Demi Payne

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Demi Payne
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1991-09-30) September 30, 1991 (age 32)
New Braunfels, Texas
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm) [1]
Weight143 lb (65 kg) [1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Track and field
Event Pole vault
College team Stephen F. Austin State University
University of Kansas
Turned pro2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) (i)

Demi Payne (born September 30, 1991) is an American track and field athlete whose specialty is pole vaulting. [2] She is the daughter of American pole vaulter Bill Payne. Payne competed collegiately for Stephen F. Austin State University. She competed in the pole vault event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. Demi Payne won gold medal on March 1, 2015 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Pole Vault with a height of 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in). [3] She won a bronze medal June 28, 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Pole Vault with a height of 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) [4]

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Her personal bests have been indoors. She set her personal best in Albuquerque at 4.75 on January 24, 2015, which ranked her tied with Kylie Hutson for the fourth best American in history. On February 6, 2016, she improved upon that, first clearing a new personal best 4.76 to break the tie and to move into a tie for third with Sandi Morris. But on the same day Morris jumped 4.80 in Joplin, Missouri. Then Demi had the bar moved to 4.82, which she cleared on her second attempt. That jump put her in a tie for the tenth best performer worldwide, and was only one centimeter behind the second best American, Olympic Gold medalist Stacy Dragila. Then she had the bar moved to 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) and cleared it on her first attempt. [5] In one afternoon, she moved up the all time list to tie former world record holder Svetlana Feofanova for the fourth best female pole vaulter in history.

Two weeks later, Payne confirmed her position at the 2016 Millrose Games. In a close competition with Katerina Stefanidi, both athletes moved up the list, both clearing 4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) on their second attempt. Stefanidi won the competition because Payne took more attempts to clear her opening height of 4.50. [6] Stefanidi's previous personal best had been 4.77m from a year earlier. New Braunfels and Stephen F. Austin pole vaulter Demi Payne hasn’t fully recovered from a thumb injury sustained in April 2016 as of July 8, 2016. [7]

She grew up with a pole vault pit in the back yard, but didn't start vaulting until her sophomore year of high school. Payne first attended the University of Kansas for two and a half years where she was a mid-13 foot vaulter, but never made it to 14. "I went out on the weekends and I pole vaulted during the week and it really wasn't No. 1 for me." She said she got more focused while training after she learned she was pregnant. She gave birth to daughter Charlee on October 22, 2013. After transferring to Stephen F. Austin, to be closer to her family, she began marked improvement. She set the indoor and outdoor NCAA records at the time, though both the outdoor pole vault record was surpassed by Sandi Morris. [8]

Doping

In August 2018, the United States Anti-Doping Agency revealed Payne tested positive for a banned substance, drostanolone, in 2016 and received a 4-year ban, backdated to March 31, 2016 and forfeited every result from March 12, 2016 on. [9]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 19th4.30 m (14 ft 1 in)

USA National Championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
2016 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) Eugene, Oregon 16th4.25 m (13 ft 11 in)
USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Portland, Oregon DQDoping
2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 3rd4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Boston, Massachusetts 1st4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)

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NCAA

School YearIndoor ConferenceIndoor NCAAOutdoor ConferenceOutdoor NCAA
Kansas '10-'113.92m 12' 10.25"
8th		DNQ3.98m 13' 0.75"
8th		3.85m 12' 7.5"
22nd in West Prelims
Kansas '11-'124.15m 13' 7.25"
2nd		DNQ4.13m 13' 6.5"
3rd		4.15m 13' 7.25"
13th
Kansas '12-'133.88m 12' 8.75"
4th		NH--
Stephen F. Austin '14-'154.28m 14' 0.5"
1st		NH4.71m 15' 5.5"
1st		4.70m 15' 5"
1st
Stephen F. Austin '15-'16

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References

  1. 1 2 "Demi Payne". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Demi Payne". IAAF. August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Women Pole Vault". flashresults.com.
  4. ↑ "USA Track & Field - Results - FULL". usatf.org. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ "TFRRS - Track & Field Results Reporting System" . Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "NYRR Millrose Games" . Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Still-recovering Payne heads to Olympic Trials". expressnews.com. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Demi Payne Hopes Family Focus Leads To Title At NCAA Track And Field Championships". espnW. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Former NCAA Champ Demi Payne Receives Four-Year Doping Ban".
  10. ↑ "2016 Indoor USA Track & Field - Results". usatf.org. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  11. ↑ "2015 USA Track & Field - Results - FULL". usatf.org. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ "U.S. Track & Field Athlete Demi Payne Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation". usada.org. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ Demi Payne profile at TFRRS Kansas competition records
  14. ↑ Demi Payne profile at TFRRS Stephen F Austin competition records
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