Noel Palmer

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
5-5
Hometown:
Forest, Va.
Prev School:
Liberty Christian Academy

TFRRS Profile (Track)

TFRRS Profile (XC)

ASUN Cross Country Championship (5K)

2018 (Bronx, N.Y.): 2nd place, 17:46.1 (1st Team All-Conference)

Spring 2021 (Macon, Ga.): 7th place, 18:13.0 (1st Team All-Conference)

Fall 2021 (Orlando, Fla.): 12th place, 17:27.6 (2nd 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)

Fall 2021 (Louisville, Ky.): 56th place, 21:39.4

NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship (6K)

Spring 2021 (Stillwater, Okla.): 182nd place, 22:12.1

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)

• Did not compete in any races and was redshirted

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)

• Placed sixth in the ASUN 5K (season-best 17:07.74) and 14^th in the 3K

• Won the Brant Tolsma Invitational 5K

• Clocked a season-best 9:54.72 in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 3K

• ASUN All-Academic Team

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Sr.)

• Came in 56^th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship

• ASUN 12^th-place finisher for her third career All-ASUN medal and the No. 4 spot on the conference champion Lady Flames

• Fastest 6K of the year was 20:49.6 for 64^th at the FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals

• Began the season with top-20 finishes at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (fourth) and Roy Griak Invitational (20^th)

• ASUN All-Academic Team

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Posted the ASUN’s second-fastest 10K time of the season (34:48.51) at the Virginia Challenge

• Her 16:46.34 effort at the Sound Running College Invite in California was her fastest 5K since 2018.

• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

• ASUN All-Academic Team

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)

• ASUN fifth-place finisher in the 5K

• Posted a season-best time of 16:54.96 for fifth place in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 5K

• ASUN All-Academic Team

Spring 2021 Cross Country (R-Jr.)

• Stepped up as Liberty’s No. 3 runner during the Lady Flames’ first NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships appearance, placing 182^nd overall

• Closed out Liberty’s five scorers and clinched the team’s first ASUN title with a seventh-place finish for first team All-ASUN honors

• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

• ASUN All-Academic Team

2020 Outdoor Track & Field

• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Came in fourth in the ASUN 5K and seventh in the 3K

• Ran a personal-best 3K time of 9:50.37 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

• Won two races on the season, including the Liberty Kickoff 5K and the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet 3K

• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

• ASUN All-Academic Team

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Cross Country (Jr.)

• Team captain did not compete in any races and was redshirted

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

• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

• ASUN All-Academic Team

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

• 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 18^th-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 (65^th place)

• Three-time ASUN Women’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 19, Oct. 3 and Oct. 17)

2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Placed 18^th 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 (126^th place)

• Came in 27^th 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 (57^th 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