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Payton Meineke
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Thornton, Colo.
- High School:
- Riverdale Ridge
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:58.28 (HS)
- 5,000m: 18:21.01 (HS)
Outdoor Track
- 800m: 2:10.07 (HS)
- 1,500m: 4:34.74 (HS)
- Mile: 4:46.67 (HS)
- 3,000m: 9:37.50 (HS)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Orginially from Thornton, Colorado, where she attended Riverdale Ridge High School
- Clocked her 800-meter PR of 2:10.07 to win the title at the 2026 Coloardo State Outdoor Championships
- Earned All-State honors in the 1,600-meter her senior season with a time of 4:56.69 that finished fourth at the state meet
- Runner-up at the 2025 5A Colorado State Cross Country Championships with a time of 17:39.80 over the 5k course
- Posted a pair of top-eight finishes in the 800-meter (5th) and 1,600-meter (8th) at the 2025 Colorado State Outdoor Championships
- Her two-mile PR of 10:16.47 at the 2025 Arcadia Invitational ranked fourth in the state of Colorado and 23rd nationally that season
- Set her cross country 5k personal-best of 17:10.23 at the 2024 Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional, finishing 11th overall
- Logged her PR in the mile at the 2024 RunningLane Track Championships with a second-place finish in 4:46.67
- Claimed the 2023 New Balance Nationals title in the high school freshman mile with a time of 5:01.14
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