2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster
Payton Shippee
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Worthington, Mass.
- High School:
- Wahconah
2025 Season
- Recorded personal best discus throw (148'-3") at Baldwin Wallace Sparky Adams Invitational
- Recorded personal best javelin throw (181'-0") at Duke Invitational
Prior to Kent State
- All-state linebacker
- Top ten in the state of MA for discus his junior year
- Fifth in the state of MA for discus his senior year
- Top five in New England for discus senior year
Personal
- Son of Jill and Gabe Shippee
- Sibling of Bailey and Molly
- His father Gabe was a javelin thrower at Kent State University
- Majoring in Journalism with a minor in communications
Kent State Director of Track and Field Nathan Fanger Previews the 2026 MAC Outdoor Championship
Tuesday, May 12
Kent State of Mind: Jack Curtis
Monday, April 06
25 TXF HYPE
Friday, July 18
60m Interviews - Linkon Tyrrell
Friday, July 18
![Four Kent State track and field athletes pose together on the awards podium wearing light blue Under Armour uniforms and gold MAC Championship medals. Left to right: Chaz Sakala (bib 1196), Sean [last name partially visible] (bib 1157, holding a relay baton), Ryan Gross (bib 1167), and Jacob Stanley (bib 1192). The group smiles for the camera following their relay event at the MAC Outdoor Championships.](https://images.sidearmdev.com/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net%2Fsidearm.nextgen.sites%2Fkentstatesports.com%2Fimages%2F2026%2F5%2F21%2FIMG_2657.jpg&height=340&type=webp)
