Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 3, 1994 TAG: 9403030141
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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KIM FAULKNER of Radford proved that last weekend when she won the Ms. Virginia Tech Natural Body Building Contest.
Faulkner, 33, beat out competitors 10 to 12 years younger to take home the title.
"It was willpower and the ability to stick to the diet," said Faulkner. "It [the diet] is 90 percent of it. If you don't do the diet, the muscles won't show."
The diet - which Faulkner described as horrible - consisted of six meals daily over the last couple of months. That meant oatmeal and fresh fruit in the morning, steamed vegetables in the afternoon and evening and protein - be it eggs, chicken breasts, and/or tuna - at every meal. Dairy products and bread were off limits, joining fats, salt and cookies on the forbidden list.
Faulkner, a mother of two young girls and a part-time manager at the Farmhouse, has been lifting weights for about five years to stay in shape. She had never thought about competing in a body-building contest until she went to last year's Tech tournament.
"I thought to myself, 'I could do that,'" she said. "Then when October got here, I thought that if I was going to do it, I had better get started and train real hard. And I did it."
The training and diet enabled the 5-foot, 10-inch Faulkner to reconstruct her body, turning fat into muscle. She lost only 6 pounds during training, competing at 133 pounds. However, she lost three dress sizes, going from a 9/10 to a 5/6. Meanwhile, some of her competitors lost more than 30 pounds to get ready for the contest.
For winning, Faulkner received a trophy and the peace of mind one gets for accomplishing something one had set out to do. And her husband, TIM, put a new message on the Faulkners' telephone answering machine to salute the triumph.
TIM YANG, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech from Clemson, S.C., earned the title Mr. Virginia Tech Natural Body Builder at the competition.
"I didn't step on a scale during the time I trained," said Yang, who like Faulkner was in his first competition. "If you know your weight, you can fool yourself that you are going to look a certain way. The best thing is to look on the mirror and work on how you work."
ROUNDBALL ROUNDUP: Hail to the champs! Hail to Craft's Crew!
For the third straight season and seventh time in eight years, the Crew has won the Pulaski Men's Open League championship.
Craft's Crew (17-0) downed Athlete's Choice 79-74 in the championship game of the Major Tournament. DOREA JONES and CHARLES ARNOLD helped the Crew stay one step ahead of A-Choice by each hitting six second-half free throws while BOBBY HUNTER added a pair of three-pointers.
The balanced attack was enough to overcome a combined 47 points by Athlete's Choice's WALTER BROOKS (25) and AARON MERCHANT (22).
DAVID SMITH and Arnold were named co-MVPs of the tournament and SAM POINDEXTER of the regular-season MVP as Craft's Crew ran its winning streak to a league-record 48 games over the last three seasons.
Athlete's Choice (15-3) has lost only five games the last two seasons - all to the Crew.
The Bad Boys (9-9) pulled out their Minor Tournament championship game against Renfro 67-66 as DANNY CONNER hit a free throw late in the game for the deciding margin.
Tournament MVP RALPH PRETLOW added four free throws down the stretch, giving him 20 of his game-high 31 points in the second half.
Twice in the final minute, Renfro missed the front end of one-and-one opportunities.
Renfro had forced a second final by beating the Bad Boys 74-61 behind 24 points from DOUG MABRY, handing the Bad Boys their first loss in the double-elimination tournament.
The Stupid doesn't look that way in the Blacksburg Men's B League, pulling into a first-place tie with the Travel Squad at 6-1.
The Stupid got 18 points from BRUCE RIGGENS and edged Federal Mogul 56-54, overcoming a 24-point outing by JIM BAHR.
Meanwhile, JEROME PRESTON scored 30 as third-place Shelor's (5-2) knocked off the Travel Squad 65-44.
In other action, Montgomery Regional Hospital got 30 points from both PAUL BIBB and TRAVIS MITCHELL to top Electro-Tec 82-47.
Interior Design and Nutrition improved its Blacksburg Women's Open League-leading record to 4-1 with a 54-28 victory over Sharkey's as HEATHER DENT scored 21 points.
Above the Rim stayed above the rest in the Montgomery County Men's League with a 7-0 mark.
