NDSU

Trevor Barry, a 2012 London Olympian and the bronze medalist at the 2011 World Championships in the high jump, is entering his fourth season as a North Dakota State assistant coach in 2015-16. Barry directs NDSU student-athletes in the high jump, long jump and triple jump.
 
In 2015, he coached Bison high jumper Lexy Boschee to a new lifetime-best clearance of 5-09.25 (1.76m) and a spot at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. Five different Bison women jumped further than 18-3 in the long jump in 2015.
 
Barry is a decorated high jumper on the international track & field scene, owning a personal-best jump of 7-07.25 (2.32m). He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, representing his native Bahamas, and placed third in the high jump at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Barry won gold in the high jump at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships held in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
 
In 2010, Barry took runner-up honors in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. He was a three-time runner-up at the Central American and Caribbean Championships before capturing his first crown at the event in 2011.
 
Barry also owns a personal-best mark of 25-06.25 (7.78m) in the long jump.
 
“We’re thrilled to have Trevor joining our staff,” noted Bison head men’s track & field coach Don Larson upon Barry’s hire. “He brings a wealth of knowledge in the sport of track & field and in the jumping events. His national and international competition experience will certainly add to our staff.”
 
“I am excited to be at NDSU,” said Barry. “I think it’s going to be a learning experience, and I’m looking forward to working with the athletes. They have a lot of talent, and I am hoping to share some of my knowledge with them.”
 
Barry competed collegiately at Dickinson State University, where he set the school high jump and long jump records in 2006. He holds the Bison Sports Arena high jump record of 7-03.00, set in 2008, as well as the Shelly Ellig Indoor Facility record of 7-02.50.
 
Barry is married to Heather (Zander) Barry, a 2010 NCAA All-American in the heptathlon for North Dakota State, and they have one son, Leo.