FAME North American Championships

TEAM MBS results from day 1 of competition:

Congratulations Sarah Whitby, new FAME Pro! Sarah won the Muscle Model division, achieving Pro status. Anita Nicolaou followed closely in second place, while Ally Johnston placed 4th in a very large lineup of Fitness Model athletes.

More details to come after day 2 of competition...

After a very long 24 hours of traveling (including the very cool new double decker Qantas A380 from Melbourne to LA, with enough empty seats for everyone to have a whole row to themselves, a workout during the stopover, then the very, very sardine-like flight from LA), we finally made it to Miami.

The FAME North American Championships kicks off tomorrow with Anita, Sarah and Ally fired up to compete in the 'Muscle Model' division. Muscle Model involves a bikini round and a theme wear round (as nicely demonstrated below by Anita!).

Welcome to Team MBS USA 2008's blogspot. Here you can read updates on the team's progress and view photos almost immediately after each competition. Feel free to post your comments and messages for the team too!

Six Team MBS athletes are heading to the USA to compete at world level in the FAME North American Championships (Miami, 31 Oct-1 Nov) and the WNBF/INBF World Championships (8 Nov). Team members going: Anita, Sarah, Ally, Carryn, Doreen and Lesley (view slideshow) plus support crew Michael, Jas and Steve. The girls all train with Michael Tabban and his staff at MBS Gymnasium in Melbourne, Australia.

Anita Nicolaou (Aust. Figure & Muscle Model competitor) and Sarah Whitby (Aust. Figure & Muscle Model competitor) are experienced athletes who have already competed at world level. In 2006 Sarah placed 1st in Women Fitness Under 30 at the WFF Universe in Germany, and in 2008 Anita placed 2nd in Women Performance Over 35 at the WFF Universe (and won numerous Overall titles and 1st places at Australian contests).

Lesley Maxwell (Aust. Figure & Ms Fit Body competitor) is also an experienced athlete who so far in 2008 has picked up seven 1st places!

Carryn Duff (Aust. Figure & Ms Fit Body competitor) is new to the competition world in 2008, but already she has won and placed at Victorian and Asia-Pacific level.

Doreen Nicolaou and Ally Johnston are versatile athletes - Doreen has won in both the Women's Bodybuilding and Ms Fit Body divisions, while Ally has won in both the USA Figure and Aust. Figure/Ms Fit Body divisions.

Check out the athletes' results so far this year