Career Highlights
- 5x First-team All-America | XC (1), Indoor (2), Outdoor (2)
- 2025 First-team CSC Academic All-America
- 2025 SEC Indoor | Freshman Runner of the Year
- 2025 SEC Indoor | High Point Scorer
- 2024 South Central Region Cross Country Athlete of the Year
- 2025 NCAA Outdoor Fourth | 10,000m
- 2025 NCAA Outdoor Sixth | 5,000m
- 2025 SEC Outdoor Gold | 10,000m
- 2025 SEC Outdoor Silver | 5,000m
- 2025 NCAA Indoor Seventh | 3,000m
- 2025 NCAA Indoor Eighth | 5,000m
- 2025 SEC Indoor Gold | 5,000m
- 2025 SEC Indoor Bronze | 3,000m
- 2024 South Central Region Champion
- 2024 NCAA Cross Country | Seventh
- 2024 SEC Cross Country | Bronze
- 2024 SEC Outdoor Silver | 10,000m
- 2024 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 5,000m
During the 2024-25 seasons Noe earned a total of five first-team All-America honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track … Competed as a sophomore in cross country and outdoor track while a redshirt freshman during indoor track season.
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Finished fourth in 10,000m at NCAA Championships with an Arkansas record of 31:36.91, breaking previous record held by Dominique Scott by nearly 20 seconds … Also finished sixth in 5,000m (15:35.81) at NCAA Championships to collect another first-team All-America honor … Won SEC Championships 10,000m (32:49.70) and placed second in 5,000m (15:28.85) to supply 18 team points … Won NCAA West First Round 5,000m (15:43.45) and placed fourth in 10,000m (33:56.89) … Runner-up in 10,000m at Stanford Invitational (31:59.22) … Won 5,000m (15:28.04) at Payton Jordan Invitational.
Indoor (RS Freshman): Named SEC Indoor Freshman Runner of the Year … Earned a pair of All-America honors as a freshman indoors, placing seventh in 3,000m (9:03.78) and eighth in 5,000m (15:11.89) at NCAA Championships … High point scorer at SEC Indoor with 16 points from winning the 5,000m in a career best and Arkansas record of 15:11.27 while also placing third in 3,000m (8:58.47) … Broke Arkansas 3,000m record in winning Tyson Invitational with a career best 8:47.17 … Set mile PR of 4:34.02 at Razorback Invitational, which ranks No. 7 on UA all-time list … Finished seventh in 5,000m (15:23.41) at Boston University Season Opener.
Cross Country: Named South Central Region Athlete of the Year … Placed seventh in the NCAA Championships, covering the 6,000m course at Wisconsin in 19:42.3 … Won the South Central Region title at Texas A&M with a time of 18:55.8 over a 6k distance as Arkansas won the team title by one point, 80 to 81, over Texas … Finished third in the SEC Championships with a time of 18:37.6 at Texas A&M as Arkansas placed fourth in team scoring … Competing at Pre-Nationals hosted by Wisconsin, covered the 6k course in 19:19.5 to place seventh … Opened the season at Chile Pepper Festival held at Agri Park, covering the 5,000m course in 15:56.3 to share the winning time with teammate Mia Cochran.
2023-24 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Finished ninth in NCAA Championships 10,000m with a career best time of 32:57.29 for second team All-America honor … Ranks No. 6 on UA all-time list … Qualified for 5,000m and 10,000m at NCAA West First Round, placing second in 10k (33:54.76) and 18th in 5,000m (16:18.50) … Silver medalist in SEC 10,000m with time of 33:57.35 … Bronze medalist in SEC 5,000m with career best 15:34.49, which ranks No. 4 on UA all-time list … Opened outdoor season with a 16:02.09 in 5,000m to place 11th at Stanford Invitational … Ran 33:11.74 for ninth place in 10,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational.
Indoor: did not compete.
Cross Country: Placed fifth in SEC Championships, covering 6k course in 19:43.7 … Did not race in NCAA South Central Region … Competed in NCAA Championships, finishing 101st with a time of 20:41.0 … Placed third at Virginia Pre-Nationals with a time of 19:49.6 on the 6k course … Won the Chile Pepper Festival, covering the 6k Agri Park course in 16:09.4 … Opened season as runner-up in OSU Cowboy Preview 3k with a 10:14.8 performance.
High School
2023 graduate of Ballard High School in Huxley, Iowa … 2022-23 Iowa Gatorade Cross Country Player of the Year … 2022-23 Iowa Gatorade Track & Field Player of the Year … Lettered in track and field 3 years, 4 years in cross country, and 2 years in basketball … Coached by Scott Barth as well as Ben Tilus and Marion Kohut-Jackson … Team claimed State 3A title during her freshman and sophomore seasons, then finished runner-up as a junior and senior … Individually, claimed State 3A title in cross country as a junior and senior, placed second as a sophomore and third during her freshman season … In track and field, she won 1,500m and 3,000m State 3A titles in 2023, after winning 3,000m as a junior and runner-up in 1,500m … Won Drake Relays 3,000m title in 2022 and 2023 … Runner-up in Mile at 2023 Drake Relays (4:49.91) … Set school records in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m, and distance medley relay … Competed with XLR8 Performance Lab in club track, coached by Ben Tilus in Ankeny, Iowa …
Senior (2023) – Ranked second in the nation with her 16:04.69 performance in 5,000m to win the Nike Outdoor Nationals, where she also finished fourth in 2 Mile run (10:03.78) and had a PR at 3,000m split (9:25.37) … Placed fifth in Mile with a 4:43.37 at HOKA Festival of Miles, where she posted PR splits of 4:41.73 for 1,600m and 4:24.98 for 1,500m … Anchored 4 x 800m relay and sprint medley relay that finished seventh and fifth in State 3A meet … Indoors, won 3,000m at Arkansas HS Invitational … Won Dickinson Relays 3,000m with PR of 9:34.08 … 2022 – Impressive cross country season included nine victories among 14 meets … Placed third (17:01.5 5k) in Champs National Cross Country Championships to finish off season … Finished 10th (17:25.9) in Nike Cross Nationals … Defended State 3A title with PR of 16:48.58.
Junior (2021-22): Finished seventh in Mile at HOKA Festival of Miles, then placed fourth in WiscoMILE … Ran second leg of 4 x 800m relay that finished sixth at State 3A meet … Indoors, swept three meets racing at 3,000m … Set PR of 10:23.20 at 3,200m in MVP Vibe Fest … Added a victory in the mile and runner-up at 1,500m … Cross country season included State 3A title and placing 14th in Nike Heartland Regional … Sophomore (2020-21): Placed fourth in 3,000m and fifth in 1,500m at State 3A Championships.
Career best marks
Indoor: 2:21.61 (800m), 4:44.82 (1,500m), 4:57.77 (1,600m), 5:02.25 (Mile), 9:34.08 (3,000m), 10:23.20 (3,200m)
Outdoor: 4:24.98 (1,500m), 4:41.73 (1,600m), 4:43.37 (Mile), 9:25.37 (3,000m), 10:03.78 (2 Mile), 16:04.69 (5,000m)
Cross Country: 16:48.58 (5k)
Personal
Paityn Beth Noe was born December 27, 2004 in Des Moines, Iowa … Hometown is Huxley, Iowa … Daughter of Daniel and Stacey Noe … Has three siblings – Taylor, Paige, and Brayden … Majoring in Human Nutrition & Dietetics … Career plans include becoming at sports dietitian … Life’s ambition is to take her running career as far as she can … Has a twin sister, Paige, and her family owns an ice cream and coffee shop.