Barringer wins steeplechase after controversy
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
(Associated Press) Olympian Jennifer Barringer easily won the 3,000-meter steeplechase title at the U.S. track and field championships on Sunday, two days after qualifying for the event was marred by the barrier being set too high. Barringer, the American record holder, ran the event in nine minutes, 29.38 seconds, well ahead of second-place finisher Anna Willard . “Over the last 48 hours, there's...



