Barclay Stockett

**Barclay Stockett** is a gymnastics coach from Dayton, Texas.

## American Ninja Warrior

#### American Ninja Warrior 8

She first competed in American Ninja Warrior 8 in Oklahoma City. Her run was cut, but like many other competitors that night, she failed the Log Runner. This was confirmed on American Ninja Warrior 11's Oklahoma City qualifiers, where it was shown that she tripped on the second log.

She was shown on broadcast cheering on fellow competitor Thomas Stillings.

#### American Ninja Warrior 9

In her second appearance, Barclay competed in the San Antonio qualifiers on American Ninja Warrior 9. In qualifying, she winded up failing the last transition on the Pipe Fitter but she had the top spot in the women's top 5 plus she grabbed the final spot in the top 30.

In the city finals, Barclay got her revenge on the Pipe Fitter and became the shortest athlete to scale the 14 1/2 ft. Warped Wall. On the back half of the course, Barclay cleared the Salmon Ladder, but she winded up failing the Hourglass Drop, after getting landing too far forward on the mini-tramp. However, she got dog piled on the sidelines by her fans and even though she placed 24th overall, she did get the top spot in the women's top 2 and advanced to the national finals in Las Vegas.

On the first stage, Barclay put up an impressive run making history as the shortest athlete to conquer the Jumping Spider and the shortest athlete to scale the Warped Wall in Vegas. Unfortunately, she timed out on the course just after she cleared the Domino Pipes. (She was the first women to time out on the final obstacle then being followed by Tiana Webberley.)

#### American Ninja Warrior 10

Barclay returned in the Dallas Qualifiers for her third appearance on American Ninja Warrior 10, with her even bringing Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin (whom she trained on Celebrity Ninja Warrior: Red Nose Day 2) to see her qualifying run. She was expecting to make history like Kacy Catanzaro did in Dallas four years ago, but a misstep on the Tuning Forks ended her run. After being shown very unhappy in her post-run interview, she still placed 3rd among the women competitors and advanced to the city finals.

In the city finals, she got revenge on the fourth obstacle, this time being the Broken Bridge, and then became the second woman ever to complete Crank It Up after Maggi Thorne. She made it all the way to the Nail Clipper before falling. Although she placed 17th overall, she guaranteed herself a spot in Las Vegas in the process, placing 1st in the women's top 2.

On stage 1, she had a good pace thru the first 4 obstacles, and looked in good shape to clear the stage. Unfortunately though, she had a slight stumble on Jeep Run, and while she did recover, she lost all of her momentum and missed the jump to the first steeling wheel and ultimately failed.

#### American Ninja Warrior 11

Barclay returned in Oklahoma City for American Ninja Warrior 11. She was determined to hit a buzzer for the first time in qualifying. Although she fell just short on the fifth obstacle, Coconut Climb, she still placed 29th in the top 30 and 3rd in the womens' top 5. She became one of 5 female competitors to reach the fifth obstacle that night.

In the city finals, she was the final woman to run. She got her revenge on the Coconut Climb, and got to the Crazy Clocks fast enough to qualify for Las Vegas and knock out her friend Maggi Thorne. Although she failed the final transition, she placed 2nd among the women and qualified for Las Vegas for the third straight year.

In the national finals she was trying to hit her first buzzer in regular competition to honor her mom, who was currently in a tough battle with cancer. Although she got revenge on Tire Run, she ultimately gassed out at the Warped Wall.

#### American Ninja Warrior 13

After missing the previous season due to the tragic passing of her mom, Barclay returned to compete in the first qualifying episode of American Ninja Warrior 13. She was clearly still emotional, as she was shown holding back tears at the start line. After missing the trolley bar on Overpass, she managed to make the nine foot lache to the bar, but unfortunately she popped the bar out of its cradle, which shook off her grip and she ended up falling there. This marked her first time since ANW 8 that she didn't qualify for Las Vegas, let alone the city finals.

#### American Ninja Warrior 14

Barclay returned for her fifth season in the fourth qualifying episode. She looked a lot more healthy compared to how she looked in the previous season. She was also a lot happier compared to last year, as she had revealed that she was bisexual and now engaged to Tee Jackson. As such, she put up a strong run. She ended up falling on Final Frontier, making it the third time that she failed on the fifth obstacle during qualifying. Fortunately, she once again moved by placing 28th overall, in fact she was one of seven women that episode who moved onto the semifinals.

She later returned to compete in the 4th and final semifinals episode. There, she once again failed the 5th obstacle, going out on the last transition of Kaleidoscope. Luckily, Barclay's performance was far enough fast enough to earn her 3rd place among the women, advancing her to the national finals for the first time in 3 years.

In the national finals, she was shown in a fast forward for the first time, but her full run was shown as she shockingly failed on the first obstacle of Stage One, Slide Surfer after going off course on the landing pad, thus ending her comeback season. She was shown to be extremely disappointed with her result, and was even seen walking off the set alone after her run.