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By Patrick Lujan

Billy Navarrete sent in an audition video and was accepted to the qualifier of Season 5 of the American Ninja Warrior. (courtesy photo)
Some of us dream to play in the NBA or NFL or fight in the UFC. Billy Navarrete always dreamed to be a Ninja Warrior.
Since the first show of the Japanese hit Sasuke (Ninja Warrior) he watched in 2006, the 23-year-old Upi Elementary school teacher has been hooked. It was fisherman Makoto Nagano he saw on TV who made it through all four grueling stages that got him on this dream ride.
“When he first won, I knew I had to do this,” said Navarette, who’s in Miami trying to qualify for the big show in June. “It’s been my dream since then.”
Always one to jump on couches, cars, trees and whatever else he can turn into a playground as a child, Navarrete made an audition video that he sent in to the producers of American Ninja Warriors Season 5 back in March. In a couple of weeks, he got an acceptance call.
“It was around April Fool’s (when they called) and I thought someone was playing a joke. It was crazy, I couldn’t believe it,” Navarrete said from Miami, where he’s preparing for the qualifier at 6 p.m. EST Saturday (9 a.m. Sunday Chamorro Standard Time).
“Now that I’m actually here, I’m so speechless right now. When you have a dream for a really long time, and then when you’re here, it’s like ‘Is it actually happening?’ I’m nervous right now.”
His primary form of training is Parkour – the practice of running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, spinning, jumping, rolling through different obstacles.
“I use my environment as my obstacle course.”
In preparation for the qualifier in Miami, Navarrete also added TRX and weight training at ISC, gymnastics at Island Twister, used the obstacle course at Pacific Islands Club, teaches Zumba, dances with Urban Individualsand and even built his own salmon ladder to boot.
The Simon Sanchez graduate will need to make it past the Miami qualifier in order to move on to the big show in Las Vegas in June.
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GPS Sports Calendar
February 2023
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Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Events for February
6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
11th
Events for February
13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Events for February
19th
SPRINT TRIATHLON, PACIFIC GAMES QUALIFIER
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 2
Events for February
20th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
21st
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
22nd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
23rd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
24th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
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25th
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27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for February
28th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS

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