2022 Demon Cross Country Roster

Courtesy of Southland Conference

Payten Vidourek

Payten Vidourek

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Hometown:
    Sanger, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Sanger HS

Summary

Biography

Performance List

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2021 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll
2021 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2019 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll

2022 Cross Country: Placed 24th with a PR time of 19:34.9 in the 6k at the McNeese Season Opener (9/2). Ran a PR in the 7k at the ULM Warhawk Invitational (9/17), placing 17th overall. 

2021 Cross Country:  Ran a 5k PR & placed 3rd at the SFA Lumberjack Opener (9/3) with a time of 16:58.9. Placed 7th at the Louisiana Tech Mook 4 (9/18) 4M with a time of 21:27.8. PRd in the 4M at the Lake Charles Cowboy Stampede (9/25) placing 22nd with a time of 20:36.2. Ran another PR in the 8k with a time of 26:31.4 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/16). Placed 42nd at the Southland Conference Championship with a time of 27L49.2 in the 4.97M. 

2020 Cross Country: NSU did not compete in cross country because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Cross Country: Best finish occurred at the SFA Home Opener where he finished sixth (17:07.0, 5K) … placed 20th at the Louisiana Tech Mook Invitational (23:20.8, 4M) prior to an 85th-place finish at the Southland Conference Championships (27:25.0, 8K) … earned Southland Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition.

High School: Led Sanger High to three top-seven finishes at the Texas Class 4A state cross country meet... two of those three finishes were third and fourth-place respectively... personal best in the 5K is 16:32... in track and field, ran the 800, 1600, and 3200 meters... all-state track team as a senior with a 1:59 in the 800 meters... placed fourth at state in the 800 meters as a senior after winning a region title... accomplished 1600 runner who placed sixth at state and fourth in the region during his career... personal best in the 1600 of 4:27 with a 3200 meters best of 10:02... academic all-state in cross country for three seasons... played three seasons of varsity basketball and one year of baseball... academic all-district in basketball for three seasons... member of the National Honor Society, including vice president... member of the National Science Honor Society, including as a secretary... student council member who served as treasurer. 

Personal: Son of Stephen and Kathy Vidourek... mother Kathy is a high school math teacher... father Stephen is an accountant... older sister Lauren... majoring in business/computer information systems ... wants to run professionally after graduate school, living in the northeast while working remotely and being able to travel ... avid basketball player and movie watcher.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Distance
    6'1"
  • 2020Sophomore

    Distance
    6'1"
  • 2021Junior

    Distance
    6'1"
  • 2022Junior

    Distance
    6'1"