Published June 22, 2023, 4:20 a.m. by Courtney
American Ninja Warrior JUNIOR is finally here! Twelve young athletes, representing three different age groups (ages 9-14), travel from all over the United States to compete in the first of sixteen qualifiers.
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kicking things off it's nine-year-old
electric ninja enic jones a
cross-country runner from knoxville
tennessee he never leaves home without
his stuffed dog zeus well that's a
support animal you can bring anywhere
enoch will be going up against the third
member of the miler clan nine-year-old
paxton out of harriman utah you might
remember his twin sister peyton who
already secured her spot in the nine and
ten semis
and his brother brighton who competed
earlier in the 13-14 age group
wow how many milers are there there's
actually one more his brother ashton
who's running later today for the 11 and
12 year olds
paxton and enoch may not be siblings but
they're the same age same height and
same weight and while paxton trains with
his family any trains in an advanced
ninja class and competes against 13 year
olds this is gonna be good
[Applause]
all right oh fast stop for paxton and
caught enoch completely sleep at the
wheel but enoch's already closed the gap
both flawless coming off tick-tock
[Applause]
these two matching each other move for
move tremendous upper body strength here
on the i-beam wow
enoch takes the lead for the first time
and matt let me tell you something he's
got some ability look at that well he
caught himself there on the iv and he's
pulling away
oh but he's hesitating
a good bounce it's a dead heave right
now well matt something's gonna give you
got to make that commitment you can see
him going and the electric ninja makes
the first move even again
enoch down and paxton with the one
finger save
[Applause]
the electric ninja a little shocked but
okay
and paxton delivers going for the warp
nice
he's got it well credit to him enoch
pushed him but in the end
[Applause]
a great race out of enoch just not
enough miler takes the win standing by
with lauren
paxton congratulations on your win oh my
goodness you had a fingertip save on the
spin cycle tell me what were you
thinking about well one of my hands only
my finger was on and i barely caught it
how did it feel to slam that buzzer
it felt amazing yeah
congratulations that was awesome guys
thanks lori now let's head right back to
the start line
this is the moment you've been waiting
for right and there's barclay stocking
with our next two competitors she's one
of the all-star ninja mentors back today
to help these young athletes crush the
course
[Applause]
and also joining parkland today are naji
richardson and kevin bull
you guys are pretty special and this is
a pretty special experience all right
have fun go fast all right let's go
always love the positivity out of
barclay and up next we have
nine-year-old michael baeza a gymnast
representing northridge california and
there's his personal coach ninja great
flip rodriguez he's squaring off against
nine-year-old grace cool from
murfreesboro tennessee grace recently
came in first place in her very first
local ninja competition and she's always
climbing to new heights
let's go grace
my two favorite sports are rock climbing
or ninja i like rock climbing because
you find this route that you really want
to do yeah
and you keep on working on it good job
awesome
when you complete it it gives me pride
that i know that i can do bigger things
my favorite thing about rock climbing
is campusing
canvassing is climbing but only using
your hands
i'm going to camp
out
you got it when you're camping you have
to push off with your lower hand and
pull up with your upper hand there you
go
it just takes a lot of practice
and it takes a lot of strength i may be
small but i'm mighty
good job
[Applause]
her shirt says it all at four feet and
only 50 pounds grace is definitely small
but mighty yeah that's right but michael
has a mighty resume himself he's the
2018 california state champion in
gymnastics and he's ranked number one
for his age group in the region
[Applause]
here we go
michael bays that takes the early lead
but grace right on his heels
grace missed her jump that's gonna cost
her some time and michael looking to add
more separation on the i-beam here comes
grace with that second swing
oh no grace falls in the bulls so that
means michael automatically gets the win
but there she is with the thumbs up and
as michael continues let's take a look
at what happened to grace when grace
came back for her second swing her left
foot slipped as she tried to jump and
she did get the push off that she needed
sending her into h2o
michael baez is making his way to the
warp wall and look at his coach
flip rodriguez cheering him on one of
his tadpoles
he's
[Applause]
[Music]
and he solidifies his win with the
attack on the buzzer hey if you got it
then plus the move
now i see why flip has the shades on
because your future is bright great job
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