FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — In the final competition before next week's Ohio Valley Conference Championships, Little Rock senior Andrew Payton reached a career milestone he'd been after for quite some time, clocking a sub-four-minute mile Friday during the Arkansas Qualifier.
The two-time defending OVC indoor champion in the event, Payton turned in a time of 3:58.02, breaking his own school record of 4:03.84, which he set just over a month ago on Jan. 17 in the same facility.
"Awesome pacing … the last couple of laps I thought to myself how this has been a goal of mine for so long.