Barber qualifies for Junior National Olympics
Rising Haleyville High School sophomore Lewis Barber is pictured competing in the 110m hurdles at the Regional Junior Olympics in Meridian, Mississippi.
HALEYVILLE - What started off as a whim back in May has led Lewis Barber, an rising sophomore at Haleyville High School, to qualify to compete as a junior Olympian at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Sacramento, California, July 22-27.
Last May his Haleyville High School track coach Elyse Aldridge advised him to compete in a USAT&F decathlon hosted by Hoover High School. He did well and ended the 2019 season finishing first in the state in the decathlon for his age group as a freshman.