Lets start placing bets on the Top Five at the upcoming IronMan contest.

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2004 IRONMAN PREJUDGING
Prince pulls out as Dexter Jackson pulls ahead of Lee Priest

Minutes before the 10.00.am prejudging start time, Tom Prince pulled out of the 2004 Ironman being staged at the Pasadena Civic Center in rain-sodden Southern California. Hospitalized by serious kidney malfunction last year (a story featured in the January '04 issue of FLEX) Prince had battled through his 12-week contest prep to arrive at Friday's weigh-in at a contest-ready and remarkable 276 pounds. However, overnight his lungs began to fill with fluid and finding it difficult to breath, he had to pull out of the contest and go for kidney dialysis at a local LA hospital. We'll have more updates on Prince's condition as the story develops.

At the contest itself, Dexter Jackson stood out as the clear leader, with Lee Priest (at 199 pounds) a solid second. Observing the callouts it seemed that Ahmad Haidar, Craig Titus and Gustavo Badell were battling for the third and final Olympia qualifying spot.

 

[AAP]

What did I tell ya about Prince.... loser.

 

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Angry Bob hasn't even gotten a mention. He must look like shit....bad hair day, I guess.

 

[AAP]

prejudging pics are on flexonline.com

Priest looks AWESOME. (dex looks better though)

 

[AAP]

Dexs quads are shredded beyond belief....

 

[AAP]

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[Wynn]

From the news:

It's between Dexter Jackson and Lee Priest.

After his embarrassing show at the Olympia, I was set
to give up on Priest and let him go off to do his
NASCAR thing. But he looked incredible this morning.
Close to, if not the biggest I've ever seen him. Best
arms in the show, if not the entire sport. Dexter
Jackson also looked great, and he knew it. The two of
them had a lot fun on stage together- Dexter patted
Lee's glutes, attempting to show that Dex's were
better. Lee responded by patting Dexter's stomach,
knowing he had him beat. That sort of thing. It made
for a very fun show.

Craig Titus was in the top callouts. I've been a
long-time fan of Craig's, but he looked soft an
unbalanced to me. He looked disappointed that he's not
making the top two, but I think he got a bit lucky.
Bob Cicherillo started high, but he didn't come in
ripped enough.

I can't guarantee these placings, but this is what I
scribbled down:
Round 1 callouts:
1. Dexter Jackson, Lee Priest, Craig Titus, Ahmed
Haider
2. Craig Titus, Robert Cicherillo, Ahmed Haider, David
Henry
3. David Henry, Johnnie Jackson, Robert Cicherillo,
Ronny Rockel, Idrise Ward-El
4. Ronny Rockel, Idrise Ward-El ,Gustavo Badell ,
Jason Arntz, Robert Cicherillo
5. Lee Powell, Mohammed Amouti, Rod Ketchens,
Paul Baker, George Turmon

Round 3 callouts:
1. Dexter Jackson, Lee Priest, Craig Titus, , Gustavo
Badell, Ahmed Haider
2. Craig Titus, Gustavo Badell, Ahmed Haidar, David
Henry, Idrise Ward-El, Johnnie Jackson
3. Johnnie Jackson, Robert Cicherillo, David Henry,
Idrise Ward-El, Jason Arntz
4. Ronny Rockel, Lee Powell, Robert Cicherillo, Ahmed
Haidar, Jason Arntz
5. Ronny Rockel, Lee Powell, Rod Ketchens, Ahmed
Haidar, Paul Baker

 

[AAP]

Priest is in phenominal shape. I think he could actually win it. However, they will probably penalize him and place him second because of his poor O showing.

 

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I think he looks a lil smooth compared to Dexter. I'll tell you who's getting overlooked, Jason Arntz. He's in great shape.

 

[powerslave]

That side shot of Dexter's quads is SICK!