Jenny Barringer proved over her four years at Colorado that she isn't just a great collegiate or even American athlete, but is one of the best in the world In her time at CU, she has earned a spot on…
+ See More +Jenny Barringer proved over her four years at Colorado that she isn't just a great collegiate or even American athlete, but is one of the best in the world In her time at CU, she has earned a spot on…
+ See More - See Less -Jenny Barringer proved over her four years at Colorado that she isn't just a great collegiate or even American athlete, but is one of the best in the world In her time at CU, she has earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team, two world teams, is a seven All-American (four in outdoor track, two in cross country, one indoor), an 12-time All-Big 12 honoree (nine track, three cross country) and is a seven-time all-region honoree (four track, three cross country). Barringer owns the American record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 9:12.50 and owns several stadium records in the steeplechase (Drake Stadium, 9:29.20; Ed Weir Stadium, 9:44.46; John Jacob Track and Field Stadium, 9:26.20 and John MacDonnell Field, 9:25.54). She is also the NCAA Championship Meet record holder (9:25.54) as well as the NCAA Midwest Region record holder (9:26.20). Barringer has won three international meets (two in the steeplechase, one in the 5k) and has earned numerous awards over the past four years. She has proven that she isn’t just a steeplechaser as she owns the collegiate record in the indoor mile (4:25.91), 3k (8:42.03) and the 5k (15:01.70) as well as the outdoor 1,500 (3:59.90), steeplechase (9:25.54) and 5k (15:07.64); and on top of that she owns seven CU records. Her times in the indoor 3k and 5k were the fifth fastest in the world during the 2009 season (first and second, respectively, by an American) and her mile was the fastest of the year. Barringer became the third fastest woman in the 1,500 at the Prefontaine Classic when she shaved over eight seconds off her PR to record a sub-four minute time at 3:59.90. It was the third fastest time in the world and she was the second best performer in the event. For her 2009 collegiate season, Jenny was awarded the inaugural Bowerman Award in December of 2009.Her most recent accomplishment was winning the steeplechase at the USATF Outdoor Championships for the second time in three years. At the world championships in 2009, Barringer became the eighth fastest performer in the event of all-time.
P.S. On a minor note, in Jenny's bio for "365 Days Later," change "ladder" to "latter."
But there are a lot of excellent runners who are very humble. It is still nice to see humility in excellent runners, or any high achievers. I think of Josh McAdams as a great athlete who is very humble.
Americans need to step up in all distance and technical events to match the rest of the world. When someone like Jenny raises the bar for the US athletes, it has nothing to do with being prideful. She's genuinely fired up about taking her events to the next level. She has a humble fire in her which is perfectly OK. If you pay close attention, you'll see that she always pays tribute to those who help her or other athletes and does not get y. So, quit the crabs in a bucket syndrome. We need to power our American athletes.
“she's a great runner, so maybe it's justified, but she definitely thinks shes awesome and it comes through in most of her interviews”
but I noticed Jenny!
“Jennie seems like a wonderful person and incredible athlete. But sometimes she lacks a bit of humility in her interviews.”