David Barron '94 — track and field

David Barron '94

One of the most productive athletes to pass through the Connecticut College track and field program, David Barron was a four-year competitor who dominated indoor and outdoor throwing events. Training under the tutelage of throwing coach Cliff Larrabee (a 2005 Athletic Hall of Fame inductee) Barron rewrote the school records books.

As a team captain in his senior season, Barron garnered All-America honors in the weight throw for his second-place performance at the 1994 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship. Also that year, he was an outdoor national qualifier in the hammer throw. Barron closed his career holding several school records. His indoor track and field marks included the 35-pound weight throw (61' 5.75") and the shot put (43' 3"), and he also established outdoor school records in the hammer throw (177' 0''), the discus throw (122' 11"), and the shot put (47' 6.5").

A true Renaissance man, the anthropology and religious studies double-major performed with CoCo Beaux, Connecticut College's male a cappella singing group, and was active in CASE-J, the Campus Action for Social Equality and Justice. He also played on the College's club rugby team.

Since graduating, Barron has continued his throwing career, competing in numerous national and international championships all over the world. Events have taken him to Brazil, Canada, Ireland, and Scotland, where he participated in the celebrated Scottish Highland Games competition and was the 2002 World Caber Champion. Barron also took third-place honors in the caber event at the 2001 World Championships in California.

Barron is married to Amber da Silva, and they are expecting their first child in March. He is currently studying at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City.