This American Ninja Warrior Is Starting Early at Age 5

Published on Oct 6, 2016 at 11:45 AM

We don't know what's more awesome, this 5-year-old's amazing agility dominating an American Ninja Warrior obstacle course, or her creative, handy, and supportive father who built it. Lylah is all smiles, sporting her "Girls are Superstars!" shirt, and tackling some pretty insane challenges like a one-handed zip line, climbing over two sheds (ack!), and up the mini Warped Wall! She had tons of (stuffed-animal) spectators cheering her on, but really, it was her own determination and love for climbing on things that inspired her dad, Gavin MacCall, to start building an ANW-inspired obstacle course in their backyard. Her father has even started a GoFundMe page to support Lylah's training and to build new obstacles. Looks like we might be witnessing the next Katy Catanzaro or Wonder Woman Jessie Graff. Hey, you gotta start sometime, and it might as well be when you're 5 years old!

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