KADEN LEBSACK, winner of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR Season 13

KADEN LEBSACK WINS SEASON 13 OF AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (FROM AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR NATION.COM<br /><br />Ater timing out on the Stage Four rope climb, 15-year-old Kaden Lebsack is the American Ninja Warriorseason 13 Last Ninja Standing.<br /><br />During the finale episode, Kaden performed sheer art on Stage Three. He gracefully and stoically swooped through all seven of the seemingly impossible obstacles. Kaden was the only of the final four competitors to reach the buzzer. Austin Gray was the season's runner-up with his time to Eyeglass Alley.<br /><br />Kaden has impressed us all season long. Ahead of his run in the Qualifiers, Kaden's dad told us something that turned out to be a warning in regards to what Kaden was capable of: "I don't think many people in the world have a drive like Kaden does. When he finds something he wants, he pushes it really hard until he gets it."<br /><br />Right after that, Kaden put up the fastest course completion of the night.<br /><br />In the Semifinals, Kaden tore through the course again, taking the third spot on the leaderboard.<br /><br />After a run on Stage One of the National Finals that left him in the fourth spot on the leaderboard, Kaden faced Stage Two. Here's where we all really started to understand the level of talent we were dealing with. Of the 27 Ninjas who took on Stage Two, only four stayed dry. And Kaden came out with the fastest time to the buzzer.<br /><br />"It was crazy watching Stage Two," Kaden told us. "All of these insane athletes not being able to finish. I definitely think the cold had a big part to play. It was super hard to warm up. I ran non-stop for 10 minutes before my run and I was still freezing. It was very cold and I think that played a huge part in people not having the performances they would have liked."<br /><br />The make-or-break moment of Stage Two was the blind grab of the Falling Shelves. The move took out competitors like Jake Murray, Sean Bryan, and Adam Rayl. Kaden, a rookie, had a different approach that got him through.<br