Monmouth College’s Barr is Track Performer of the Week

Release Date: April 27, 2005

MONMOUTH, Ill. – Monmouth College’s Zach Barr (Roseville, Ill./HS) continues to turn up the heat on track competitors and has been named this week’s Midwest Conference Men’s Track Performer of the Week.

Barr, a junior distance runner, ran the seventh-fastest steeplechase time in the nation en route to an easy victory at the Dick Young Classic at Grinnell College on Saturday. His provisional time of 9:18.64 was
35 seconds faster than the runner-up. In the 5000-meter run, he placed second to the two-time national cross country champion. His steeplechase time is ranked first in the MWC and his 5K time is second.

A physical education major, Barr is the son of Terry and Jeanne Barr of Roseville.

Men's Outdoor Track