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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Dist.
    Position
  • Freshman
    Class
  • Silverdale, Wash.
    Hometown
  • Central Kitsap HS
    High School
Taylor Palmer
Taylor Palmer
Dist.
Position
Freshman
Class
Silverdale, Wash.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Taylor Palmer | TFRRS Profile

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2025 XC, 2026 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025 XC, 2026 T&F); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2026).
 
2026 (FR)
Cross Country (2025): Placed 23rd at the Utah-hosted Beehive Invitational with a 5K time of 19:14.26… Finished 28th in the open race at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with a 6K time of 22:00.3… Took 17th at the Utah State-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational with a 5K time of 19:29.7, helping the Aggies win the team title… Placed 69th with a 6K time of 22:11.1 at the Mountain West Championships... Earned Academic All-MW honors… MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Helped USU to a first-place finish in the DMR at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain State Games with a personal-best time of 12:03.72… Ran a personal best mile at the USU-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invitational, placing eighth with a time of 5:14.68… Finished 23rd in the 3,000 meters at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open, clocking in with a personal-best 10:38.77.
Outdoor: Placed 16th in the 800 meters at the UVU Collegiate Invitational, finishing in a personal-best time of 2:22.74… Finished in a personal-best time of 4:41.85 in the 1,500 meters at the Utah Tech Invitational, placing 12th in the field... Received an Academic All-Mountain West selection… MW Scholar-Athlete… USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: An eight-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington… Finished third in the 3,200 meters, fourth in the 1,600 meters and eighth in the 800 meters as a senior at the 2025 WIAA 3A State Championship, setting personal bests of 2:14.65, 4:57.93 and 10:49.46, respectively… Took eighth in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2024 state championships, helping the Cougars to a second-straight state championship… Finished 27th at the NXR Northwest Regional Cross Country Meet in 2024… Member of the National Honor Society… Graduated with a 3.86 GPA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Erin and Megan Palmer… Has three siblings… Majoring in kinesiology.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
Event Indoor Outdoor
800 Meters   2:22.74
1,500 Meters   4:41.85
Mile 5:14.68  
3,000 Meters 10:38.77  
DMR 12:03.72  
 
POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year Place Time
2025 69th 22:11.1
 
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