Big scoring performances brought Above the Rim three victories last week. Four players scored in double-figures in a 91-84 win over second-place Corning (5-2). DARYL PRICE had 41 in a 100-79 triumph over the Doors. And CHUCK COURTS tallied 35 in a victory over Woodyard's Body Shop.
The Corning duo of DAVE HERBSTER (29 points per game) and TIM PENN (27 ppg) are 1-2 in the league in scoring. Following them are DELRAY "DOC" JONES of Above the Rim (26 ppg), CHARLES ARNOLD of New River Valley Homes (25 ppg), Price (25 ppg), JIM COMPARIN of The Doors (24 ppg), Courts (24 ppg) and DONNIE ROBINSON of Woodyard's (22 ppg).
Penn leads the league in three-point shots with 22. Next are Jones and Robinson with 17, Price with 16 and Comparin with 15.
The Team (6-0) and First National Bank (5-0) are the only two unbeatens left in the Christiansburg Men's Open Slowbreak League. Presbyterian II (5-1) has a one-game edge in the Men's Church Slowbreak League. And Woodmen of the World (4-1) stayed atop the Women's Open Slowbreak League despite suffering its first loss of the season.
The Warriors and the Raiders are the top teams in the Pulaski Girls' League.
The Warriors (8-0) captured the Junior League (ages 15-and-under). They won their final three games to stay perfect, besting the Bulls twice and the Lakers once behind the scoring of MELISSA BLEVINS (15, 11 and 14 points in the three games) and CHELSI BURNETTE (22 points, including 11 in the second Bulls contest).
TRACY SOWERS of the Hornets led the league in scoring at 11.9 ppg. She also had a league-high 22 points in a single game.
The Raiders (9-0) also won three games to claim the Major League (ages 11-and-under), beating the Lady Braves, the Thunderbirds and Big Blue. BETH SYPNIEWSKI and RASHEEDA POINDEXTER were the big guns for the Raiders.
LINDSEY RATCLIFF of the Terminators led the league in scoring at 10.4 ppg. She had league season-high 19 of those in a win over the Patriots.
SIGN-UPS GALORE: Spring is getting ready to spring. So are registrations for a multitude of spring sports.
In Blacksburg, volleyball sign-ups run through March 11 for five leagues beginning just after the equinox: Men's Power, Women's, Coed Power A, Coed B Division I and Coed B Division 2.
The fee is $50 per team plus $5 per each nonresident (a maximum of three per team). Matches will be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Thursday nights respectively for the five leagues. Players must be born on of before Dec. 6, 1976.
For more information, call the Recreation Department at 961-1135.
In Christiansburg, youth baseball and softball registration starts Monday and runs through April 8.
The leagues include Tee Ball (ages 6-8 as of Aug. 1), Minor League Baseball (ages 9-10), Major League Baseball (ages 11-12), Pony League Baseball (ages 13-14), Minor League Girls' Softball (ages 9-10), Major League Girls' Softball (ages 11-12) and Pony League Girls' Softball (ages 13-14).
The cost is $20 for town residents and $25 for nonresidents for all programs except Tee Ball. It is $15 and $20. The fees include uniform (jersey only in Tee Ball) and cap.
For more information, call CHUCK MUNCY, supervisor of athletics, at 382-2349.
In Montgomery County, there is everything and then some.
Youth soccer sign-ups in conjunction with the Southwest Virginia Soccer Association run through March 12. Forms are available at Montgomery County Park, schools, libraries and merchants.
Registration continues through March 30 for youth baseball. There are clinics for youngest youngsters (ages 5-6 as of Aug. 1), with Tee Ball (ages 7-8), Junior League (ages 9-10) and Sandlot League (ages 11-12) for the others. The cost is $15 per participant.
Spring golf-lesson registration begins Monday for youth and adult classes held at Cox's Driving Range. Two three-week sessions are available in April: Monday-Wednesday beginning April 11 and Tuesday-Thursday beginning April 12. The youth lessons will be at 6 p.m. and cost $15. The adult lessons will be at 7 p.m. and cost $20.
Finally, the county Recreation Department plans to sponsor adult sand volleyball for two-person and four-person teams. Sign-ups run all month. Matches begin May 2 at Montgomery County Park. The cost is $85 per team.
For more information, call TIM COONEY at the Recreation Department at 382-6975.
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