2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster
Paynter, Maliyah
Maliyah Paynter
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Position:
- Sprints
- High School:
- Hershey
- Hometown:
- Hershey, Pa.
Bio
2022-23 (Senior):
Outdoor
Second Team All-Conference in the 4x800 relay... Picked up three top-ten finishes in the 800m on the season... Finished seventh at the Weems Baskin Relays (3/25) with a time of 2:21.28... Took fourth at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/1) after stopping the clock in 2:24.54... Ran a personal-best time of 2:17.22 and finished fourth at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (4/16).
Indoor
Earned a second-place finish in the 600m at the JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/4) by crossing the line in 1:41.17... Grabbed a top-10 finish in the 800 at the Carolina Challenge with a mark of 2:22.71... Ran a 2:19.33 the following week at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/28)... Ran the second leg on the 4x800 relay team which finished fourth at the A-10 Championships (2/26).
2021-22 (Junior):
Outdoor
Set a PR in the 800m at the Aggie Invitational (4/9) after recording a time of 2:19.32, good for ninth at the meet... Finished fifth at both the VertKlasse Meeting (4/2) and the Gamecock Invitational (4/16) in the 800... Ran a 2:19.35 at the Gamecock Invitational... Helped the 4x800 relay team to a second place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/8) where she ran the third leg.
Indoor
Began the indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 800m at the Winston-Salem Kick-off (12/5) by recording a time of 2:27.91... Followed that up with another fourth-place finish in the 600m at the JDL Flat is Fast Invitational (1/23) with a time of 1:42.84... Ran the third leg of the 4x800 relay at the A-10 Championships (2/27).
2020-21 (Sophomore):
Outdoor
Placed 11th with an 800m time of 2:19.42 at the Charlotte Invitational (4/24) … Stopped the clock at 2:20.43 in the half mile at the Mason Spring Invitational (4/11) … Crossed the line at 2:20.78 in the 800m at the Vertklasse Meeting (4/2) … Raced around the track in 60.82 seconds in the 400m and entered the blocks in the 200m at the 49er Classic (3/20) … Ran a leg of the 4x400m relay and the open 800m at the USC Open (4/17) … Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Freshman):
Indoor
Won the 600m with a time of 1:39.40 at the JDL January College Kick-Off (1/19) … Took fourth in the 500m with a time of 1:19.30 at the JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/8) … A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep Years: Competed for four years under Kevin Stover at Hersey High School … Was the USATF National 800m Outdoor Champion (2018) and was a member of the 4x800m Championship Relay (2015) … Was a four-time state qualifier and two-time medalist … Helped lead her team to four Mid Penn Keystone Division Championship’s (2016-19) … Is a member of her school’s 4x100m, 4x400m, 4x800m record relay teams.
Personal: Born February 7, 2001 … Daughter of Jennifer and Alan Paynter … Has two brothers, Christopher and Jaren … Her great uncle Dave Robinson is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and won two Super Bowls.
Outdoor
Second Team All-Conference in the 4x800 relay... Picked up three top-ten finishes in the 800m on the season... Finished seventh at the Weems Baskin Relays (3/25) with a time of 2:21.28... Took fourth at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/1) after stopping the clock in 2:24.54... Ran a personal-best time of 2:17.22 and finished fourth at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (4/16).
Indoor
Earned a second-place finish in the 600m at the JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/4) by crossing the line in 1:41.17... Grabbed a top-10 finish in the 800 at the Carolina Challenge with a mark of 2:22.71... Ran a 2:19.33 the following week at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/28)... Ran the second leg on the 4x800 relay team which finished fourth at the A-10 Championships (2/26).
2021-22 (Junior):
Outdoor
Set a PR in the 800m at the Aggie Invitational (4/9) after recording a time of 2:19.32, good for ninth at the meet... Finished fifth at both the VertKlasse Meeting (4/2) and the Gamecock Invitational (4/16) in the 800... Ran a 2:19.35 at the Gamecock Invitational... Helped the 4x800 relay team to a second place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/8) where she ran the third leg.
Indoor
Began the indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 800m at the Winston-Salem Kick-off (12/5) by recording a time of 2:27.91... Followed that up with another fourth-place finish in the 600m at the JDL Flat is Fast Invitational (1/23) with a time of 1:42.84... Ran the third leg of the 4x800 relay at the A-10 Championships (2/27).
2020-21 (Sophomore):
Outdoor
Placed 11th with an 800m time of 2:19.42 at the Charlotte Invitational (4/24) … Stopped the clock at 2:20.43 in the half mile at the Mason Spring Invitational (4/11) … Crossed the line at 2:20.78 in the 800m at the Vertklasse Meeting (4/2) … Raced around the track in 60.82 seconds in the 400m and entered the blocks in the 200m at the 49er Classic (3/20) … Ran a leg of the 4x400m relay and the open 800m at the USC Open (4/17) … Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Freshman):
Indoor
Won the 600m with a time of 1:39.40 at the JDL January College Kick-Off (1/19) … Took fourth in the 500m with a time of 1:19.30 at the JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/8) … A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep Years: Competed for four years under Kevin Stover at Hersey High School … Was the USATF National 800m Outdoor Champion (2018) and was a member of the 4x800m Championship Relay (2015) … Was a four-time state qualifier and two-time medalist … Helped lead her team to four Mid Penn Keystone Division Championship’s (2016-19) … Is a member of her school’s 4x100m, 4x400m, 4x800m record relay teams.
Personal: Born February 7, 2001 … Daughter of Jennifer and Alan Paynter … Has two brothers, Christopher and Jaren … Her great uncle Dave Robinson is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and won two Super Bowls.
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