Myesha Barr
Myesha Barr

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.

High School:
Grassfield

Event:
Sprints

04/21/2012

Women's Relay Teams Notch Pair of Top-10 Finishes at ACC Championships

Montasia Golden posts personal-best in triple jump

04/07/2012

Fowler Claims 1500 Meter Title to Lead Deacs at Tiger Track Classic

Fowler turned in a personal-best time of 4:32.04 to place first in the event

03/31/2012

Martin Roars to Victory in Heptathlon at Winston-Salem State Invitational

The sophomore dominated the final two events to seal the comeback

03/24/2012

Binder, Crawford Lead Deacs in Mid-Distance Events at HPU VertKlasse

Molly Binder records personal-best time in the 800m; Crawford earns first place in the 1500m

03/17/2012

Women's DMR Squad Earns Victory in Storm-Shortened Wake Forest Open

Wake Forest swept the men's and women's DMR events for the second straight year; Brobeck captures first place in the javelin throw

Barr's Personal Bests
60m: 7.77
100m: 12.23
200m: 25.95 (Indoor); 25.43 (Outdoor)
300m: 42.01
400m: 59.96 (Indoor); 58.61 (Outdoor)

2012 Outdoor
Recorded season-best time of 25.61 in the 200 meters en route to placing ninth overall at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting ... Also placed 13th in the 200 at the WSSU Invitational with a time of 25.89 ... Raced in the 100 meters twice during the season, finishing in a time of 12.44 in the prelims of the Wake Forest Open and a time of 12.49 at the CCU Invitational ... Raced in the 400 meters once on the season, finishing 39th at the Tiger Track Classic in a time of 1:01.10 ... A member of the 4x100 meter relay squad that finished seventh at the ACC Championship (46.69) and second at the WSSU Invitational (46.87) ... Also raced on the 4x100 squad that finished 12th at the Tiger Track Classic in 47.35 and second at the VertKlasse Meeting in 47.79 ... Raced as a part of the 4x400m relay team that finished ninth at the ACC Championship (3:49.97) and third at the VertKlasse Meeting (3:56.44).

2012 Indoor
Turned in a season-best time of 7.94 in the 60 meters at both the Liberty Kickoff and the UNC Invitational ... Raced in the 200 meters once on the year, finishing 24th at the Virginia Tech Elite meet in a time of 26.14 ... Raced once in both the 300m (42.48) and the 400m (1:01.74) at the Hokie Invitational and the Liberty Kickoff, respectively ... A member of the 4x400m relay squad that finished fifth at the Liberty Kickoff in 4:10.08.

2011 Outdoor
Top time of 12.45 in the 100m came at the Vertklasse Meeting en route to a third-place finish ... Finished 13th at the Duke Invitational in the 100m with a time of 12.60 ... Placed 25th in the 200m with a time of 25.43 at the Auburn Invitational ... Recorded a third-place finish in the 200m with a time of 25.59 at the Vertklasse Meeting ... Raced in the 400m once during the season, finishing in 58.91 at the Auburn Invitational ... Member of the 4x100m relay team that placed seventh at the ACC Championships (47.21) and first at the Vertklasse Meeting (47.31) ... Raced in the 4x400m relay twice on the season, including the squad that finished 11th at the ACC Championships ... Ran the 400-meter leg of the DMR that claimed first place at the Wake Forest Open in a time of 12:10.08.

2011 Indoor
One of the top sprinters for the Deacs during the indoor season ... Placed second in the 60-meter dash at the Liberty Quad Meet with a season-best time of 7.77 ... Ran a time of 7.87 in the prelim of the event at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet ... Also recorded season-best time of 25.95 in the 200-meters at Virginia Tech Elite ... Placed fifth at Liberty Quad in the 200m, crossing the finish line in 26.21 ... Ran in the 300m twice during the season, recording times of 42.01 (Virginia Tech Invitational) and 42.66 (Hokie Invite) ... Placed 19th in the 400m at the Virginia Tech Invitational, finishing in 59.96...A member of the 4x400-meter relay that placed tenth at both the Virginia Tech Elite (3:50.79) and the ACC Championship (3:52.38).

2010 Outdoor
Earned first place in the 100 meters at the HPU Vertklasse meet with a time of 12.29 ... Clocked a season-best time of 12.23 in the 100m at the Spec Towns Open to place seventh ... Placed second in the 400 meter run at the Orange and Purple Classic with a time of 58.61 ... Part of 4x100m relay team that finished sixth in a time of 46.49 at the 2010 ACC Outdoor Championships ... Member of 4x100m relay team that placed fourth with a time of 47.60 at the Spec Towns Open.

2010 Indoor
Broke school record in 60-meter dash with a time of 7.78 ... Finished seventh in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.79 at the 2010 NY Armory Duals ... Part of the distance medley relay team that placed first at the 2010 NY Armory Duals in a time of 11:53.71 ... Member of the 4x400 meter relay team that placed fourth at the UNC Invitational in a time of 3:59.83.

Background
Earned four letters in both track and cheerleading at Grassfields High School ... Was a member of two VHSL AAA State Championship teams ... Named the 2007 Tidewater Female Athlete of the Year ... Was the regional 400m champion as both a junior and a senior and also won the regional indoor 300m title as a senior ... Runner-up in the 400m dash at the 2007 VHSL AAA state championship with a personal-best 55.51 ... Finished third as a member of the 4x200m relay team at the 2008 Nike Indoor Nationals ... Earned the Academic Award for Excellence all four years and graduated with honors ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Full name is Myesha Kamaya Barr ... Born April 6, 1991 ... Daugher of Richard and Irish Barr of Chesapeake, Va.

 

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