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American Ninja Warrior 2 was the second season of American Ninja Warrior, which was served as the American qualifiers for SASUKE 26. For this season, Matt Iseman replaced Blair Herter as the host, Jimmy Smith became the co-host, and Alison Haislip returned on her second season as the sideline reporter instead of the co-host. The season premiered on December 8th, 2010.

During the taping of qualifying and semifinal (both in Venice Beach), three top SASUKE competitors were invited by G4 as special guests and signed autographs to the fans:

All of them also attempted the qualifying course, with both Urushihara Yuuji and Okuyama Yoshiyuki could complete the course, while Nagano Makoto failed at the Jumping Bars.

Qualifying

In the Qualifying round, competitors must complete 6 obstacles and hit the buzzer at the very end of the course. They had no time limit to do so. The 30 fastest competitors who could complete the course will advance to the Semifinal round. If fewer than 30 competitors completed the course, the competitors who advanced the furthest and fastest would advance to the Semifinal.

Obstacles

^Quad Steps
Rope Swing
^Bridge of Blades
Spider Jump
Jumping Bars
Warped Wall

^ - New Obstacle

Results

Place Name Profile Result Notes
1st Trevor Vaughn Student Clear (0:39.05)
2nd David Money Beef Jerky Maker Clear (0:40.52)
3rd Travis Furlanic Pizza Maker Clear (0:40.65)
4th Brian Orosco Freerunner Clear (0:41.23)
5th Levi Meeuwenberg Freerunner Clear (0:42.92)
6th Ryan Cousins 3D Artist Clear (0:43.86)
7th Paul Kasemir Software Engineer Clear (0:44.77) Digest.
8th William Spencer Stuntman Clear (0:45.75)
9th Travis Rosen Clear (0:46.73) Digest.
10th Chris Wilczewski Clear (0:48.72) Digest.
11th Evan Dollard Project Manager Clear (0:49.37) Digest.
12th Sean Morris Limousine Driver Clear (0:49.76)
13th Rich King Stuntman Clear (0:49.98) Digest.
14th Caine Sinclair Stuntman Clear (0:50.62)
15th Ryan Rachall College Student Clear (0:50.69) Digest.
16th Patrick Cusic Gymnastics Instructor Clear (0:51.62)
17th David Campbell Musician Clear (0:52.45)
18th Dorian Cedars Entrepreneur Clear (0:52.87)
19th Shane Daniels Stuntman Clear (0:55.07)
20th Adam Laplante Cook Clear (0:56.43)
21st Andrew Taber Clear (0:56.50) Digest.
22nd Adam Truesdell IT Consultant Clear (0:57.62) Digest.
23rd Austin Greene Clear (0:57.96) Digest.
24th Ibrahim Peek Engineering Student Clear (0:57.98)
25th Ryan Stratis Army National Guard Clear (0:58.56)
26th Lorin Ball Gymnastics Coach Clear (0:59.74) Digest.
27th Brent Steffensen Stuntman Clear (1:02.74)
28th Christopher Geis Rock Climber Clear (1:03.60) Digest.
29th Thomas Hall Swim Instructor Clear (1:04.67)
30th Andrew Karsen Former Detroit Piston Cheerleader Clear (1:06.02) Digest.

Semifinal

In the Semifinal round, the 30 Semifinalists would face 9 obstacles, the first 6 of which were identical to the Qualifiers. They had no time limit to complete the course. The 15 competitors who could clear the course with the fastest times would advance to the Boot Camp finals. If fewer than 15 competitors could clear the course, the competitors who advanced the furthest and fastest would advance to Boot Camp finals.

