Posts Tagged ‘Brent Steffensen’
Saturday, June 30th, 2012Here is a list of the 90 national finalists in American Ninja Warrior 4 who advanced to Las Vegas to compete on the Mt. Midoriyama replica uber-course that was built there. There will be 10 wildcards added to these 90 competitors to make an even 100 runners, which is the traditional number that competed in the original Ninja Warrior Japan (Sasuke) for many years. The identity of these wildcards will be revealed when the show airs.
15 finalists from each of the 6 regions (listed below in order of finish) fought their way through their respective regional rounds and then the regional finals to advance to the first finals of American Ninja Warrior held in the US. Mad props to all these competitors, and hit LIKE to applaud them and share this list to spread the word of their awesomeness!
Southwest
Evan Dollard
Jesse La Flair
Kole Stevens
Remi Bakkar
Brent Steffenson
Chad Simpson
Derek Nakamoto
Dorian Cedars
Dan Mast
Paul Darnell
Sedderick Bassett
Ryan Thompson
Dylan Curry
Ronnie Shalvis Jr
Michael “Frosti” Zernow
Midwest
Matthew Derouen
Andrew Karsen
Jack Morgan
Stephen Volcko
Arthur Skov
Michael Silenzi
Nick ‘Lovin’ Stephforn
Johnathan Morin
Scott Robinson
Will Dodd
Joshua Grant
Andrew Lowes
Nate Aye
Nick Kostner
Cade Halada
Northeast
Tim Shieff
Luis Moco
Dan Galiczynski
Chris Wilczewski
Elet Hall
Travis Graves
Jesse Villareal
Christopher DiGangi
Andrew Wood
Danny Johnson
Bradley Smith Jr.
Phillip Pirollo
John Sapinoso
Matt Mings
Michael Pericoloso
Northwest
James McGrath
Travis Furlanic
David Campbell
Sean Noble
Kyle Cochrane
Justin Sweeney
Josh Horsley
Nathan Sausedo
Justin Walcker
J.B. Douglas
Kevan Reoli
Ben Snead
Brian Kretsch
Gunner Bahn
Patrick McGrath
Midsouth
Paul Kasemir
Brandon Douglass
Brian Arnold
Jaret Salas
Kevin Klein
Sat Khalsa
Ahmed Toure
Josh Lobeck
Lorin Ball
Jake Smith
Bob Pondrom
Nathaniel Spencer
James Wyatt
Tremayne Dortch
Alan Connealy
Southeast
David “Flip” Rodriguez
Drew Dreschel
Travis Rosen
Jared “J.J.” Woods
Michael Ekhert
Bull Bullard
Sean Morris
William Brown
Thomas Hall
Brendan Kelly
Andy Taylor
Adam Grossman
Niko Bogucki
Tony Reddick
Paul O’Connor
Tags:Adam Grossman, Ahmed Toure, Alan Connealy, Andrew Karsen, Andrew Lowes, Andrew Wood, Andy Taylor, Arthur, Ben Snead, Bob Pondrom, Bradley Smith Jr, Brandon Douglass, Brendan Kelly, Brent Steffensen, Brian Arnold, Brian Kretsch, Bull Bullard, Cade Halada, Chad Simpson, Chris Wilczewski, Christopher DiGangi, Dan Galiczynski, Dan Mast, Danny Johnson, David "Young Flip" Rodriguez, David Campbell, Derek Nakamoto, Dorian Cedars, Drew Drechsel, Dylan Curry, Elet Hall, Evan "Rocket" Dollard, Gunner Bahn, J.B. Douglas, Jack Morgan, Jake Smith, James McGrath, James Wyatt, Jared JJ Woods, Jaret Salas, Jesse La Flair, Jesse Villareal, John Sapinoso, Johnathan Morin, Josh Horsley, Josh Lobeck, Joshua Grant, Justin Sweeney, Justin Walcker, Kevan Reoli, Kevin Klein, Kole Stevens, Kyle Cochrane, Lorin Ball, Luis Moco, Matt Mings, Matthew Derouen, Michael "Frosti" Zernow, Michael Ekhert, Michael Pericoloso, Michael Silenzi, Nate Aye, Nathan Sausedo, Nathaniel Spencer, Nick 'Lovin' Stephforn, Nick Kostner, Niko Bogucki, Patrick McGrath, Paul Darnell, Paul Kasemir, Paul O'Connor, Remi Bakkar, Ronnie Shalvis Jr, Ryan Thompson, Sat Khalsa, Scott Robinson, Sean Mo, Sean Noble, Sedderick Bassett, Skov, Steve Volko, Thomas Hall, Tim "Livewire" Shieff, Tony Reddick, Travis Furlanic, Travis Graves, Travis Rosen, Tremayne Dortch, Will Dodd, William Brown
