Last week, St. Louis brought
out the best in the Qualifier Course, giving us the most
finishers in ANW history, including only the second
woman to finish the course in Michelle Warnky. Now the
journey to find the first American Ninja Warrior takes
us to South Beach, as veteran and newbie alike prepare
to take on the course in...
MIAMI
Bayfront Park
Our players - which
include rivals Drew Drechsel and Flip Rodriguez - will
take on six obstacles, two of them making their ANW
debut.
- Quintuple Steps
- DOWNHILL PIPE DROP: It begins with a Pipe Slider, then
goes into a jump for a rope swing.
- DANCING STONES: A fixture on the Japanese Kunoichi
(Women of Ninja Warrior) course, it's a run along a
series of cylinders, some of them unstable and
unpredictable.
- Jump Hang
- Curtain Slider
- Warped Wall - 14 feet, three chances
As before, it's
win-and-in. Hit the buzzer atop the Warped Wall, and you
are guaranteed a spot in the City Final. First up
tonight...
- Jorge Posada (33;
Hollywood, FL; fitness trainer - NOT the former NY
Yankee): FAIL Downhill Pipe Drop
- Andrea Mulryan (32; Jacksonville, special education
teacher): FAIL Dancing Stones
- Shaun Murray (38; Orlando; professional wakeboarder):
FAIL Warped Wall
Kate Miller, Aric Lee,
Adam Ives, and Andrew Dobson all failed in the fast
forward.
- Dr. Desiree Walker (34;
Lumberton, NC; dentist): FAIL Downhill Pipe Drop
- Vincente King (24; Loganville, GA; college student):
the first known contestant to be diagnosed with autism.
FAIL Curtain Slider
- Melanie Hunt (26; Washington, DC; high school English
teacher): FAIL Warped Wall
- Kavon Sadler (21; McDonough, GA; animator): COMPLETE!
(1:52.84)
Wayne Culpepper failed,
but Reko Rivera and Matt "Ninja Baby" Zacharkow made it
up the Warped Wall.
- Jonathan Ruiz (29;
Valrico, FL; optician): COMPLETE! (2:30.98)
- Robert "Ninja Dad" Logan, Sr. (45; Ayer, MA; security
expert): INJURED Warped Wall (Achilles)
The gurney is here to
take Rob Sr. to the hospital for further evaluation, but
he stopped them so he can see...
- Robert "Ninja Son"
Logan, Jr. (23; Ayer, MA; web developer): FAIL Warped
Wall
As we enter the second
half, Josh Hill fell on the Dancing Stones, but his loss
was the gain of Brett Sims (in his fifth try), Stephens
Nunnally and Rich Thompson.
- William "The Spartan"
Brown (29; Palm Bay, FL; power plant manager): COMPLETE!
(1:03.03). That brings the number of finishers to 10.
Make it 13 thanks to
rookies Neil Craver, Dustin Craver, and Solomon Harvey.
- Preston Griffall (30;
Salt Lake City; US Olympic luger): COMPLETE! (1:48.05)
- Clinton Taylor (31; Franklin, NC; marketing
consultant): FAIL Curtain Slider
Veteran Ryan Stratis
joined Brandon Arrington and Courtney Venuti at the
Wall... but Brandon and Ryan would join Luciano Acuna in
the next round.
- Erick Hernandez (33;
Sunrise, FL; SWAT team member): FAIL Curtain Slider
Next, the first ever
amputee to take to the course...
- Stephen France (32; Yulee, FL; truss builder): FAIL
Downhill Pipe Drop
- Todd Bourgeois (31; St. Augustine, FL; physical
therapist): COMPLETE! (2:11.92). That brings the list to
20.
And now we've reached the
showdown. Flip Rodriguez vs. Drew Drechsel for the top
time of the night. But first... Sean Morris (in
his fifth try), Jared "JJ" Woods, and Jonathan Sharp
Brown make it 21, 22, and 23. Will Idoko make it 24?
- Idoko Abuh (24;
Orlando, musician): COMPLETE! (1:19.24)
- Joyce Shahbox (42; Gainesville, FL; physical
therapist): FAIL Curtain Slider
And now, who'll be king
of Miami?
- DREW DRECHSEL (25;
Houston, ANW trainer): COMPLETE! (:44.24)
- DAVID "FLIP" RODRIGUEZ (25; Miami; stuntman): FAIL
Jump Hang... After a slight slip into the water.
And the Miami crowd is
STUNNED.
In total, 42 finishes
come from the Miami crowd. They will ALL return for the
City Final.
LEADERBOARD
- DREW DRECHSEL
- JONATHAN SHARP BROWN
- LUCIANO ACUNA JR.
- WILLIAM BROWN
- JOHN VOGT
- JOSEPH ROSELLO
- IDOKO ABUH
- NEIL CRAVER
- MIGUEL CASTILLO
- DUSTIN SANDERSON
- SOLOMON HARVEY
- BRETT SIMS
- KENNETH NIEMITALO
- JARED "JJ" WOODS
- ADAM ORSINI
- MICHAEL ECKERT
- TIMOTHY KOREN
- PRESTON GRIFFALL
- RYAN STRATIS
- DAVID HUNT
- KAVON SADLER
- BRANDON ARRINGTON
- ADAM GROSSMAN
- GABRIEL ARNOLD
- REKO RIVERA
- BINNY SETH
- RICH THOMPSON
- ANDY FRIEDMAN
- TODD BOURGEOIS
- JOSH WINDBECK
- JONATHAN RUIZ
- CHRIS POLI
- SEAN MORRIS
- DUSTIN McKINNEY
- FELIX CHU
- NOEL REYES
- WILLIAM DOMKE II
- DANIEL BERTRAMS
- JIM MATHEIS
- MATT ZACHAROW
- ANDREW VISCUSI
Next time, it's the fifth
and final stop in the Qualifier tour, the Mile High
City.
For more information on the contestants,
including never-before-seen footage, or to watch this episode in its entirety,
go to nbc.com/anw
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