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ST. GEORGE — Four athletes from Southern Utah — two women and two men — were among the contestants featured on Monday night’s episode of “American Ninja Warrior.”
The popular television program, now in its 11th season, features competitors trying to navigate a series of physically challenging obstacles within a time limit.
Monday night’s episode, which was filmed last month inside the Tacoma Dome, featured the qualifying competition for the Seattle/Tacoma area, one of six host sites nationwide.
Madyson Blake Howard, a graduate of Southern Utah University who now works as an ICU nurse in St. George, was the only contestant from Southern Utah to make it past the qualifier, finishing among the top five female finishers and advancing to the city finals round.
Howard told St. George News Tuesday afternoon the Seattle/Tacoma city finals were actually filmed the very next day after the qualifier, but she’s not allowed to say how she did in the finals until that episode airs on NBC in early August.
Howard, who competed for SUU’s gymnastics team while a student at the university, graduated in December 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in nursing.
Having excelled in gymnastics during her college career, Howard said she missed training and competing at that level after moving to St. George.