Obstacles

Quad Steps
Rope Swing
Bridge of Blades
Spider Jump
Jumping Bars
Warped Wall
^Salmon Ladder
^Circle Slider
Cargo Net

^ - New Obstacle

Results

Place Qualifying Place Name Profile Result Notes
1st 3rd Travis Furlanic Pizza Maker Clear (1:43.45)
2nd 5th Levi Meeuwenberg Freerunner Clear (1:43.88)
3rd 22nd Adam Truesdell IT Consultant Clear (1:50.86)
4th 7th Paul Kasemir Software Engineer Clear (1:57.27) Digest.
5th 17th David Campbell Musician Clear (2:00.24) Digest.
6th 6th Ryan Cousins 3D Artist Clear (2:08.61) Digest.
7th 13th Rich King Stuntman Clear (2:11.86)
8th 11th Evan Dollard Project Manager Clear (2:16.81) Digest.
9th 18th Dorian Cedars Entrepreneur Clear (2:21.52) Digest.
10th 20th Adam Laplante Cook Clear (2:42.74) Digest.
11th 4th Brian Orosco Freerunner 8. Circle Slider (1:55.04)
12th 19th Shane Daniels Stuntman 7. Salmon Ladder (0:38.06)
13th 29th Thomas Hall Swim Instructor 7. Salmon Ladder (0:38.53) Digest.
14th 27th Brent Steffensen Stuntman 7. Salmon Ladder (0:42.03)
15th 16th Patrick Cusic Gymnastics Instructor 7. Salmon Ladder (0:48.21)

Results of Other Semifinalists

Place Name Profile Result Notes
1st Trevor Vaughn Student 7. Salmon Ladder 21st place.
2nd David Money Beef Jerky Maker 7. Salmon Ladder Digest. 19th place
8th William Spencer Stuntman 7. Salmon Ladder 17th place.
9th Travis Rosen 4. Spider Jump Digest. Disqualified for grabbing the top part of the walls. 25th place.
10th Chris Wilczewski 7. Salmon Ladder Digest. 18th place.
12th Sean Morris Limousine Driver 7. Salmon Ladder Digest. 20th place.
14th Caine Sinclair Stuntman 7. Salmon Ladder 22nd place.
15th Ryan Rachall College Student 2. Rope Swing Digest.
21st Andrew Taber 3. Bridge of Blades Digest.
23rd Austin Greene 2. Rope Swing Digest. Foot touched the water at landing.
24th Ibrahim Peek Engineering Student 3. Bridge of Blades
25th Ryan Stratis Army National Guard 7. Salmon Ladder Digest. 23th place.
26th Lorin Ball Gymnastics Coach 7. Salmon Ladder Digest. 16th place.
28th Christopher Geis Rock Climber 5. Jumping Bars Digest. 24th place.
30th Andrew Karsen Former Detroit Piston Cheerleader 3. Bridge of Blades Digest.

Boot Camp Finals

Competitors

The 15 competitors who performed the best in the Semifinals would advance to the Boot Camp Finals, held in a remote mountain area in California. These competitors were divided into three teams: the Red Dragons, captained by the competitor who performed the best in the Semifinals; the White Tigers, captained by the competitor who performed the second-best; and the Blue Monkeys, captained by the competitor who performed the third-best. Each team had five members; the captain of each team would randomly select four competitors by drawing their names out of a pouch.

Red Dragons White Tigers Blue Monkeys


Competition Format

Boot Camp Finals took place over four days. During the first three days, the following rounds were utilized:

