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2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Payton Silar

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Moorestown, N.J.
  • Highschool Moorestown

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS

• America East Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022)

SENIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2024): Opened her season with a fourth-place finish in the pole vault at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (Apr. 13) … Logged 13th in the pole vault at the George Davis Invitational (Apr. 20) … Came in ninth in the pole vault at the America East Championships (May 4-5).

SENIOR INDOOR SEASON (2024): Opened the indoor season with a seventh place finish in the pole vault at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (Dec. 2) … Placed seventh in the pole vault at the Dartmouth December Invite (Dec. 9) … Earned a victory in the pole vault at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational (Jan. 13) … Recorded a 31st place finish in the pole vault at the Riverhawk Invitational (Jan. 26) … Logged an eighth place finish in the pole vault at the Middlebury Field and Track Meet (Feb. 10) 

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2023): Recorded a pole vault of 3.10m at the Black & Gold Invite (Mar. 31-Apr. 1) ... Was fifth in pole vault at the UVM Quad Meet (Apr. 8) ... Placed sixth in pole vault at the UMass Commonwealth Invite with a mark of 3.05m (Apr. 15).

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2023): Opened the season with a fifth-place finish in pole vault, and a mark of 3.05m at UNH (Dec. 4) ... Was 12th in pole vault at the Beacon Invite with a mark of 3.06m (Dec. 10) ... Placed sixth in pole vault at the Middlebury Winter Classic (Jan. 21) ... Was sixth in pole vault at the America East Championship with a jump of 3.21m (Feb. 18 & 19).

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2022): Recorded a 10th-place finish in the pole vault at the Mason Spring Invite (Apr. 9) ... Was sixth in the pole vault at the UMass Outdoor Invite I (Apr. 16) ... Logged a mark of 3.10m for 10th place in the pole vault at the UMass Outdoor Invite II (Apr. 30) ... Finished seventh in the pole vault at the America East Championships with a mark of 3.10m (May 7 & 8).

FIRST YEAR INDOOR SEASON (2022): Opened the season with a seventh-place finish and mark of 3.10m in the pole vault at the Dartmouth Indoor Opener (Dec. 11) ... Was third in the pole vault at the UVM-UNH Dual Meet with a mark of 3.06m (Feb. 13) ... Posted a personal-best pole vault of 3.35m for seventh place at the America East Championships (Feb. 25 & 26).

FIRST YEAR OUTDOOR SEASON (2021): Posted a pole vault mark of 3.05m in her collegiate debut for a third-place finish at UMass Lowell (Mar. 26) ... Finished seventh in pole vault at the UNH Pre-Conference meet with a mark of 3.05m (Apr. 24) ... Was sixth in pole vault at the Dartmouth Invitational with a personal-best mark of 3.15m (May 7).

BEFORE VERMONT: From Moorestown, NJ… Competed in Field Hockey and Track… Captain of her field hockey and track teams in 2019-20.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Heidi Zaslow and Scott Silar… Has two siblings, Jordan and Dylan… Majoring in Health Sciences with a minor in Nutrition/Food Sciences and Health and Wellness Coaching… Chose UVM for the amazing environment and academics… Lists her parents for being the biggest influence on her as an athlete… Lists Simone Biles and Mondo Duplantis as her favorite athletes.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

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