2009 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Samuel Palmer
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oviedo, Fla.
- High School:
- Oviedo HS
As a freshman, 2006-07: (Cross Country): Ran in five of the Ospreys' six meets where he finished in 36th place, his best 8k of the season ... posted best time (8k) at the Auburn Invitational, finishing in 25:58.64 finishing in 74th place. (Indoor Track): Competed in two meets for the Ospreys, running the 3k and 5k ... finished 20th in the 3k at the Florida Intercollegiate on Jan. 13 with a time of 9:11.87 ... posted a 12th place finish in the 5k while at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship with a time of 15:59.50. (Outdoor Track): Ran in six of the Ospreys' eight meets, including the A-Sun Championships competing in the 5k ... finished in seventh place in the 5k at the A-Sun championship with a time of 15:24.06 ... competed in the 1500m three times with best finish coming at the FSU Invite on April 14, crossing the finish line in fifth place (4:12.98) ... posted best 800m time at the UCF Invite on April 28, finishing in 12th place with a time of 2:02.61.
High School: Ran cross country for Scott Waisanen and Jay Getty... was named second team all-conference in cross country in 2004 and first team in 2005... lists his best 5k time as 16:48 ... was the 3200m conference champ in 2006.
Personal: Born Feb. 19, 1988, to Nancy and Rodney Palmer... Has an older sister, Allison, who runs cross country at UCF... list's his favorite movie as "Lord of the Rings"... favorite cross country and track athlete is Dustin Hicks... if he had is own web address it would be www.righteousness.com.
