in 2014, catanzaro became the first woman to finish the qualifying course of "american ninja warrior" (season 6). she made it up the warped wall on her second try at 5:26.18 at the dallas qualifiers. she was ranked 21 out of 30 people. she was also the first woman to ever make it up the warped wall in competition. later in 2014, catanzaro competed in the dallas finals of "american ninja warrior". she was the first woman to complete a city finals course. she was only the second woman to attempt it. the first was jessie graff in season 5). catanzaro qualified for the national finals in las vegas with a time of 8 minutes, 59 seconds. no other woman competed in a city finals course matched until 2019.