Palm Beach, Aruba, in September. “We’re so excited for the few Bahamian athletes who have achieved their professional status this year,” said Stubbs of the competitors, who earned their status on both IFBB platforms at the Elite League and the Pro League.

“They will be joining the others at that prestigious performance level. Blessings upon blessings to all of you.”

Two of those pro bodybuilders - Jason ‘Jay-Shred’ Johnson and Kaif Young - just competed in the IFBB Elite Pro Mr Universe Colombia Show over the weekend in Cali, Columbia. Out of a field of 10 competitors, Johnson took the title with Young as the runner-up.

Stubbs congratulated the two competitors whom he had an opportunity to train during their introduction into the sport. He remains a mentor and confidant to both competitors, who lauded him for his leadership of the federation. “To the other professionals, continue to work even harder in raising the bar,” Stubbs said.

“Continue to work while it’s day, for the night cometh when no man will be able to work. Remember, the sky’s the limit.”