Marty Yates Gets Through The American Qualifiers For The First Time

Marty Yates is used to making sub-seven second runs at AT&T Stadium, but what he's not used to is having this much of a warm-up to do it. For the first time in his history of competing at RFD-TV's The American, Yates did not earn an invite straight into the finals and has had to make his way through the qualifying process. 

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So far, he's holding on to one of those top 16 spots that will move onto the semifinals shoot-out performances, and his chances of also competing for $1 million for the first time (a benefit of not being invited) is still alive.