The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant #8 - World Champion Barber Twins - Miki and Lisa Barber

The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant

Adrian Durant

Self-improvement, Sports, African, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Education, Field, Month, Black, History, Track, American, Inspiration, Success, Olympian

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Today, we have not one but two track stars on the show. In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we have with us, the famous Barber Twins. Me’Lisa (Lisa) and Mikele (Miki) Barber are accomplished American track and field sprint athletes. Both have won several gold medals on the world track and field stage in their sprinting event, the 4×100 meters. Miki won gold at the 4 x 100 meters relay event in 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, and an individual gold medal at the 100 meters in 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lisa was the champion in 2003 and 2005 World Championships and also won a gold medal on 2006 World Indoor Championships. Also, the twin sisters have been featured in several national publications, including USA Today, Track and Field News, Sports Illustrated, and Fearless Magazine.

In this interview with Lisa and Miki, we talk about their life story, how they got into track and running. How both the sisters supported each other throughout their running career and what challenges they faced. Lisa and Miki shares their time at University of South Carolina to becoming a World Champion. We will also talk about what the Barber twins are doing now and their future plans.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome. I want to welcome my guests, Mickey and Lisa Barber, the Barber twins,
0:17.2	AKA. Before we jump into your story too much, I also want to interview my co-host, Ashie Kelly,
0:24.9	representing the British Virgin Islands and Olympian and also a 200-400 runner. So joining me to
0:32.0	help get this conversation going, I appreciate you, Ashley, for joining me. So Mickey and Lisa,
0:37.4	oh go ahead, sorry, I talked to you. I was there, I'm here to balance you out, keep you from being reckless,
0:41.3	you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm talking too much. I appreciate it. So Mickey and Lisa, okay, you too
0:49.3	have been super well-known in track and field for a while. Back in the Jersey days, you guys were all
0:55.6	stars. I actually went to high school in Jersey and so I used to see y'all, yeah, I know, I wasn't good
1:00.4	enough so I wasn't in the good people circles at that point. But I was aware of y'all probably,
1:07.0	slightly, I'm embarrassed myself, probably partially why I went to South Carolina as well. Not just y'all,
1:12.4	I'll give y'all like a farthest. The secrets are coming out. Was that? The secrets are all coming out.
1:17.3	Yeah, that's the point of this. The secrets got to come out. So, you know, I think-
1:21.4	You know what I said, decision making process. I don't care if it's a droplets. So hey,
1:25.0	the whole point is that you two were like superstars when I went to high school and you know,
1:30.9	it's really cool to get this thing here and talk to you. I want to hear about your journey,
1:34.6	how you got into track and field. You know, I just tons of articles in Montclair, but I want to hear
1:39.6	it from you. How you guys got going? I want to hear about, you know, going to South Carolina,
1:44.4	everything. Tell me, you know, whatever you feel like chatting about. So, I mean, when did it get
1:48.2	started? Why track? Okay, I'll go first. You go first. Well, I'm Mickey Barber. We both started
1:55.2	running track our freshman year at high school, our mother, mother or father. They wanted us to
2:00.8	join a club or a team or something just to have something to do after school, correct? Extra
2:05.4	curriculum activity. So we've tried to join a bunch of clubs, the hiking club, the key club.
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