{"id":249004,"date":"2017-03-27T06:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T20:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=249004"},"modified":"2017-03-27T06:04:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T20:04:20","slug":"valdez-tops-marianas-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/valdez-tops-marianas-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Valdez tops Marianas Muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_249020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249020\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bodybuildingpix-300x199.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in the 3rd Marianas Muscle Bodybuilding and Physique Competition  pose for a photo after the event held last Saturday at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enrico Valdez won his one-on-one showdown against perennial rival Vincent Aldan in the 3rd Marianas Muscle Bodybuilding and Physique Competition held last Saturday at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.<\/p>\n<p>Valdez topped the men\u2019s physique division, avenging his loss to Aldan in the same tournament last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great to win this year despite having not so much preparation. I joined for fun and just remained consistent with my workout and watched my diet,\u201d said Valdez.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday\u2019s competition was just one of the several events that Valdez will be competing in. In June, he will participate in a tournament in Hawaii, while he is also eyeing a world event later this year. Valdez will also join the Northern Marianas Bodybuilding and Physique Federation-organized CNMI Championships in July.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the junior physique category, newcomer Evan Becher ruled the four-man field. The first-timer defeated fellow new participants Kodin Diaz, Nathan Nogis, and Sean Japor.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s division, Jennifer Choi was the lone entry in both the women\u2019s figure and women\u2019s physique categories.<\/p>\n<p>Choi, Valdez, Aldan, Belcher, and the second and third finishers in the juniors physique got medals and trophies. CBF president John Davis, former women\u2019s physique champion Jocelyn Itibus, and Dee Clayton presented the awards to the winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enrico Valdez won his one-on-one showdown against perennial rival Vincent Aldan in the 3rd Marianas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":249020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[16114,16115,16116,16117],"class_list":["post-249004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-evan-becher","tag-marianas-muscle","tag-nathan-nogis","tag-sean-japor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}