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#999 LaToya Payne Season 2024

Height
5'10
Class
Redshirt
Hometown
Killeen, Texas ,
Previous School
Southwest Texas St.
High School
Killeen HS

Updated 6/30/05

2005
Qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships in the long jump … Placed ninth at that meet with a jump of 19-7 1/2  … Was also ninth at the SEC Championships (19-10 3/4) … Turned in a season-best effort of 20-8w at the LSU Alumni Gold … Jumped 20-3 3/4 at the Tiger Relays … During the indoor season, won the Holiday Inn Team Invitational with a leap of 20-3 … Jumped 20-2 1/4 to place third at the Armory Invitational … Scored at the SEC Championships with a leap of 19-10 1/4.

2004
Qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump for the second straight year … Finished 20th with a leap of 19-9 1/2w … Recorded her best effort of the season at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships (20-2 1/2) to place fifth overall … Scored for the Lady Tigers at the outdoor conference meet, finishing eighth with a leap of 19-6 1/4 … During the indoor season, won the long jump title at the LSU Twilight with a jump of 20-1 1/4 … Recorded a distance of 19-10 to finish fourth at the SEC Indoor Championships.

2003
An NCAA qualifier in the long jump, she tied for fifth in the prelims (20-9w) before recording three fouls in the finals … Jumped a season-best 21-0 1/4w to place fourth at the NCAA Regionals … Was fifth at the SEC Championships with a jump of 20-5 … Placed third at the Texas Relays (20-7 3/4) and fourth at the Penn Relays (20-5 1/4) … Won the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational with a leap of 20-3 1/2 … Won three long jump titles during the indoor season, her first at the Bayou Bengal Invitational (20-3), and then at the LSU Twilight (20-0 1/2) and the LSU Last Chance Meet (20-4 1/2) … Mark of 20-4 1/2 tied her season-best indoor effort set earlier at the Gator Invitational … Finished second at the Armory Invitational with a leap of 19-9 … Placed 12th at the SEC Indoors with a jump of 19-2 3/4.

Prior to LSU
Spent one season at Texas State … Posted PR marks of 54.2 in the 400 meters and 21-7 in the long jump … Earned All-Southland Conference honors. High School Four-year track letterwinner under coach Judy Glazener at Killeen High School … Named the Gatorade Player of the Year … Was an all-state, all-district and all-region selection as a prep … Posted top marks of 54.2 in the 400 meters and 19-7 in the long jump.

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