Payden Montana Season 2019

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Shot put - 16.41m, Discus - 49.47m, Weight Throw - 13.96m

CAREER NOTES AND RECORDS

AWARDS: Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week (3/27/19).

RECORDS: Ranks sixth all-time in the shot put (16.41m)...Ranks eighth all-time in the discus (49.47m).

ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Participated in the shot put event.

AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Competed in both the shot put and discus events
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Competed in the shot put event.

2019 Outdoor

Season: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the shot put. Wrote her name into the Penn State record book as she ranks sixth all-time in the shot put and eigth all-time in the discus. Set two personal-bests in the shot put and the discus...Named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week on March 27.

Arizona State Invitational (3/22-23): Won the shot put event and placed third in the discus. Set personal-best in the shot put (16.41m) and discus (49.47m). Bison Outdoor Classic (4/13-14): Finished second in both the shot put (15.07m) and discus (46.29m). Jim Thorpe (5/3): Won the shot put event.

2019 Indoor

Season: Set a personal-best in the weight throw. Posted six top-10 finishes during the indoor season.

Bison Opener (11/30-12/1): Won the shot put event in first collegiate meet. Nittany Lion Challenge (1/12): Finished second in the shot put with a throw of 15.56m. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/2): Set a personal best in the weight throw with a distance of 13.96m.

BEFORE PENN STATE
High School PRs: Shot put: 51’, Discus: 166-4, Javelin: 122’
Attended Berwick Area High School...2018 Indoor New Balance Nationals silver medalist in the shot put (All-America Honors)...Outdoor New Balance Nationals bronze medalist in discus (All-America Honors)...Won Outdoor New Balance National Championship in the shot put (All-America Honors)...Won 2017 Wyoming Valley Conference co-championsship...Holds shot put record ...Outdoor district silver medalist in shot put...Won 2016 outdoor district in shot put...Placed second at 2016 outdoor districts in the discus...2016 outdoor State bronze medalist in the shot put...2016 outdoor sixth place medalist in the discus...Record holder in the discus and javelin...2017 indoor state bronze medalist in shot put...2017 Penn Relays bronze medalist in shot put...2017 outdoor district gold medalist in shot put...2017 outdoor state champion in the shot put...First-ever track & field state champion from Berwick Area High School...2018 indoor state champion in the shot put...Set indoor state record in the shot put at 49-5.25...2018 Penn Relays champion in shot put...2018 outdoor district champion in shot put, - District 2 record of 50-4.5...2018 outdoor district champion in discus, - District 2 record of 154-8...2018 outdoor state champion in shot put, - new state record of 51...2018 outdoor state champion in discus...2017 Indoor New Balance Nationals - 11th place finish in the shot put...Outdoor New Balance Nationals finalist, seventh place in the shot put...

PERSONAL
Daughter of Gray and Beth Montana...Born on November 26, 1999...One sister, Taylor Montana...Taylor plays basketball at Bloomsburg University...Intends to major in nutritional science with a minor in kinesiology...Chose Penn State “Because of its outstanding academic record and successful track and field program.”