Mary Ellen Barry

Mary Ellen has been involved in agility for over 29 years and has had much success on both the national and international level. Mary Ellen has competed at the IFCS and WAO World Championships a total of 6 times with 2 different dogs and has won multiple medals at those events including 6 gold medals. She has placed on the podium several times at both at the USDAA Cynosport World Games and the UKI US Open. Mary Ellen is the current coach of the USA WAO Team.

Mary Ellen's is a popular seminar presenter due to her ability to break things down for students and explain and clarify concepts.  She has an excellent eye and is able to pinpoint simple training exercises for handlers to work on at home to improve coursework.

Mary Ellen was a contributor for over 15 years to Clean Run magazine and is the author of The Long Jump and Foundation Fundamentals which are both training DVDs and are available through Clean Run.

Mary Ellen has been an instructor full time for over 20 years and has taught seminars and camps throughout the U.S and Canada.  She became a UKI Judge in 2018 and enjoys designing courses that are challenging for the handler, but easy for the dog.