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Norfolk State University Athletics

2025-2026 Women's Track Roster

Payton Drumwright

  • Height 5-9
  • Position Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Last School G.W. Carver HS of Engineering and Science

Biography

Personal Records
Indoor:
200 meters: 25.37 (2026 Indoor Pre-National)
400 meters: 57.64 (2026 Indoor Pre National)
 
Outdoor:
200 meters: 25.04 (2026 NSU Invitational)
400 meters: 55.62 (2026 Aggie Invitational)
400 meter hurdles: 1:00.51 (2026 Aggie Invitational)
 
2025-26: Indoor: Helped the 4x400 meter relay team take the gold medal at the MEAC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:48.31 … Clocked a fourth place finish in the 400 meters at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational (58.74) … Placed fifth in the 400 meters at the Clemson Season Opener (57.91), before helping the 4x400 meter relay team take sixth (3:50.53). Outdoor:  Placed sixth at the MEAC Outdoor Championships in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.57 … Ran a personal best time of 1:00.51 in the 400 meter hurdles at the Aggie Invitational, before running a personal best 400 meter time (55.62) … Clocked a personal best time in the 200 meters at the NSU Invitational (25.04) … Placed third in the 400 meter hurdles at the same meet with a time of 1:02.08 … Helped the 4x400 meter relay team clock a time of 3:51.67 at the Bill Carson Invitational … Recorded a second place finish at the same meet in the 400 meter hurdles (1:01.96).
 
High School: Broke her school indoor record during the 2025 indoor season in the 300 meters, clocking a time of 40.57 … Opened her senior outdoor season with a time of 57.74, which marked the fastest 400 meters time in Pennsylvania at the time … Recorded a runner up finish in the 300 meters as a junior at the PIAA Outdoor State Championships with a time of 43.06 … Named First Team PPL All-Public Cross Country her freshman through junior years … Selected to the First Team All-District XII Cross Country teams her freshman and sophomore years … First Team PTFCA Indoor member all four years … First Team All-District XII Outdoor all four years … Two time Nike Indoor All-American.
 
Personal: Payton Drumwright was born on Dec. 13, 2007 …Daughter of Nichole and Robert Drumwright … Has three brothers: Nasir, Aaron, and Andrew … Enjoys crafting, gaming, doing her nails, and watching anime in her free time … Majoring in kinesiology.