2017 Naperville, IL Ribfest Nathan’s qualifier
update The Chicago Daily Herald has a contest report that says two women competed.
Full men’s results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 30.5 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 2nd | 16 | Eric Vernsten | |
| 3rd | 15 | Cody Malanowski | |
| 4th | 11.25 | Phillip Yang | |
| 5th | 9.5 | Derek Sanderson | |
| 6th | 9 | Dave Luthman | |
| 6th | 9 | Nick Needs | |
| 6th | 9 | Paul “The Douche” Zwiercan |
1W) Marlene Wigginton 11
The contest has started according to the festival twitter.
2017 St. Louis Nathan’s qualifier
Sophia DeVita has a travelog video
Results from facebook video
1) Erik Denmark 28
2) Brandon Clark 26.5
1W) Sophia DeVita 16
2W) Marlene Wigginton 9.75
3W) Allison 4
4W) Valerie
In the women’s contest Sophia DeVita will face Marlene Wigginton, who took a year off for pregnancy. This could leave the Naperville, IL women’s qualifier wide open if Sophia DeVita wins.
Erik Denmark is the only male entrant who has been mentioned. George Shea mentioned the controversy from his last qualifier in Washington, DC where he was accused of putting a hot dog in his pocket.
Joey Chestnut will be in attendance and serve as the judge.
STLSportsPage has interviews with Juan Rodriguez and Marlene Wigginton about representing St.Louis in the Nathan's finals.
2015 St. Louis Nathan’s qualifier
update May 18 A press release announces that Guinness will claim the record for most selfies taken (4,296) was set at the game. It would be interesting to know how that total was obtained.
The Cardinals official website has a video (via Teryn Schaefer)
1) Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez 25
2) Kyle Hanner 16
3) Matt Raible 13
1W) Marlene Wigginton 10
Joey Chestnut appeared on KMOX yesterday
Personal bests for announced entrants
| 2014 Jul 4 | 6th | 32 | 10 min | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 Jun 2 | 5th | 12 | 10 min | Matthew Raible | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | St. Paul, MN |
| 2014 May 17 | 1st | 9.5 | 10 min | Marlene Wigginton | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women | St. Louis, MO |
Previous Winners
| 2014 May 17 | 1st | 27.5 | 10 min | Sean “Flash” Gordon | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men | St. Louis, MO |
| 2014 May 17 | 1st | 9.5 | 10 min | Marlene Wigginton | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women | St. Louis, MO |
The field for Saturday's Nathan's qualifier is expected to include Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez, Matt Raible & 2014 St. Louis women's winner Marlene Wigginton.
Marlene Wigginton appeared on Fox 2 this morning to talk about her victory in the women's division of Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Louis.
2014 Nathan’s St. Louis qualifier
update May 19 The Riverfront Times has a slideshow
update May 18 StlToday has an article giving the female winner’s last name was Wigginton
MLB.com has a video
update 1:13 Central George Shea has the top 3
1) Sean Gordon 27.5
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 27
3) Kyle Hanner 20
Nic Zamora 16 former Missouri State hockey player
1W) Marlene Wiggenstein Wigginton 9.5
?) Rachel Steele 6
Advantage News has an article about Kyle Hanner competing in today’s qualifier at Busch Stadium. Rachel Steele is another local competing.
Fox2Now has an article
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