Kenneth Barbee

Ken Barbee has been competing at an elite level in sports since childhood. His junior high school?s funding crisis led to the loss of J.V. baseball and brought Ken to track and field. Success for Ken was immediate and Ken excelled at all track distances up to a mile. He made All-City and All-State and was an All-American miler in college. A 1986 University of Tennessee graduate, Ken still holds the school record for the mile at 4:00.19. Ken is a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University, where he teaches how engineering principles apply to biological entities (like human bodies) and occasionally converts one-sport student-athletes to triathletes. Ken has passed his running genes on to his son Harper, who is the fastest kid in preschool and likes to ?run fast?.

Strength: Running

Highlights:
1.  USATriathlon World Championship Duathlon Team Member: 2003
2.  SEC Champion: 1500 meters 1986
3.  All America: 1986
4.  Current School Record Holder, University of Tennessee: Mile 4:00.19, 1986.
5.  Overall Race Winner: Race for Independence 2001, Terry Fox Run 1999, Run for the Lake 1995, Gammex 5K 2000.
6.  USAT Duathlon National Championship 2003 12th.
7.  Mid Atlantic Sprint Regional Champion 2000, Men 35-39
8.  Many age-group wins in triathlons and running races.
9.  5K PR ? 15:10
10.  5 mile PR ? 25:28
11.  10K PR - 33:04