Caleb Dowden is a dairy farmer from Missouri, Indiana.
American Ninja Warrior 7[]
Dowden debuted at the Kansas City Qualifiers and was all cut. He failed the Big Dipper.
American Ninja Warrior 8[]
He competed in Oklahoma City for his second season. His run was all cut, but he failed the fourth obstacle, the Tire Swing, and didn't make the top 30.
American Ninja Warrior 13[]
He competed in the first episode of qualifying. There, he was prefect on the qualifying course finally getting past the fourth obstacle until he fell on V Formation but he placed 11th, advancing to the semifinals. He later competed in the first semifinals episode, where his run was digested, but he fell on Lunatic Ledges, ending his season.
American Ninja Warrior 14[]
Dowden returned for season 14 in the first episode of qualifiers. He was briefly shown during Akbar's Gbaja-Biamila Moments montage at the end of the episode, where he brought milk from his farm at the start line. He later made it to Rollercoaster and failed there.
His fall was additionally shown on a montage of falls on said obstacle in the middle of the episode, along with Daria Beird and Dan Champagne.
American Ninja Warrior 16[]
Caleb returned for his fifth season in the final episode of qualifying during American Ninja Warrior 16. His run was digested once again where for the first time since American Ninja Warrior 14 got past the second obstacle and made it to Duck Duck Goose where he failed the lache to the second duck and didn’t move onto the semifinals once again.
Trivia[]
- During Caleb's Qualifying run on American Ninja Warrior 13, Matt Iseman falsely claimed that Dowden had never made it past the third obstacle up to that point, when he had made it to Tire Swing in the American Ninja Warrior 8 Oklahoma City qualifiers.