  • Pressure Challenge
    • Each team must elect one person to tackle an obstacle. While the host, Matt Iseman, would brief all of the competitors on the general skills that the obstacle tested, he would not show them the actual obstacle; that would occur after each team nominates one person for this challenge.
    • The team member representing each time would tackle the obstacle. The competitor with the worst overall performance would earn punishment for the entire members of his respective team.
    • The losing team must perform a menial task and carry heavy objects to the site of the Team Relay course, while the other two teams were allowed to practice on obstacle replicas until the losing team finishes their punishment.
  • Team Relay
    • All of the competitors were presented with a handful of obstacle replicas.
    • Each team must send all of its competitors to attempt the replicas, carrying a heavy object in between obstacles.
    • If a competitor fails to complete an obstacle within the allowed number of attempts, they would receive a time penalty added to their total time.
    • Once a competitor attempts all of the obstacles, they must carry the heavy object back to the start line, which marks the end of their run. Immediately afterwards, their teammate must begin their run. This process continues until everyone has run the course.
      • During Days 2-4, some teams will have competitors missing as a result of prior eliminations. As such, these teams will select people to run multiple times until their total runs equal the number of the team with the highest competitors. For example, if the team with the most number of competitors has 5 members, the remaining teams must have 5 runs. Each competitor must still attempt the course at least once.
    • Once a team has sent all of its members to attempt the course, their final time, including time penalties, will be totaled. The team who completed the Team Relay course in the slowest time must elect 2 of their members to face the Heavenly Ropes.
  • Heavenly Ropes
    • The Heavenly Ropes consisted of a side-to-side Rope Climb, with a bell at the top of each rope.
    • The two competitors selected to take on this stage must climb up the rope and ring the bell at the top. Whoever could do this first would remain in the competition, while the loser would be eliminated from the competition.

The final day of competition had the following modifications:

  • The Pressure Challenge and punishment portion were removed. As such, the remaining 12 competitors could spend time practicing obstacles for the Team Relay, which includes more obstacles.
  • The team who completes the Team Relay course with the fastest final time would earn the privilege of sending all of their members to represent America in SASUKE 26.
  • The two losing teams must elect 2 members each to face the Heavenly Ropes. Those who were not selected to face the Heavenly Ropes were also granted a spot in SASUKE 26.
  • The four competitors who were selected to face the Heavenly Ropes would have one attempt to climb the rope in the fastest time. There were two heats, with competitors from opposing teams facing each other.
  • The 2 competitors who rang the bell in the fastest time, regardless of whether or not they beat their opponent in their heat, would represent America in SASUKE 26, while the losers would be eliminated from the competition.

Day 1

Pressure Challenge

The Pressure Challenge for Day 1 was called the Jungle Ropes, which consisted of a series of hanging ropes attached to a tree. Competitors must reach the landing platform by swinging across the ropes without touching the ground. The competitor who reached the landing platform with the slowest time (or reached the fewest number of ropes if two or more competitors failed to reach the landing platform) would earn punishment for their entire team.

Team Name Result Notes Losing Team
Blue Monkeys Dorian Cedars Clear (0:22.38) Red Dragons
Red Dragons David Campbell Fail Reached the sixth rope in 0:42.94.
White Tigers Rich King Fail Reached the sixth rope in 0:41.85.

The Red Dragons' punishment was to fill up two buckets of water from a well, attach the buckets to the ends of a yoke, and carry the yoke back to the site of the Team Relay.

Team Relay

The Team Relay for Day 1 consisted of the following obstacles:

  • Cliffhanger
    • Maximum attempts: 1
    • Time penalty: 2 minutes
  • Warped Wall
    • Maximum attempts: 2
    • Time penalty: 30 seconds

Each competitor must carry a boulder to each obstacle.

Team Name Obstacle #1 (Cliffhanger) Obstacle #2 (Warped Wall) Team's Completion Time Time Penalty Team's Total Time Notes Losing Team
Red Dragons Travis Furlanic Clear Clear 4:48.97 2:30.00 7:18.97 White Tigers
Paul Kasemir Clear Clear
Thomas Hall Fail Fail
David Campbell Clear Clear
Brent Steffensen Clear Clear
White Tigers Levi Meeuwenberg Clear Clear 6:13.18 2:30.00 8:43.18
Rich King Clear Clear
Adam Laplante Clear Fail
Ryan Cousins Fail Clear
Shane Daniels Clear Clear
Blue Monkeys Brian Orosco Fail Clear 5:21.06 2:30.00 7:51.06
Evan Dollard Clear Clear
Dorian Cedars Clear Fail
Adam Truesdell Clear Clear
Patrick Cusic Clear Clear

Heavenly Ropes

Since White Tigers lost on the Team Relay, they must elect 2 of their members to face the Heavenly Ropes: Ryan Cousins and Adam Laplante.

