The 2024 Southern Muscle Showdown Pro is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Dalton, GA. This show will host 2025 Olympia qualifying events for the Classic Physique and Bikini divisions. The winners of each contest will be eligible to compete at the 2025 Olympia Weekend for their division.
2024 Southern Muscle Showdown Pro Roster
Promoter Steve Payne will host over 40 competitors in total. The rosters for both contests are below:
Classic Physique
- Tomas Adame (United States)
- Chris Barnes (United States)
- Victor Compan (Mexico)
- Camilo Diaz (Colombia)
- Ejike Enwereuzor (United States)
- Mahfuz Hawit (United States)
- Damien Patrick (United States)
- Emanuele Ricotti (Italy)
- Abdullah Saif (United States)
- Anthony Stephens (United States)
- Eric Wildberger Lisboa (Brazil)
- Brandon Williams (United States)
- Luke Woodside (United States)
Bikini
- Merica Abbado (United States)
- Sarah Cummings (United States)
- Jessica Nicole Dolias (United States)
- Eli Fernandez (Mexico)
- Brenda Garay (United States)
- Karene Gonzalez (United States)
- Ashley Hampton (United States)
- Stephanie Harrison (United States)
- Shawn Hektor Lewis (United States)
- Cara Hellevang (United States)
- Lynsie Hice (United States)
- Irene Iravedra (Spain)
- Haley Johnson (United States)
- Aisha Kaipova (Kazakhstan)
- Lauren Kralovec (United States)
- Adair Libbrecht (Canada)
- Jennifer Lynch (United States)
- Chelan Nour (United States)
- Zoey Panzarino (United States)
- Leslie Potts (United States)
- Priscila Rodrigues (Brazil)
- Michelle Santana (United States)
- Gina Sardina (United States)
- Gina Scafoglio (United States)
- Anna Setlak (Italy)
- Olesya Sun (United States)
- Cheryl Sweeney (United States)
- Jasmine Viana (United States)
- Angela White (United States)
- Kelsie Woodhouse (United States)
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Bikini Division Athletes to Watch
30 athletes will take the stage for the Bikini division, and these three ladies are the early favorites to win.
Priscila Rodrigues
Priscila Rodrigues qualified for the 2024 Bikini Olympia, set for Oct. 11-12, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV, thanks to her win at the 2023 Musclecontest International Brazil Pro. If she wins this contest and qualifies for the 2025 Olympia, she could take an extended offseason or keep competing and try to prevent rivals from qualifying.
Anna Setlak
Anna Setlak is in the final prep stages for the 2024 Bikini Olympia. She qualified via her win at the 2024 ProMuscle Italy Pro and is coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2024 Legion Sports Fest Pro in Reno, NV, on Sept. 28, 2024.
Adair Libbrecht
Adair Libbrecht of Canada scored her first pro win at the 2024 Arizona Pro on Aug. 24, 2024, and was the runner-up to Tamekia Carter at the 2024 Nashville Fit Show Pro. She is in her fourth year at the pro level and is qualified for the 2024 Bikini Olympia — it will be her Olympia debut.
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