Payton Chadwick

Payton Stumbaugh Chadwick (born 29 November 1995) is an American hurdler and heptathlete. She was the 2018 NCAA indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles, and the second place finisher at the 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Payton Chadwick

Chadwick at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Payton Stumbaugh[1]
Full name	Payton Stumbaugh Chadwick[2]
Nationality	United States
Born	(1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 29)[1]
Home town	Springdale, Arkansas[3]
Education	Har-Ber High School University of Arkansas[3]
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres hurdles 200 metres Heptathlon
College team	Oklahoma Sooners[4] Arkansas Razorbacks[3]
Achievements and titles
National finals	2016 NCAA Indoors  • Pentathlon, 5th  • 60m hurdles, 7th 2016 NCAAs  • Heptathlon, 6th 2016 USA Champs  • 100m hurdles, DNS[5]  • Heptathlon, DNS[6] 2017 NCAAs  • Heptathlon, DNF  • 4 x 100m, 6th 2017 USA Champs  • Heptathlon, 9th 2018 NCAA Indoors  • Long jump, 9th  • 60m hurdles, 1st 2019 NCAA Indoors  • 60m hurdles, 3rd  • 4 x 400m, 3rd 2019 NCAAs  • 100m hurdles, 8th  • 4 x 100m, 3rd  • 4 x 400m, 2nd 2020 USA Indoors  • 60m hurdles, 2nd 2021 USA Champs  • 100m hurdles, 7th
Personal bests	100mH: 12.62 (+0.4) (2021) 200m: 22.97 i (2019) HEP: 6023 (2017)
Updated on 6 December 2023

Biography

Chadwick grew up in Springdale, Arkansas where she attended Har-Ber High School and won state championships in the high jump, 100 metres, 200 metres, 300 metres hurdles, and 100 metres hurdles.^[3] Her parents were both collegiate runners.^[7] She was inspired by Jodi Unger and April Steiner-Bennett to try the pole vault as well.^[8]

After spending her first year on the Oklahoma Sooners track and field team, she transferred to the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field program.^[4] At the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, she won the 60 m hurdles, her first NCAA national title. She defeated Anna Cockrell for the win by just 0.004 seconds, with both runners setting personal bests in the final.^[9]

In 2020, Chadwick achieved her first senior national podium finish by placing 2nd in the 60 m hurdles at the 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.^[10] After the COVID-19 pandemic, Chadwick moved to Paris, Texas with her husband to train for the 2021 Summer Olympics.^[11]

At the 2021 United States Olympic trials, Chadwick finished 7th in the 100 metres hurdles final.^[1]

Chadwick also owns a cooking brand, Prepping with Pay, along with her husband and Arkansas Razorbacks baseball player Cannon Chadwick.^[7]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event	Mark	Place	Competition	Venue	Date
100 metres hurdles	12.62 (+0.4 m/s)	4th	Zurich Diamond League	Zurich, Switzerland	9 September 2021
High jump	1.76 m		Texas Relays	Austin, Texas	29 March 2017[12]
Shot put	12.14 m i	10th	NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships	Birmingham, Alabama	11 March 2016[13]
200 metres	22.97 i		Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville, Arkansas	26 January 2019
Long jump	6.30 m i		Arkansas Invitational	Fayetteville, Arkansas	12 January 2018
Javelin throw	39.54 m	10th	Texas Relays	Austin, Texas	31 March 2016[14]
800 metres	2:14.73		Southeastern Conference track and field Outdoor Championships	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	13 May 2016[15]
Heptathlon	6023 pts		Southeastern Conference track and field Outdoor Championships	Columbia, South Carolina	12 May 2017