Senior Jennifer Barringer crosses the line in first place during Saturday's cross country meet in South Boulder. (CU Independent/Lee Pruitt)
In her last race in Boulder, senior Jenny Barringer went out with a bang.
Barringer set a new course record of 19 minutes and 25 seconds as she won the 5.8-kilometer women�s race�in the 24th Annual Rocky Mountain Shootout at the Buffalo Ranch Cross Country Course on Saturday morning.
�There were definitely some sentimental parts to the race,� Barringer said in a news release. �Knowing that I�m running on our home course and wearing our school uniform, and this is the last time a lot of people in Boulder will be able to see me race.�
Barringer�s performance for the women, and CU senior Kenyon Neuman�s performance for the men, helped marked the 11th straight year that both the men�s and women�s teams came away with the Rocky Mountain Shootout title.
Neuman finished first in the men�s 8K in 24:51.
Coming into the race, the men were ranked sixth in the nation, while the women were ranked 20th.
The Buffs will look to improve on those rankings at next Saturday�s Fort Hays Invitational in Hays, Kan., before heading to NCAA Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. on Oct. 17.
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