Team Competitor #1 Competitor #2 Winning Competitor Notes
White Tigers Ryan Cousins Adam Laplante Adam Laplante Adam Laplante reached and rang the bell first.
Eliminated on the First Day of Boot Camp Finals: Ryan Cousins

Day 2

Pressure Challenge

The Pressure Challenge for Day 2 was called the Human Flag, which consists of a wooden wall with a rope hanging from a bar at the top of the wall: competitors must climb to the top the wall and hold themselves in the human flag position for as long as possible. Each competitor had 3 attempts to clock in the longest time spent in the human flag position, but only their best attempt was counted. The competitor who maintained the human flag position in the shortest time would earn punishment for their team.

Team Name Result Notes Losing Team
White Tigers Adam Laplante 0:35.20 Blue Monkeys
Red Dragons Brent Steffensen 0:45.30
Blue Monkeys Patrick Cusic Less than 3 seconds

The Blue Monkeys' punishment was to carry hay bales from one side of the mountain to the site of the Team Relay course.

Team Relay

The Team Relay for Day 2 consists of the following obstacles:

  • Balance Tank (SASUKE 10-17 version)
    • Maximum attempts: 2
    • Time penalty: 1 minute
  • Slider Jump
    • Maximum attempts: 2
    • Time penalty: 30 seconds

Each competitor must also carry a yoke of sandbags to each obstacle.

Team Name Obstacle #1 (Balance Tank) Obstacle #2 (Slider Jump) Team's Completion Time Time Penalty Team's Total Time Notes Losing Team
Blue Monkeys Patrick Cusic Clear Clear 10:12.36 0:00.00 10:12.36 Blue Monkeys
Brian Orosco Clear Clear
Dorian Cedars Clear Clear
Evan Dollard Clear Clear
Adam Truesdell Clear Clear
White Tigers Shane Daniels Clear Clear 8:47.11 0:00.00 8:47.11
Rich King Clear Clear
Levi Meeuwenberg Clear Clear
Adam Laplante Clear Clear
Shane Daniels (second run) Clear Clear Since the White Tigers had only four members, they had to pick one member to run the course twice, and they selected Shane Daniels.
Red Dragons David Campbell Clear Clear 8:21.08 0:00.00 8:21.08
Thomas Hall Clear Clear
Travis Furlanic Clear Clear
Brent Steffensen Clear Clear
Paul Kasemir Clear Clear

Heavenly Ropes

Since Blue Monkeys lost the Team Relay, they must elect 2 of their members to face the Heavenly Ropes. However, out of solidarity, they could only choose one member, Patrick Cusic. The Red Dragons, having won the Team Relay, chose one of the other member of Blue Monkeys to face the Heavenly Ropes: Dorian Cedars.

Team Competitor #1 Competitor #2 Winning Competitor Notes
Blue Monkeys Patrick Cusic Dorian Cedars Patrick Cusic Neither Patrick Cusic nor Dorian Cedars could reach and ring the bell. However, since Patrick Cusic had climbed the highest, he won the Heavenly Ropes.
Eliminated on the Second Day of Boot Camp Finals: Dorian Cedars

Day 3

Pressure Challenge

The Pressure Challenge for Day 3 was called the Pendulum Swing, which consisted of a hanging rope in between two poles. Competitors must swing back and forth, gaining momentum by pushing off each pole. For each time competitors successfully kicked a pole, they would earn one point. However, competitors' runs would end once they lose momentum. The competitor who hit the poles the fewest number of times would earn punishment for their entire team.

