Daily News | Hailey and Myla Barnett, daughters of ex-Eagles star Fred, aren’t the athletes you might first think they are | Mike Sielski
From time to time, a stranger will meet Myla and Hailey Barnett and, not knowing who they are, ask them if they are athletes. It is a natural question. The twins are 21, born on Aug. 4, 2000 — Hailey beat Myla to the finish line by a minute — and they have that look, each of their frames a wiry V, though Hailey, at 5-foot-9, is 4 inches taller than her younger sister.
Sure, they played those sports when they were younger, as most kids do. But not now. Not anymore. Myla is a starting defender for Virginia’s women’s lacrosse team, still ranked 13th in the country, despite back-to-back losses, ahead of a big game Wednesday against Boston College. Hailey, as a junior last year, was on the second varsity eight of UVa’s ACC-championship women’s rowing team; its first scrimmage of the spring semester will be Saturday at Lake Michie, a reservoir in Durham, N.C.
Myla: “It’s about exposure, and it’s about seeing those models. What does a lacrosse player look like? What does a rower look like? What does a basketball player look like? … It’s definitely part of my ‘why’ as far as playing lacrosse. To be able to inspire other girls to see me and say, ‘Yeah, I can definitely play,’ it definitely drives me, and I think that’s something that’s probably different from my teammates. Other girls can see me and look on the roster and think that it’s possible.
Hailey: “Our parents are our role models. We are in high-competing sports, and we know what they’ve been through, their sacrifices, how hard it is. When we think of the times we want to give up or not play this sport anymore, we know they’ve had those thoughts, too. They kept carrying on.” Hailey: “If you’re going to go through this pain, the worst pain you can endure, I might as well just leave it all out.”
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