Jenny Payne Class: Senior Hometown: Cary, N.C. High School: Cary Height: 5-6 Birthdate: 03/13/1980

2002-03: Captured first place in the 5K at the Stony Brook Invitational, winning by over a minute with a time of 18:42, to open the season . . . won her second straight meet at CCSU, finishing in 17:46.4, nine seconds ahead of her nearest competitor . . . finished runner-up at the METS Championships, helping the Seawolves to their best-ever finish (second place) as a team at METS . . . ran the 5K course in 17:50.3 . . . captured the America East individual title with a time of 17:32 in the 5K, out-distancing the runner-up by an impressive 12 seconds . . . Payne's time was the sixth-best in conference championship history . . . became Stony Brook's first-ever NCAA qualifier, placing eighth among 238 competitors at the regional meet . . . Payne ran the course in 21:04.8 . . . became the program's first-ever All-American at the NCAA Championships, recording a time of 20:17.6 on the 6K course for a No. 23 finish . . . received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence . . . named cross country team MVP . . . received Stony Brook's Female Athlete of the Year honors for the second straight season.

2001-02: Named All-America East in cross country . . . also received Stony Brook Female Athlete of the Year accolades . . . recorded the Seawolves' top finish at the America East Championships, placing ninth in the 5K in 18:09.90 . . . also had a team-best finish at the METS Championships, finishing eighth in 19:39 . . . won the 5K at the St. John's Invite in 18:14 . . . runner-up at the CCSU Invitational with a time of 18:58.07 . . . captured the 5000m with a time of 17:25.47, qualifying for the ECAC Indoor Championships, and placed fourth in the 3000m (10:09.91) at the America East Indoor Championships . . . third in the 3000m at the METS Indoor Championships with a time of 10:00.94 . . . lowered her own record in the mile at the Yale Invite (5:12.72) . . . shattered the school record in the 5000m at the ECAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 17:13.47.

2000-01: Set new Stony Brook outdoor record in the 1500m (4:40.74) at METS for first place . . . also set a new record in the 5000m outdoors with a time of 17:13.01 at ECACs . . . best time in 5K was 18:58 at the ECAC Championships . . . won the 3000m at the Manhattan/Iona Invitational with a time of 10:37.4, the fourth-best time in SBU history . . . named Athlete of the Week and team MVP.

1999-2000: One of top runners as a newcomer . . . advanced to ECACs, where she recorded the team’s best finish . . . finished 12th at METS.

High School: Won the state team championship and the 4 x 800 relay state championship . . . named All-State as a junior and senior.

Personal: Jennifer Leigh Payne . . . born March 13, 1980, in Columbus, Ga. . . daughter of Janice and Jimmy Payne . . . sister of Joanna . . . biology major.

Paw Prints: Goal in life is to leave the world a happier place for someone . . . greatest moment in sports was being named Stony Brook's Female Athlete of the Year in 2002 . . . favorite food is chocolate chip cookies . . . if she could spend the day with any three people they would be her parents and her sister . . . most prized possession is her books . . .one word to describe herself is impatient.