2019 WXC Roster

Aidan Payton

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mt. Lookout, W.Va.
  • Highschool Nicholas County

Biography

AWARDS / HONORS
• 2018 All-MEC Second Team
• 2017 All-MEC Second Team
• 2016 All-MEC First Team


2019
• Ran in all seven meets
• Finished 32nd at the Mountain East Conference Championship
• Best finish of the season came with an eighth-place showing at the Concord Alumni Meet
• Placed 38th at the Roanoke College Invite

2018
• All-Mountain East Conference Second Team for second consecutive year
• Finished 11th at the MEC Championship in a 6,000-meter time of 27:47
• Placed eighth at the Concord Alumni
• Was 16th at the Golden Bear Classic, clocking a 4,000-meter time of 17:06
• Opened season by finishing 43rd at the Hokie Invite in a 4,000-meter time of 16:14
Meet-by-Meet Results

2017
• Second Team All-Mountain East Conference
• Placed 13th at the MEC Championship
• Runner-up at the Concord Alumni with a 5,000-meter personal-record time of 19:48
• Was also runner-up at the Golden Bear Classic
• Clocked a 6,000-meter career-best time of 23:26 at the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional
Meet-by-Meet Results

2016
• First Team All-Mountain East Conference
• Four top-10 finishes during the season including an eighth-place showing at the MEC Championship
• Ran 20:00 at the Greater Louisville Classic for a personal-best time in the 5,000-meters
• Clocked a time of 25:27 at the MEC Championship
• Runner-up at the Concord Alumni Invite
Meet-by-Meet Results

High School
• Four-time all-region performer at Nicholas County
• Second team all-state as a sophomore and junior
• Runner-up at conference meet as a freshman, finished third as a sophomore
• Owns a personal-record time of 20:12 in the 5,000-meter run

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior