Andy Payne

Eddie Zuercher

Distance

/ Men's Track & Field

Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Worthington, Ohio
High School:
Thomas Worthington

EMU: 2021-22: Indoor: Competed in three meets for the Eagles…Took third in the 3000m with a time of 8:31.38 at the GVSU Snowdown Showdown, Feb. 4…Rounded out the top 10 at the Akron Quad with a mile time of 4:21.94, Jan. 14…2020-21: Outdoor: Competed in three meets where he participated in the 5000m and 10,000m races…Finished 29th in the 5000 with a time of 14:37.92 at the Rick Erdmann Twilight Classic, April 17…Notched a third-place finish in the 10K race in a personal-best time of 29:46.19 at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships, May 8…Indoor: Earned Academic All-MAC Honors…Competed in four meets where he participated in distance events…Finished fourth in the 3000m with a time of 8:22.74 and finished third in the 5000m with a time of 14:19.71 at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, Feb. 26-27... Earned a career-high in the 5000m with a time of 14:08.01 for eighth at the GVSU Meet, Feb. 12... Produced a career-high in the 3000m with a time of 8:13.64 for seventh at the GVSU Snowdown Showdown, Feb. 5…Finished fourth in the 3000m with a time of 8:15.01 at the GVSU Open, Jan. 23...Earned a career-high in the mile with a time of 4:20.38 finishing sixth at Akron Quad Meet, Jan. 15...2019-20: Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic...Indoor: Selected to the Academic All-MAC Team...Competed at four meets for the Eagles, including the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Feb. 28-29...Placed 12th in the 5000m run at the conference meet with a time of 15:12.21...Recorded a personal best in the 3000m run at the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 14, finishing 19th overall with a time of 8:24.64...Finished in eighth place in the 5000m with a personal-best time of 14:39.13 at the Meyo Invitational, Feb. 7-8...Made his season debut at the Can-Am International, Jan. 25, where he placed fourth in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:21.09...2018-19: Outdoor: Did not compete...Indoor: Did not compete…HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Thomas Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio…Earned indoor All-American honors for his performance in the 5000m and captured the Division I Indoor State Championship in the 3200m during his senior year…Named all-state in cross country and track and field for his 3200m performances in both his senior and junior seasons…Outdoor district champion in the 3200m as a junior…Qualified to states in cross country and indoor track in the 3200m, while also qualifying to regionals in the same event during the outdoor track season as a sophomore…Reeled in the 3200m Ohio Capital Conference Championship and earned All-District honors in his sophomore campaign…Qualified for states in cross country and was named to the all-conference team in the 3200m during his rookie campaign…PERSONAL: Full Name: Andrew Brice Payne…Son of Steven, who ran for Ohio Wesleyan cross country and track and field from 1985-89, and Laura Payne…Has one sister, Holly, who competed in cross country and track and field for Vassar College from 2015-17…Major: Psychology.

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