In the 2015 Houston Qualifying round (season 7), Catanzaro failed to complete the course after falling on the cargo crossing. She made it past the first three obstacles, including the Giant Ring and the Silk Slider, before she fell attempting the Jumping Spider, where her full extension was simply too short to hold the position. Ĭatanzaro failed to complete the first stage of the National Finals in Las Vegas. Her achievement made her a social media phenomenon, with her run being viewed over 100 million times supporters on Twitter coined the hashtag #MightyKacy. The run had been especially notable because due to her short stature, many of the obstacles looked difficult to manage and in one case, she had to leap between boards whereas other competitors could traverse them. Of the 2014 city finals run, host commentator Akbar Gbaja-Biamila remarked "I've seen greatness during my NFL career.And I've been in awe of people, but I am really in awe of Kacy". ![]() (Not until five years later, during the 2019 season, was her accomplishment of a woman completing a City Finals course matched.) She was the first woman ever to complete a city finals course (and the second woman to attempt it after Jessie Graff in season 5), qualifying for the national finals in Las Vegas with a time of 8 minutes, 59 seconds. Later in 2014, Catanzaro competed in the Dallas finals of American Ninja Warrior. In 2014, Catanzaro became the first woman to complete the qualifying course of American Ninja Warrior (season 6), making it up the warped wall on her second try at 5:26.18 at the Dallas qualifiers, ranking her 21 out of 30 this also makes her the first woman to make it up the warped wall in competition. She did not complete the qualifying course in Venice, California, but was an invited wildcard at the 2013 finals, where she fell early on the Giant cycle/ring. Ĭatanzaro spent two years training for American Ninja Warrior alongside her then-boyfriend and co-competitor Brent Steffensen. She worked for Alpha Warrior, an obstacle-course gym in San Antonio, Texas, from February 2013. Obstacle competitor career American Ninja Warrior She was also named the 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference Gymnast of the Year and was the top-ranked competitor in that conference for that year. In her senior year she was named the Southeast Regional Gymnast of the Year in 2012. Catanzaro helped the Towson Tigers gymnastics team win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships in 20. NCAA Ĭatanzaro competed in gymnastics for Towson in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. She finished 23rd overall but finished 6th on the balance beam. The following year Catanzaro competed at the 2008 New Jersey Level 10 State Championships where she placed third and advanced to the 2008 Junior Olympic National Championships. She reached level 10 in 2007 and competed at the 2007 New Jersey Level 10 State Championships where she placed fifth in the Senior-A division. Gymnastics career Junior Olympic Ĭatanzaro was a Junior Olympic gymnast, having started training at age 6. ![]() She attended Towson University in Towson, Maryland, from 2009 until 2012, studying early childhood education on an athletic scholarship. She stands about 5 ft (1.524 m) tall and weighs 100 pounds (45 kg). Early life and education īorn in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Catanzaro grew up in nearby Belleville, where she attended Belleville High School. ![]() Prior to WWE, she competed on the television sports show American Ninja Warrior and became the first woman to complete a City Qualifiers course and the first woman to complete a City Finals course. She is a one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with Kayden Carter. She is currently signed with WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Katana Chance. Kacy Esther Catanzaro (born January 14, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, gymnast and athletics-based television personality.
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