Payne Turney Season 2023

PAYNE TURNEY'S TFRRS PROFILE

CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES
• 2025 Big Ten Indoor Eighth Place (5000m - 16:19.53)

PURDUE TOP 10s LIST (END OF PURDUE CAREER)
• No. 1 Outdoor 5000m (15:57.78 - March 28, 2025)
• No. 3 Outdoor 10,000m (33:57.75 - April 16, 2025)
• No. 3 Indoor 3000m (9:26.81 - March 1, 2025)
• No. 3 Indoor 5000m (16:16.95 - Feb. 14, 2025)
• No. 4 Outdoor 1500m (4:21.66 - March 22, 2025)
• No. 9 Indoor Mile (4:47.12 - Feb. 10, 2024)

2024-25 / AS A GRADUATE STUDENT
Outdoor
• Competed in six meets
• Took second with the No. 4 1500m time in school history (4:21.66) at the USF Alumni Invitational (March 22)
• Set a school record in the 5000m (15:57.78) at the Raleigh Relays (March 28)
• Ran the No. 3 10,000m time in school history (33:57.75) at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 16)
• Took second in the 1500m (4:21.75) at the Jim Green Invitational (May 2)
• Concluded the season 37th in the 10,000m (34:52.12) and 45th in the 5000m (16:48.72) at the NCAA East First Round (May 29-31)

Indoor
• Competed in five meets
• Placed third in the 3000m (9:43.99) at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan 18)
• Finished first in the 5000m with a 16:43.01 at the Crossroads of America Invitational (Jan 24)
• Posted a second-place finish in the mile (4:50.25) at the Midwest Classic Invitational (Jan 31-Feb 1)
• Claimed two first-place finishes at the Music City Challenge in the 5000m (16:16.95) and DMR (11:24.09) (Feb 14-15)
• Took eighth in the 5000m (16:19.53) and ran a personal best in the 5000m (16:19.53) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1)

Cross Country
• Competed in six races
• Opened the season third in the 5k (17:56.9) at the Winrow-Valparaiso Open (Aug. 30)
• Took 13th in the 6k (20:57.2) at the Big Ten Preview (Sept. 13)
• Finished 34th in the 6k (21:22.4) at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
• Ran a personal-best 20:19.9 in the 6k to finish 52nd at the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1)
• Was 58th in the 6k (20:50.1) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15)
 
2023-24 / AS A SENIOR
Outdoor
• Did not compete in any meets
 
Indoor
• Competed in four meets
• Placed third in the 3000m (9:47.73) at the Badgers Midwest Invite (Jan 13)
• Ran a personal-best 4:47.12 in the mile at the Badgers’ Windy City Invite (Feb 9-10)

Cross Country
• Competed in five races
• Opened the season seventh in the 5k (17:37.1) at the John McNichols Invite (Sept. 16)
• Took 55th in the 6k (22:33.0) at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 27)
• Finished the season 50th in the 6k (21:27.7) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10)
 
2022-23 / AS A JUNIOR
Outdoor
• Competed in five meets
• Was sixth in the 1500m (4:31.52) at the Fighting Illini Challenge (April 8)
• Finished fourth in the 1500m (4:23.60) at the Drake Relays (April 26-29)
 
Indoor
• Competed in four meets
• Was eighth in the mile (4:57.35) at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 21)
• Finished sixth in the mile (4:49.42) at the Windy City Invite II (Feb. 10-11)

Cross Country
• Competed in five races
• Took 12th in the 5k (17:54.9) at the John McNichols Invite (Sept. 17)
• Was 57th in the 6k (21:28.4) at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28)
• Finished 65th in the 6k (21:34.9) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11)
 
2021-22 / AS A SOPHOMORE
Outdoor
• Competed in four meets 
• Took first in the 4x400m (4:07.05) and second in the 800m (2:!3.45) at the Illini Classic (Apr 9)
 
Indoor
• Competed in five meets
• Took first in the 800m (2:15.31) at the Gene Edmonds Invitational (Jan 8)
• Placed fifth in the mile (4:50.58) at the Badgers’ Windy City Invite (Feb 11-12)

Cross Country
• Competed in six races
• Opened the season fifth in the 5k (18:01.1) at the Winrow-Valparaiso Open (Sept. 3)
• Took eighth in the 5k (17:59.8) at the John McNichols Invite (Sept. 18)
• Finished 68th in the 6k (22:12.0) at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 29)
• Concluded the season 39th in the 6k (20:48.4) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12)
 
2020-21 / AS A FRESHMAN
Outdoor
• Competed in five meets
• Took sixth in the 800m (2:16.84) at the Big Ten Invite (March 26-27)
 
Indoor
• Competed in three meets
• Won the mile (5:05.26) in her collegiate debut at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 12)
• Finished seventh in the DMR (11:39.49) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26)

Cross Country
• Competed in one race
• Finished 100th in the 6k (24:13.0) at the Big Ten Championships (Jan. 30)

HIGH SCHOOL
• Won the 2019 2A state champion in the 800-meter
• Was a two-time cross country conference champion, in 2016 and 2018
• Earned three cross country all-state honors
• Set three school records
• Personal-best times are 1:00.98 in the 400-meter, 2:15.59 in the 800, 5:05.70 in the 1,600 and 11:11.28 in the 3,200
• Also swam on the swim team and was a team captain
• Named a 2019-20 Illinois State Scholar and class valedictorian