TFRRS (for PRs and full results-XC)
TFRRS (for PRs and full results-TF)
2026 Outdoor
•Finished 13th in the 3000m steeplechase (10:20.85) at the ACC Outdoor Championships
•Improved her personal best by nearly 10 seconds in the 3000m steeplechase (10:20.85) at the ACC Outdoor Championships to rank No. 9 all-time and No. 2 among freshmen in program history
•Won the 3000m steeplechase (10:30.27) at the Hill City Twilight, moving to No. 10 all-time and No. 2 among freshmen in program history
•Recorded a personal-best 1500m (4:26.46) at the Raleigh Relays
•Won the 2000m steeplechase (6:59.14) at the Virginia Grand Prix
•Opened the season with a victory in the 1500m (4:30.76) at the Virginia Opener
•All-ACC Academic team (26 outdoor)
2025-26 Indoor
•Finished runner-up in the mile (4:46.43) at the Darius Dixon Memorial, recording a personal best
•Won the mile (4:50.75) at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
2025 Cross Country
•Competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships
•Competed at the ACC Cross Country Championships
•Finished ninth in the 5k (17:25.2) at the Virginia Invitational
•Recorded a personal-best 6k (20:49.3) at the Gans Creek Classic
•Made her Virginia debut with an eighth-place finish in the 4k (13:40.8) at the Spider Alumni Open
Background
• 2024 Gatorade Cross Country Player of the Year
• 2024 Cross Country Delaware Runner of the Year
• 2024 team captain
• 2024 Delaware Division II XC individual state champion
• 2024 Nike Cross Country Nationals qualifier
• Four-time XC Delaware First Team All-State
• First Team All-New Castle County
• First Team Delaware Independent Schools All-Conference
• 2023 Nike Cross Country Southeast Regional Team Champion
• 2024 1st-Team All-Region
• Three-time team MVP
• 2024 team captain for indoor and outdoor
• Three-time 1600m state champion
• Two-time 800m state champion
• 3200m state champion
• Nike 4xMile Indoor National Champion
• New Balance distance medley relay All-American
Personal
• Native of Wilmington, Del.
• Graduated from The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del.
• Three-time Gold Key recipient
• Four-time Silver Key Scholastic Art & Writing recipient
• High Honor Roll every term of high school
• Awarded Gold Level of DE Certificate of Multiliteracy for French and French Award winner
• University of Pennsylvania History Book Award winner
• Cum Laude Society member
• Daughter of Jo Ellen Cockley and Jon Payne
• Uncle played soccer at Gettysburg College
• Youth summer art camp intern at the Center for the Creative Arts in Yorklyn, Del.
• Volunteer at Urban Promise, a school for children in underserved communities in Wilmington, Del.