Barringer Named Honda Sports Award Nominee

BOULDER ? University of Colorado junior Jenny Barringer has been named a 2007-08 Cross Country Honda Sports Award Nominee for the second year in a row. The winner will be decided by nationwide voting among NCAA member schools and will receive the Honda Award for cross country and become a nominee for The Honda-Broderick Cup awarded annually to the nation's outstanding collegiate woman athlete of the year.

Barringer earned a runner-up finish for the second straight year at the 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championship on Monday, Nov. 19, finishing the 6k loop in 19:47.8 to earn her second consecutive All-American honor in cross country. Barringer improved her time by 50 seconds in the race, finishing in 20:37.9 last season.

Besides the NCAA Championship, Barringer raced to two more second-place finishes. She was the Big 12 Runner-Up for the third straight year and the NCAA Mountain Region Runner-up for the second year in a row. Barringer also won the pre-nationals invite for her first race of the season.

Barringer was also named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team earlier this year.

The other nominees for the award are: Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech), Susan Kuijken (Florida State) and Diane Nukuri (Iowa).

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