Me'Lisa Barber

Me'Lisa Barber
Personal information
Born	October 4, 1980 (age 41); Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	125 lb (57 kg)
Medal record
Women's athletics
World Championships
World Indoor Championships

Me'Lisa Barber (born October 4, 1980 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American track and field sprint athlete.

Career[]

Me'lisa Barber born to parents Ronald and Cheryl Barber in Montclair, N.J. won her first major international championships gold medal by running 50.3 lead leg on Team USA's winning 4x400 relay in 2003 with teammates Demetria Washington, Sanya Richards and the notable Jearl Miles-Clark World Outdoor Championships in Paris. In 2005, she was the U.S outdoor 100 m dash champion and the 4x100 relay gold medalist in the World Championships, making her one of the only athletes to win gold medals in back to back World Championships in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays. Barber then became the indoor World Champion in the 60 m dash in Russia running a blazing time of 7.01 which is 4th fastest time ever ran in the world.

She ran on the 2001 Team USA World University Games gold medal-winning 4 × 400 m relay team with University of South Carolina teammates Demetria Washington, Carolyn Jackson and her twin sister Miki Barber.

She ran the opening leg in teaming with her sister Miki to set a school record of 3:33.14 at the University of South Carolina competition. Barber finished as the runners-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was named second team all-state in the 55 m in 1998 and first team all-state in the 100 m and 200 m outdoors in the same year.

Barber won her heat of the 100 meters at the 1999 USA Junior Championships, but did not make the finals.

Barber grew up in Montclair, New Jersey.,^[1] and her 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m high school relays at Montclair High School were both honored as All-American.^[2] As a senior, she was ranked 3rd on the Track & Field News list in the 100 meters. Barber was 4th on the 200 m list.

She is the 2005 US Champion in the 100 m dash which earned her a spot on the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where she placed 5th with 11.09 sec in the 100 m finals. The winner was compatriot Lauryn Williams. Also, she and her teammates, Angela Daigle, Muna Lee and Lauryn Williams, lived up to their favourites tag with an easy victory in the 4 × 100 m final sprint relay. They took gold in 41.78sec – the fastest time in the world that year.

Barber has been featured in magazine articles along with her twin Miki Barber in stories in USA Today, Track and Field News, Sports Illustrated Oxygen Sports, Fearless Magazine. Discussing the importance of education to young adults, giving them motivational tips on how to balance sports and academics.

Her nickname is Lisa. Barber majored in Retail Management and with a minor in Business at University of South Carolina. Hobbies include poetry, art, reading and . Barber's favorite athlete is Michael Jordan. Barber training for the 2016 Brazil Olympics and is CEO of TheHoneyCollection Jewelry Line.

Personal records[]

100 meters – 10.95 (2007)
200 meters – 22.37
300 meters – 37.54
400 meters – 50.87

References[]

^ Litsky, Frank. "PLUS: TRACK AND FIELD; Fast Times Eyed At Armory Meet", The New York Times, January 9, 2001. Accessed November 26, 2007. "The 800 to 900 athletes expected to compete in the Armory meet include Miki and Me'Lisa Barber, South Carolina's sprinting twins from Montclair, N.J...."
^ Bloom, Marc. "Running; Teammates at the Meet, Strangers at Practice", The New York Times, July 11, 1998. Accessed June 14, 2008. "Melisa and Mikele Barber, 17-year-old twins and graduating seniors who are going on to the University of South Carolina, practice under the Montclair coaches Ray Spivey and Doris Ellis at the high school track."

External links[]

[1] Litsky, Frank. "PLUS: TRACK AND FIELD; Fast Times Eyed At Armory Meet", The New York Times, January 9, 2001. Accessed November 26, 2007. "The 800 to 900 athletes expected to compete in the Armory meet include Miki and Me'Lisa Barber, South Carolina's sprinting twins from Montclair, N.J...."

