Payton Shirey
Payton Shirey
Height: 5-6
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Seaford, Del.
High School: Sussex Technical HS
Events: Sprint, Fly
Major: Mathematics

2014-15: Finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle at the 2015 ODAC Championships ... Also made the finals in the 100-yard freestyle and the consolation finals in the 100-yard butterfly ... Part of the ODAC Champion 200-yard freestyle relay and the ODAC runner-up 200-yard medley relay ... Named to the All-ODAC Second Team.

2013-14: The 2014 ODAC runner-up in the 50-yard freestyle, setting a new ODAC Record of :23.91 in the preliminaries ... Finished third in the 100-yard freestyle and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly at the conference championships ... Part of the 2014 ODAC Champion 400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay ... Named to the All-ODAC First Team ... Also on the 200-yard medley relay which was the conference runner-up ... Holds three individual school records and is on six record-holding relays ... Also holds league records in three relays: 200-yard freestyle (1:36.96), 400-yard freestyle (3:31.94) and 400-yard medley (3:55.78).

2012-13: The 2013 ODAC Champion in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle … Set the ODAC Record in the 50-free (:23.98) and was the first person to go under :24.00 in conference history … Also won the consolation final in the 100-yard butterfly at ODAC Championships … Earned First-Team All-ODAC honors … Swam on the 200-yard freestyle relay which finished second and was on the third-place 400-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley relays ... Holds the E&H record in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle and is a member of four record-holding relays … Named Rookie of the Year for 2012-13 by her teammates … Winner of the Wasp Award.

Emory & Henry: A member of the E&H Honors Program.

High School and Personal: A four-year letterwinner at Sussex Technical High School for Head Coach Michelle Thomas ... The 2012 Delaware State Champion in the 50-yard freestyle and a three-time top-three finisher ... A two-time conference champion ... Swam club for Central Delaware YMCA and Talbot County YMCA where she was team MVP and a national qualifier ... Was president of the National Honor Society and a member of the Key Club.