2023 Rio Grande Valley Classic Pro Wellness Division Show Preview

The 2023 Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Classic Pro Wellness show is slated for Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. It will be held in the McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, TX, with the main event in the IFBB Pro League Wellness division. Thirteen athletes will take the stage with hopes of winning and qualifying for the 2023 Olympia Weekend in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 2-5, 2023. The lineup for this contest is below, with names in alphabetical order.

2023 Rio Grande Valley Classic Pro Roster

• Jessica Alvarado (USA)
• Diana Laura Verduzco Carreno (Mexico)
• Carrie D. Goforth (USA)
• Priscilla Lynd (USA)
• Jenna de Manincor (USA)
• Marina Martins (Canada)
• Marcela Freitas de Mattos (Brazil)
• Celeste Morales (USA)
• Victoria Puentes (USA)
• Lorena Ragusa (USA)
• Jacqueline Huescas Rios (Mexico)
• Ismara dos Santos (Brazil)
• Kimberly Sayers (USA)

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Athletes to Watch

Below are three athletes likely to compete against each other in first callouts:

Jacqueline Huescas Rios

None of the competitors on this roster have qualified for the Olympia going into the contest, but Jacqueline Huescas Rios has Olympia experience. She was 11th in the 2022 Wellness Olympia. This will be her first contest of the 2023 season. She has until Oct. 9, 2023 to qualify for the Olympia. So, winning this show would give her close to two months to prepare for the big show in Orlando. Her experience could help her when she faces the judges in the prejudging round of the show.

Diana Laura Verduzco Carreno

Diana Laura Verduzco Carreno was fourth in the 2023 Texas Pro, a little over 500 miles north of this show. Marissa Andrews won the Texas Pro show. Carreno was also fourth in the 2022 Texas Pro competition.  According to NPC News Online, since turning pro in 2021, Verduzco Carreno never competed outside of the Lone Star State. F

ollowing this show, there are only four Wellness contests before the Olympia qualifying cutoff date of Oct. 9, 2023. Only one, the 2023 Heart of Texas Pro on Sept. 9, 2023, will be in Texas.

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Carrie D. Goforth

Carrie Goforth has two shows under her belt already this season. She was fourth in the Republic of Texas Pro and third in the T.R.U. Athlete Pro in the United Kingdom. She is in her third season and looking for her first pro win and Olympia qualification. She didn’t compete in the 2022 season at all.

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