Jaiya Patillo
Bellevue’s Top Ten Stories of 2023
At the Bellevue Times, we just completed our second full year of publication through our iPhone/iPad App, our Andriod/Google Play App, and our Digital News Site. It was a year of tremendous growth with a 75% increase in the number of visitors and a 150% increase in the number of page views over 2022! Thanks…
Bellevue’s Olympic Hopeful: Patillo’s Paris Push Starts Now
The 2024 Summer Olympics are scheduled to start on Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris and if one Bellevue runner has her way, she will be there competing in the 400-meter dash along with the best in the world. High school freshman Jaiya Patillo started making national waves in the track community two years ago…
Catching Up with Bellevue’s Jaiya Patillo, The Fastest Girl Around
Last year we interviewed and introduced Jaiya Patillo to the Bellevue community. Simply put, she’s a runner – but one of the best in the country, and she has the times, the medals, and the records to prove it. The 4-Time National Champ and 14-Time Junior Olympian is just 14 years old and still in…
What Were the Top Ten Stories in Bellevue for 2022?
The ten stories listed below had the most views and interactions over the course of 2022. The stories vary widely in subject matter – from remembrances and redevelopment to The Queen and The Speedster. The thread that ties them all together is that all have some connection to Bellevue. Number 10 Remembering Paul Hartnett and…
[UPDATE] Truly Amazing: Bellevue’s Jaiya Patillo Breaks Her Own Record Shortly After Bellevue Times Interview
That didn’t take long. Last week The Bellevue Times published a story about sensational, 13 year old sprinter Jaiya Patillo. In the story, we reported that she set a record by becoming the youngest girl to ever run 17 miles per hour on a treadmill. A few months after that, she broke her record by…
Sensational Jaiya Patillo Makes History As First Middle Schooler To Win An NCAA Meet
Most people in Bellevue might not realize that our community is home to one of the fastest middle schoolers in the country and quite possibly the world. Meet 13-Year-Old Jaiya Patillo. Jaiya is the #1 ranked seventh grade 400 meter female sprinter in the United States by Milesplit.com with a time of 57.60s (although she…