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Midwest Qualifier 1
May 27

Last week, the search began for the 100 finalists who will face Mt. Midoriyama in Las Vegas. Fifteen advanced from the Venice Beach course, but we're not stopping there, because the course is about to head east to...

MIDWEST REGION
Fair Park, Cotton Bowl, Dallas

The obstacles for the qualifier course are...

- QUAD STEPS: Four steps, seven feet between each one.
- LOG GRIP: Hold on past two jolting drops.
- BRIDGE OF BLADES: Or as it's called in Japan, "The Cross Bridge". Four alternating rotating planks
- JUMP HANG: A cargo net and tramp that could be the difference between getting the win and getting wet. 
- CURTAIN SLIDER: New for season 4, it is what it says it is, a giant sliding curtain.
- WARPED WALL: Fourteen feet, three tries.

The fastest 30 move on to the expanded course. If 30 people haven't completed the course, then the fastest of the furthest will advance. First up...

- Doug Smith (51, physician, Alexandria, IN) - FAIL Quad Steps
- Courtney Harris (37, personal trainer, Chicago) - FAIL Bridge of Blades
- Toni Oppliger (47, owner of Buffwater Inc., Norfolk, NE) - FAIL Quad Steps
- Dewayne Montgomery (39, personal trainer/boot camp instructor, Tinley Park, IL) - FAIL Jump Hang
- Oleksandr Pustovoitov (24, bartender, Chicago) - Ironically he was dressed as a matador, though he got the bad end of a sheet. FAIL Curtain Slider
- Josh Reitan (35, business owner, Minneapolis) - FAIL Curtain Slider
- Joshua Gannon (24, leadership consultant, Lincoln, NE) - FAIL Curtain Slider

The Curtain Slider turns out to be this week's Ninja Killer.

- Jacob Reeves (38, military, Kansas City, MO) - FAIL Quad Steps
- Stephen Krofl (25, coach/student, Wilmette, IL) - FAIL Warped Wall
- James Hardin (24, personal trainer, Valparaiso, IL) - ... COMPLETE (2:16.86)

Next up, a ninja for Jesus walks out of the stands and into the starting blocks.

- Johnathan Morin (28, Grand Rapids, MI, youth pastor) - COMPLETE (2:27.39)

Joining them, Cade Halada (2:01) and Kevin Arehart (2:01).

- Zach Sokoloski (25, St. Louis, HS English teacher/guitarist) - COMPLETE (1:28.28)

Next, the Midwest's own all-star...

- Stephen Volcko (25, Ames, IA, unemployed) - COMPLETE (1:18.86)

LEADERBOARD

1) STEPHEN VOLCKO (1:18)
2) ZACH SOKOLOSKI (1:28)
3) KEVIN AREHART (2:01)
4) CADE HALADA (2:01)
5) JAMES HARDIN (2:16)
6) JOHNATHAN MORIN (2:27)

But remember, it's the fastest 30 that will move on to the regional final tomorrow, and as we have another hour of ninja action, leads are going to change hands, and the seat you thought was so safe... won't be.

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For more information on the contestants, including never-before-seen footage, go to g4tv.com/anw or nbc.com/anw