Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Her two years competing for Villanova in 2023-24 and 2024-25 were impactful ones ... Became the first athlete in school history to be a BIG EAST champion in women's weight throw when she won the 2025 conference title ... Three-time BIG EAST medalist for the Wildcats, including twice in the weight throw and once in the hammer ... At the time of her graduation owned six of the 11 longest marks in school history in the weight throw and three of the 10 longest throws in the hammer ... Ranked second on the Villanova performance list in the weight throw and fourth in the hammer ... At the 2024 indoor BIG EAST Championships she became only the Wildcats second athlete to make the podium in women's weight throw ... One year later she became the first to win a gold medal in the event when she did so with a PR of 19.18 meters at the conference championships in Chicago ... All eight of her weight throw performances during her Wildcats career resulted in a top 10 mark in school history ... Her best mark in the hammer while wearing the Villanova singlet came in the final competition of her collegiate career ... The throw was for 53.87 meters and was good for a silver medal at the 2025 outdoor BIG EAST meet ... Prior to joining the Wildcats she excelled in the weight throw and hammer at Washington State ... Competed at the Pac-12 Outdoor Championships in both 2022 and 2023 ... Two-time Washington state hammer champion in high school ... Two-time selection to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll while at Washington State ... Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2023-24 and 2024-25 ... Four-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll at Villanova.
 

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PERSONAL BESTS
Shot Put	10.18 Meters	BIG EAST Championship (3.1.2025)
Weight Throw	19.18 Meters	BIG EAST Championships (2.28.2025)
Hammer	57.01 Meters	Buc Scoring/Combined Events Meet (3.23.2023)

 

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CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST	Hammer
2025 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion	Weight Throw
All-BIG EAST	Weight Throw
2024 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST	Weight Throw
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team	2023-24, 2024-25
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll	Winter 2023, Spring 2023

 

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CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date	Event	Mark	Place
May 15	Hammer	53.87m	2nd
2025 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date	Event	Mark	Place
February 28	Weight Throw	19.18m	1st
March 1	Shot Put	10.18m	14th
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date	Event	Mark	Place
May 9	Hammer	51.80m	4th
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date	Event	Mark	Place
February 23	Weight Throw	19.00m	3rd

 

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BEFORE VILLANOVA

Washington State: Competed in the weight throw and the hammer during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons … As of the end of the 2023 campaign was ranked seventh in Washington State history in both of those events with marks of 18.03 meters in the weight throw and 57.01 meters in the hammer … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for both the Winter and Spring sports seasons in 2023.
 
Club Sports: Member of Kitsap Fliers Track and Field … Three-time high school All-American in the hammer, including two-time NSAF and once in the USATF Junior Olympics.
 
North Kitsap High School: Competed in volleyball, basketball, track & field and swimming during her scholastic career … Two-time Washington state champion in the hammer in 2019 and 2021.
 
Personal: Born 9/29/02 in Silverdale, Wash. … One of two children of Stephen and Michelle Payne … Has one sibling, Christopher … Enjoys video games and animals, including her two corgis and two cats … Her interests include sports management, mental health advocacy and women’s rights advocacy … Chose to attend Villanova for the high-quality education and the track & field program’s drive to become champions … Enrolled in graduate school at Villanova to pursue her MBA from the Villanova School of Business.