Team Name Result Notes Losing Team
White Tigers Levi Meeuwenberg 35 times Red Dragons
Blue Monkeys Adam Truesdell 32 times
Red Dragons Travis Furlanic 3 times

The Red Dragons' punishment was to saw a large pole into 5 pieces, which they must carry from one side of the mountain to the training ground.

Team Relay

The Team Relay for Day 3 consisted of the following obstacles:

Each competitor must carry a log, brought to the training ground by the Red Dragons, to each obstacle.

Team Name Obstacle #1 (Double Salmon Ladder + Circle Slider) Obstacle #2 (Warped Wall) Team's Completion Time Time Penalty Team's Total Time Notes Losing Team
Red Dragons David Campbell Clear Clear 8:21.47 1:30.00 9:51.47 Red Dragons
Thomas Hall Fail (Double Salmon Ladder) Clear
Travis Furlanic Clear Clear
Brent Steffensen Clear Fail
Paul Kasemir Clear Clear
Blue Monkeys Brian Orosco Clear Clear 7:59.09 0:30.00 8:29.09
Adam Truesdell Clear Fail
Evan Dollard Clear Clear
Patrick Cusic Clear Clear
Brian Orosco (second run) Clear Clear Since the Blue Monkeys only had four members, they had to pick one member to run the course twice, and they selected Brian Orosco.
White Tigers Levi Meeuwenberg Clear Clear 7:49.07 1:30.00 9:19.07
Adam Laplante Fail (Double Salmon Ladder) Clear
Rich King Clear Fail
Shane Daniels Clear Clear
Levi Meeuwenberg (second run) Clear Clear Since White Tigers only had four members, they had to pick one member to run the course twice, and they picked Levi Meeuwenberg.

Heavenly Ropes

Since Red Dragons lost the Team Relay, they had to elect 2 of their members to face the Heavenly Ropes: Travis Furlanic and Thomas Hall.

Team Competitor #1 Competitor #2 Winning Competitor Notes
Red Dragons Travis Furlanic Thomas Hall Travis Furlanic Travis Furlanic reached and rang the bell first.
Eliminated on the Third Day of Boot Camp Finals: Thomas Hall


Day 4

Team Relay

The Team Relay for the fourth and final day of Boot Camp Finals consisted of the following obstacles:

  • Cliffhanger
    • Maximum attempts: 1
    • Time penalty: 2 minutes
  • Slider Jump
    • Maximum attempts: 2
    • Time penalty: 30 seconds

Each competitor must also push a cart of rocks between obstacles. Furthermore, since all three teams had four competitors each, every competitor would only run the course once.

Team Name Obstacle #1 (Cliffhanger) Obstacle #2 (Slider Jump) Team's Completion Time Time Penalty Team's Total Time Notes Winning Team
Red Dragons David Campbell Clear Clear 5:58.00 0:00.00 5:58.00 Red Dragons
Travis Furlanic Clear Clear
Brent Steffensen Clear Clear
Paul Kasemir Clear Clear
Blue Monkeys Brian Orosco Clear Clear 7:48.98 0:30.00 8:18.98
Evan Dollard Clear Clear
Patrick Cusic Clear Clear
Adam Truesdell Clear Fail
White Tigers Rich King Clear Clear 7:43.82 0:30.00 8:13.82
Shane Daniels Clear Clear
Levi Meeuwenberg Clear Clear
Adam Laplante Clear Fail

Heavenly Ropes

Since White Tigers and Blue Monkeys lost on the Team Relay, each team had to elect 2 members to face the Heavenly Ropes. The White Tigers picked Rich King and Adam Laplante, while the Blue Monkeys picked and Adam Truesdell and Evan Dollard.

