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Runner hurt by barrier set too high

Associated Press

Sunday, June 28, 2009

EUGENE, Ore. -- A mix up with a water jump barrier cast controversy over the women's steeplechase at the U.S. track and field championships. Olympian Jennifer Barringer easily won the 3,000-meter steeplechase title 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 and Bridget Franek, who finished third. "Over the l ...

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