‘American Ninja Warrior’ Season 8: Meet the Oklahoma City Finals Contestants 2016

Contestants competing tonight: Brian Doom, “Ninja Nate” Bunkhalter, Brian Burkhardt, Brian Beckstrand, Jon Stewart, Kyle Mendoza, Brent Steffensen, Thomas Stillings, Daniel Gil, Cass Clawson, Karsten Williams, Tremayne Dortch, David Campbell, Geoff Lancaster, Thomas Doweidt, James Wyatt, An Ly, Andrew Lowes, Hamidulah Khazi, Jessell Boseman, Diron Jones, Andrew Potter, Jared Brandy, Mitch VeDepo, Reid Pletcher, Chris Moore, Clayton Wolf, Sudul Diahkah, Grant Clinton, Alexander Moran.

Click through our gallery to learn about some of the competitors listed above.

Brian Beckstrand

Beckstrand is in his mid-30s. He played basketball for Dixie College, and has kept up his athletic skills in a variety of ways since. After leaving Dixie, which was a junior college at the time, Beckstrand played three years of basketball at Southern Virginia University. He also competes in marathons, Spartan races, and basketball tournaments. (Youtube/Screenshot)