Posted in American Ninja Warrior 4, Competitors, Midsouth Region, Midwest Region, Northeast Region, Northwest Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region | 10 Comments »
Sunday, May 20th, 2012The season of American Ninja Warrior 4 starts tonight on G4 and continues tomorrow night on NBC showing the Southwest regional and regional final rounds. The Southwest region is chock-full of legitimate ninja studs and is arguably the strongest of the six regions in this year’s competition. Including top competitors Levi Meeuwenberg, Shane Daniels, Luci Romberg, and Brian Orosco from the LA-based Tempest Academy, as well as other top guns and fan favorites like Kelvin “Grandpa Ninja” Antoine, Brent Steffensen, Dorian Cedars, Michael “Frosti” Zeroniow, Ryan “Cloud” Cousins, and Evan “Rocket” Dollard….the Southwest region episodes are sure to amaze, inspire and shock!
Click LIKE if you are eagerly anticipating, watching and/or digging the Southwest region episodes this week! I’ll post some results and commentary when everything is aired and public.
Tags:Brent Steffensen, Brian Orosco, Dorian Cedars, Evan "Rocket" Dollard, Kelvin "Grandpa Ninja" Antoine, Levi Meeuwenberg, Luci Romberg, Michael "Frosti" Zernow, Ryan "Cloud" Cousins, Shane Daniels, team tempest
Posted in American Ninja Warrior 4, Competitors, Southwest Region | 8 Comments »
Saturday, August 13th, 2011This past week’s episodes showed the great runs of 30 tough competitors in the semi-final round of American Ninja Warrior 3. The purpose of the semi-final round was to select the top 15 competitors who would advance to Boot Camp where they would have insane competitions to pick the top 10 athletes that would form Team America and get to go compete Ninja Warrior Japan (Sasuke 28). The semifinals utilized the opening round course of six obstacles, with modifications to a couple of them to make them more difficult (e.g. removing a bar on the Jumping Bars for only 3 bars instead of 4 covering the same distance), and then adding three more difficult obstacles on at the “end” of the opening round course. Competitors will be familiar with them by now: the dreaded Salmon Ladder, the Unstable Bridge, and the Long-Ass Cargo Net Climb (*not official name).
On what was a clearly exhausting and competitive course, the following top 15 competitors advanced, with basically completion of the Salmon Ladder being the threshold point between advancing to Boot Camp and going home. Of note…only one competitor completed the entire course, badass Ryan Stratis. Ryan’s a super-nice guy and very dedicated to his ninja-ness, and has made an amazing progression to improve every competition.
Here are the final results from the semifinal round. I was pleased to have 5 ninja buddies of mine advance to the Boot Camp round…mad props to Ryan Stratis, Chris Wilczewski, David Campbell, Travis Rosen, and Travis Furlanic.
