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U.S. Buffalo Wing Eating Championship

Location: Buffalo, NY
Date: 09-05-2009
Winner: Sonya Thomas

Sonya Thomas successfully completed the first leg of her quest to threepeat at the National Buffalo Wing Festival after downing 3.38 lbs of wings in the U.S. Buffalo Wing Eating Championships. The festival drew a reported record crowd (78,000+), all of whom were fixated on The Black Widow and the Major League Eating contest table. Continuing his trend to upset, 2009 Nathan's-qualifier Sean "Flash" Gordon bested Gravy Brown (3.20 lbs), Pat Bertoletti (3.18 lbs) and the rest of the field to place second with 3.25 lbs.

FULL RESULTS: 1-Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas - 3.38 lbs ($1,500) 2-Sean “Flash” Gordon - 3.25 lbs ($750) 3-Tim “Gravy” Brown - 3.20 lbs ($300) 4-Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti - 3.18 lbs 5-Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein - 2.89 lbs 6-2.83 Eric “Badlands” Booker - 2.83 lbs 7-"Big" Brian Subich - 2.56 lbs 8-“Buffalo” Jim Reeves - 2.51 lbs 9-Mike Landrich - 2.36 lbs 10-Russ “The Black Hole” Keeler - 2.09 lbs 11-William “Wild Bill” Myers - 1.90 lbs 12-Andrew Burleson - 1.32 lbs

For more information on the National Buffalo Wing Festival, please visit www.buffalowing.com.

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