Team Competitor #1 Competitor #2 Winning Competitors Notes
White Tigers Rich King Adam Laplante Evan Dollard and Adam Truesdell Adam Truesdell and Evan Dollard climbed the Heavenly Ropes in the fastest time.
Blue Monkeys Adam Truesdell Evan Dollard
Eliminated on the Fourth Day of Boot Camp Finals: Adam Laplante and Rich King

American Representatives in SASUKE 26

Team Name
Red Dragons David Campbell
Travis Furlanic
Brent Steffensen
Paul Kasemir
White Tigers Shane Daniels
Levi Meeuwenberg
Blue Monkeys Brian Orosco
Evan Dollard
Patrick Cusic
Adam Truesdell

Mount Midoriyama (SASUKE 26)

Prior to competing in SASUKE 26, Levi Meeuwenberg injured his wrist and had to forfeit his position in the tournament. Levi then passed on his chance to his White Tigers teammate, Adam Laplante. Despite this setback, Levi attended SASUKE 26 as a spectator and morale support for the American competitors.

Just like the previous season, all representatives follows the same rules as the other SASUKE competitors: to advance to the next stage, competitors must complete all of the obstacles within the given time limit. Anyone who failed would be eliminated from the competition.

On this season, the prize for achieving Total Victory was a US$250,000 cash prize. However, if no one could accomplish this feat, the competitor who progressed the farthest would be crowned the Last Man Standing. Also, the American representatives' runs aired on December 23rd, 2010 - 10 days before the official airdate of SASUKE 26.

Notes: The obstacles' name used here was based on the name used during G4's broadcast.

Stage One

Obstacles

Step Slider
Hazard Swing
Rolling Escargot
Jumping Spider
Half Pipe Attack
Warped Wall
Giant Swing
⑧ Final Climb (Tarzan Rope + Rope Ladder fusion)

Time limit: 130 seconds.

Results

Name Profile Result Notes
Adam Laplante Cook 5. Half Pipe Attack
Patrick Cusic Gymnastics Instructor 3. Rolling Escargot
Paul Kasemir Software Engineer Clear (00.84 seconds left)
Adam Truesdell IT Consultant 7. Giant Swing
Evan Dollard Project Manager 3. Rolling Escargot
Brent Steffensen Stuntman Clear (08.21 seconds left)
Travis Furlanic Pizza Maker Clear (14.23 seconds left)
Shane Daniels Stuntman 8. Final Climb Timed out at the top of the Rope Ladder.
David Campbell Musician Clear (21.51 seconds left) Fastest Stage One clear of all the Americans this season.
Brian Orosco Freerunner Clear (20.56 seconds left)


Stage Two

Obstacles

Slider Drop
Double Salmon Ladder
Unstable Bridge
Balance Tank
Metal Spin
Wall Lift

Time limit: 95 seconds.

Results

Name Profile Result Notes
Paul Kasemir Software Engineer Clear (02.57 seconds left)
Brent Steffensen Stuntman Clear (21.64 seconds left)
Travis Furlanic Pizza Maker 4. Balance Tank
David Campbell Musician Clear (23.43 seconds left) Fastest Stage Two clear of all the Americans this season.
Brian Orosco Freerunner Clear (05.76 seconds left)


Stage Three

Obstacles

Roulette Cylinder
Doorknob Grasper
Cycle Road
Ultimate Cliffhanger
Swing Circle
Bungee Rope Climb
Flying Bar

Results

Name Profile Result Notes
Paul Kasemir Software Engineer 2. Doorknob Grasper Fell at the second doorknob.
Brent Steffensen Stuntman 4. Ultimate Cliffhanger Fell at the end of the third ledge.
David Campbell Musician 4. Ultimate Cliffhanger Transition to the fourth ledge. Since he made further and faster than Brent Steffensen, he was declared as the Last Man Standing of all the American competitors.
Brian Orosco Freerunner 1. Roulette Cylinder Fell at the end of the track.


Stage Four

Obstacles

Rope Climb (20 meters)

Time limit: 40 seconds.

Results

Name Profile Result Notes
Stage Not Attempted by American Competitors.

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