1) Ryan Stratis – Completed Course
2) Chris Wilczewski – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:21.5
3) Paul Kasemir – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:23.37
4) Drew Drechsel – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:25.89
5) David Campbell – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:31.72
6) Brent Steffensen – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:33.78
7) Travis Rosen – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:34.89
8 Travis Furlanic – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:37.92
9) Dustin Rocho – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:46.52
10) Brian Orosco – Completed Salmon Ladder at 1:58.71
11) Brandon Douglass – Completed Salmon Ladder at 2:03.59
12) David “Young Flip” Rodriguez – Completed Salmon Ladder at 2:05.74
13) James McGrath – Completed Salmon Ladder at 2:06.44
14) Michael “Frosti” Zernow – Completed Salmon Ladder at 2:17.37
15) Alan Connealy – Completed Warped Wall at 45.2
Tags:Alan Connealy, Brandon Douglass, Brent Steffensen, Brian Orosco, Chris Wilczewski, David "Young Flip" Rodriguez, David Campbell, Drew Drechsel, Dustin Rocho, James McGrath, Michael "Frosti" Zernow, Paul Kasemir, Ryan Stratis, Travis Furlanic, Travis Rosen
Posted in American Ninja Warrior 3, Competitors, Ninja Warrior | No Comments »
Monday, December 13th, 2010Congrats to those 30 studs who concluded the opening round course in the fastest time to advance to the semifinals which should air this Wednesday Dec 15th on G4. Below is a list, from fastest to slowest, of those 30 who have forever grabbed a tiny piece of immortality in the world of obstacle course nutjobs. Special shout-outs to David Campbell and Travis Furlanic who helped train me at their personal course back in July, and to Ryan Stratis and Travis Rose who I hung out with a lot at the event itself. You guys are super-studs, and I look forward to watching to see how far you progress!
1) Trevor Vaughn in 39.05 seconds
2) David Money in 40.52 seconds
3) Travis Furlanic in 40.65 seconds
4) Brian Orosco in 41.23 seconds
5) Levi Meeuwenberg in 42.92 seconds
6) Ryan Cousins in 43.86 seconds
7) Paul Kasemir in 44.77 seconds
8. William Spencer in 45.75 seconds
9) Travis Rosen in 46.73 seconds
10) Chris Wilczewski in 48.72 seconds
11) Evan Dollard in 49.37 seconds
12) Sean Morris in 49.76 seconds
13) Richard King in 49.98 seconds
14) Caine Sinclair in 50.62 seconds
15) Ryan Brier Rachall in 50.69 seconds
16) Patrick Cusic in 51.62 seconds
17) David Campbell in 52.45 seconds
18) Dorian Cedars in 52.87 seconds
19) Shane Daniels in 55.07 seconds
20) Adam Laplante in 56.43 seconds
21) Andrew Taber in 56.50 seconds
22) Adam Truesdell in 57.62 seconds
23) Austin Greene in 57.96 seconds
24) Ibrahim Peek in 57.98 seconds
25) Ryan Stratis in 58.96 seconds
26) Lorin Ball in 59.74 seconds
27) Brent Steffensen in 1:02.74 seconds
28) Christopher Geis in 1:03.60 seconds
29) Thomas Hall in 1:04.67 seconds
30) Andrew Karsen in 1:06.02 seconds
Tags:Adam Laplante, Adam Truesdell, Andrew Karsen, Andrew Taber, Austin Greene, Brent Steffensen, Brian Orosco, Caine Sinclair, Chris Wilczewski, Christopher Geis, David Campbell, David Money, Dorian Cedars, Evan "Rocket" Dollard, Ibrahim Peek, Levi Meeuwenberg, Lorin Ball, Patrick Cusic, Paul Kasemir, Richard King, Ryan "Cloud" Cousins, Ryan Brier Rachall, Ryan Stratis, Sean Morris, Shane Daniels, Thomas Hall, Travis Furlanic, Travis Rosen, Trevor Vaughn, William Spencer
Posted in American Ninja Warrior 2, Competitors, Ninja Warrior | 1 Comment »