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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Team USA Wrestling: "Kyra Barry named USA Wrestling Woman of the Year" By Gary Abbott April 13, 2016
- 1 2 Columbia University Athletics: "Kyra Tirana Barry, Columbia Alumna, Named USA Women's Wrestling Team Leader" May 27, 2014
- ↑ Columbia College Alumni News: "Getting Involved: Kyra Tirana Barry ’87 - Kyra Tirana Barry ’87 becomes first woman to lead Columbia College Alumni Association" Fall 2011
- ↑ Beat the Streets: "Kyra Tirana Barry - Board President" retrieved May 30, 2016
- ↑ Columbia Daily Spectator: "Once men-only, CC Alumni Association gets first female president" By AUDREY GREENE November 1, 2011
- ↑ New York Times: "David Barry" By Vivian MarinoO MAY 26, 2011
- ↑ Wall Street Journal: "Going to the Mat With a Gift" By Malanie Grayce West March 16, 2011
- ↑ Team USA Wrestling: "Making It Happen: Kyra Tirana Barry" by Michael Rand March 17, 2015