[2] Bloom, Marc. "Running; Teammates at the Meet, Strangers at Practice", The New York Times, July 11, 1998. Accessed June 14, 2008. "Melisa and Mikele Barber, 17-year-old twins and graduating seniors who are going on to the University of South Carolina, practice under the Montclair coaches Ray Spivey and Doris Ellis at the high school track."

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v t US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter dash
1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–1924: 1925: 1926: 1927–1928^OT: Elta Cartwright 1929: Betty Robinson 1930: Stella Walsh 1931: 1932^OT: Wilhelmina von Bremen 1933: Annette Rogers 1934: not held 1935–1936: Helen Stephens 1937: 1938: Lula Hymes 1939: 1940–1941: 1942: Alice Coachman 1943–1944: Stella Walsh 1945–1946: Alice Coachman 1947: 1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Jean Patton 1951: 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953–1954: Barbara Jones 1955–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Barbara Jones 1958: Margaret Matthews 1959–1962: Wilma Rudolph 1963: Edith McGuire 1964–1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Barbara Ferrell 1968: Margaret Bailes 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) * Iris Davis 1971: Iris Davis 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) * (3) Iris Davis 1973: Iris Davis 1974: 1975: Rosalyn Bryant 1976: Chandra Cheeseborough 1977: Evelyn Ashford 1978: Leleith Hodges (JAM) * Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Alice Brown 1981–1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984 Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Alice Brown 1985: Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Pam Marshall 1986: Pam Marshall 1987: Diane Williams 1988: Sheila Echols 1989: Dawn Sowell 1990: Michelle Finn 1991: Carlette Guidry 1992^OT: Gwen Torrence
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–1994: Gail Devers 1995–1996^OT: Gwen Torrence 1997–1998: Marion Jones 1999: Inger Miller 2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001–2002: Chryste Gaines 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT: LaTasha Colander 2005: Me'Lisa Barber 2006: Lauryn Williams 2007: Torri Edwards 2008^OT: Muna Lee 2009: Carmelita Jeter 2010: Allyson Felix 2011–2012^OT: Carmelita Jeter 2013: English Gardner 2014: Tianna Bartoletta 2015: Tori Bowie 2016^OT: English Gardner 2017: Tori Bowie 2018: Aleia Hobbs 2019: Teahna Daniels 2021^{2020 OT}: Javianne Oliver
Notes	OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance: The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929 to 1931, 1955, 1957 to 1958, 1961 to 1962, 1965 to 1966, 1969 to 1970 and 1973 to 1974.

v t US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash
1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: (CAN) 1928: 1929–32: Mary Carew 1933: Pearl Young 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935–37: Helen Stephens 1938–40: Not held 1941: 1942–44: Not held 1945–46: Alice Coachman 1947: Not held 1948: 1949–50: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Catherine Hardy 1952: Dolores Dwyer 1953–54: Mabel Landry 1955–58: Isabelle Daniels 1959–60: Wilma Rudolph 1961–63: Willye White 1964: Debbie Thompson 1965–67: Wyomia Tyus 1968–69: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1971: Pat Hawkins 1972–73: Iris Davis 1974: 1975: Alice Annum (GHA) 1976: 1977–78: Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–83: Evelyn Ashford 1984–85: Alice Brown 1986: Jeanette Bolden 1987: Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 1988: Evelyn Ashford & Gwen Torrence 1989: Gwen Torrence 1990–92: Michelle Finn
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gail Devers 1994–96: Gwen Torrence 1997: Gail Devers 1998: Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 1999: Gail Devers 2000: Carlette Guidry-White 2001–02: Chryste Gaines 2003: Angela Williams 2004: Gail Devers 2005: Angela Daigle 2006: Me'Lisa Barber 2007: 2008: Angela Williams 2009: Me'Lisa Barber 2010: Carmelita Jeter 2011: Alexandria Anderson 2012: Tianna Madison 2013: Barbara Pierre 2014–15: Tianna Bartoletta 2016: Barbara Pierre 2017: Morolake Akinosun 2018: Javianne Oliver 2019: Shania Collins 2020: Mikiah Brisco
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–32), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–90)