MILBANK – Payton Brown got a bit of a late start off the line when it comes to running, but the Milbank standout is definitely making up for lost time. Brown received his introduction to distance running when he started high school. “I turned out to be pretty good at track my freshman year,” Brown said, “and so my group of friends that I was with convinced me.” Brown has shown no signs of slowing down ever since. Each year, Brown has grown stronger and gotten faster. While he can literally run anything from a 400-meter dash to a 3,200-meter run, Brown said his favorite race is a 5K. And whether it’s track or cross country, the senior will use just about anything for motivation during those distance events. “Throughout the race you pass people, you tend to. That’s motivates me a little bit,” Brown said. “I think about that and I think about the people you see, the supporters over and over, because you’re running in circles most of the time. Jus