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Mikita Barry

Runner
BEDFORD HS
BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

3rd - 16:44.6

New England Cross Country Championships

1st - 17:24.70

NHIAA Meet of Champions

1st

Division 1 state title
“Mikita Barry dominated the distance running scene in the Granite State last fall. She won nine of her 11 races, clocked New Hampshire’s fastest 5K by a prep girl in 2024 and she was the state’s best finisher at New Englands, earning bronze.”
Rich Gonzalez
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 junior raced to the bronze medal at the 89th New England Cross Country Championships this past season and broke the tape at the NHIAA Meet of Champions with a personal-best time of 17:24.70. Barry also won the Division 1 state title, beating her next-closest competitor by 22.1 seconds. She did not lose to a New Hampshire runner last fall.

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Academic Achievement

Barry has maintained a weighted 4.43 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Also a track and lacrosse athlete, Barry has volunteered locally on behalf of food banks and the Rotary Club. She has also donated her time as a road race assistant and youth lacrosse coach in addition to serving as a member of her school’s Life of a Bulldog Club.