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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 in 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 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 4x400 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.,〔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...."〕 and her 4x100 m and 4x400 m high school relays at Montclair High School were both honored as All-American.〔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."〕 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Me'Lisa Barber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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