Cross Country Personal Bests 5K: 17:09 (School Record) Sept. 28, 2018 - Queen City Invite Charlotte, N.C. 6K: 20:27.0 Nov. 9, 2018 - NCAA Southeast Regional Championships Rock Hill, S.C. ASUN Cross Country Championship (5K) 2018 (Bronx, N.Y.): 2nd place, 17:46.1 (1st Team All-Conference) Big South Cross Country Championship (5K) 2017 (Lynchburg, Va.): 27th place, 19:52.4 NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (6K) 2017 (Earlysville, Va.): 126th place, 22:48.8 2018 (Rock Hill, S.C.): 18th place, 20:27.0 (All-Region) Top Track Times at Liberty 1,500: 4:34.96 Mile: 4:59.29 3K: 9:51.72 5K: 16:28.13 10K: 33:56.67 2019 Outdoor Track & Field (So.) • Ran the 10K at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the second year in a row, finishing 33rd • ASUN 5K runner-up • Clocked 33:56.67 in the Raleigh Relays 10K, breaking a school record that had stood for nine years and earning ASUN Women's Track Athlete of the Week honors on April 3 • Dropped her 1,500 PR to 4:34.96 at the FSU Relays • Placed 14th in the 5K final at the World University Games • Google Cloud Academic All-District Team • ASUN All-Academic Team • VaSID Academic All-State Team 2019 Indoor Track & Field (So.) • ASUN 3K and 5K runner-up • Placed fifth in the ECAC 5K final with a season-best 16:47.39 clocking • Posted personal-best times for the mile (4:59.29 at the Liberty Flames Invite) and 3K (9:51.72 at the season-opening Hokie Invitational)
2018 Cross Country (So.) • ASUN runner-up, earning first team all-conference honors • All-region honoree, thanks to an 18th-place showing (6K personal-best 20:27.0) at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships • Queen City Invite champion with a new 5K school-record time of 17:09, eclipsing Ednah Kurgat's record of 17:11.1 from 2015 • Also served as the Lady Flames' No. 1 runner at the Iona College Meet of Champions (sixth place) and in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals cardinal race (65th place) • Three-time ASUN Women's Runner of the Week (Sept. 19, Oct. 3 and Oct. 17) 2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.) • Placed 18th overall (third among freshmen) in her NCAA East Preliminary Round 10K debut, thanks to a season-best and Big South-leading time of 34:41.02 • Finished well in the 5K at both the Big South (second place) and USATF Junior Championships (fourth) • Her personal-best 16:28.13 5K at the Virginia Challenge set a Liberty freshman record and was the fastest time by a Big South runner in 2018 • Fastest 1,500 of the year was 4:38.69 at the FSU Relays • Earned a silver medal in the 5K at the FISU America Games in Brazil • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team • Big South Presidential Honor Roll member 2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.) • Found success at the 5K distance, placing second in the Big South and third in the ECAC (season-best 16:44.58). Her ECAC time ranks No. 2 in Liberty history. • Joined Liberty's all-time top 10 with her Liberty Elite Invitational 3K winning time of 9:52.53 • Clocked 5:03.81 for the 1,600-meter anchor leg, helping the Lady Flames post the No. 6 distance medley relay time in program history (11:56.20) during the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 2017 Cross Country (Fr.) • Finished first on the team in four of her six races, including the season-ending NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship (126th place) • Came in 27th at the Big South meet • Big South Women's Runner of the Week on Oct. 4 after placing fourth in the Paul Short Run Brown Division I race. • Her 6K time of 21:25 at the Paul Short Run ranks No. 2 among freshmen in program history • Also paced the Lady Flames at the Liberty Big South Preview (second place) and in the Pre-Nationals Black Race (57th place) Prep • Graduated from Liberty Christian Academy • Senior year was highlighted by a VHSL 4A cross country individual state title • 2017 VHSL 4A indoor runner-up in both the 1,600 and 3,200 • Fastest times included 3:05.24 (1,000), 5:04.24 (1,600), 10:46.32 (3,200), 10:52.57 (two mile) and 17:45 (XC 5K) Personal • Daughter of Michael and Susan Palmer • Father ran track and cross country at Wake Forest and Maryland • Birthday is June 10 • Biology major
Chase Burton, Ervin Chang, Alicia Finnigan, Ruben Garcia, Noel Palmer and Annika Roberts have earned spots on the 2018-19 VaSID Academic All-State Team. Read More
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