Fancy Feet: Don and Mae Berry share in granddaughter's running success
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| By LORRI GLAWE / Pilot Tribune Staff |
September 14, 2009 |
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 Don and Mae Berry, Storm Lake, have five grandchildren that they are equally very proud of. The sun is shining a little brighter right now, Mae, said, on granddaughter Jenny, who has made her mark in the world of racing. |
Don and Mae Berry, Storm Lake, have five grandchildren that they are equally very proud of.
The sun is shining a little brighter right now, Mae, said, on granddaughter Jenny, who has made her mark in the world of racing.
Jenny Barringer, daughter of Bruce and Janet Barringer, accumulated scores of records through high school (Florida), including five Florida High School track titles and three cross country championships and in college (University of Colorado) including numerous Midwest Region, Big 12 and NCAA awards and the recognition continues, quite deservingly.
She earned a spot to compete in the Junior World Championships in Belgium as a junior in high school, competed in the World Championships in France as a senior and took part in the World Championships in Japan in 2007.
Barringer qualified to represent the United States at the Olympics in Beijing last year (competing in the first ever women's steeplechase event) where she earned ninth place with a 9:12:50 time (an American record) and recently returned from competing in Berlin in the World Championships where she shattered her Olympic record in the steeplechase with her 9:22:26 race, placing fifth.
It is her intention to sign a professional running contract as soon as she completes her college education, majoring in political science and economics, in the next few months and is hopeful of making her second trip to the Olympics in 2012.
Barringer, 23, has commented, "My legs and feet have taken me all over the world." |
