Arts & Entertainment

Cheshire Native Competes On ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Finale

The 18-year-old finished second while competing for the $1 million prize on the season finale of NBC's "American Ninja Warrior."

CHESHIRE, CT — An 18-year-old Cheshire native finished in second place on the season finale of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” this week, according to the New Haven Register.

The Register reported Jay Lewis has competed on the game show since 2018 and was making his second finals appears this month and came up just short after completing three stages of events.

Lewis, who was competing for the $1 million prize, is about to start his first year of college at Syracuse University, according to the Register.

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Watch video of Lewis’ nail-biting Stage 4 climb at NBC.com here.

Read more at the New Haven Register here.

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