2023 Cross Country Roster
Petal Palmer
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy
2023 (R-Jr.)
- Did not compete
2022 (So.)
- Did not compete
2021 (Fr.)
- Did not compete
2020 (COVID)
- Made her Mountaineer debut and notched her first career top-10 finish after coming in 10th place at the Panther Open, posting a season best time of 19:25.0
- Competed at the FSU Winter XC Classic, placing 125th in a time of 23:29.7
- Represented WVU at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 245th in a time of 23:20.0
High School
- Ran at St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy for coach Jason Gill
- Ran for Blue Devils Athletics with coach Ryan Finn
- OFSAA 2017 Silver and Bronze Medalist in Midget Girls 1500m and 800m respectively
- OFSAA 2018 Silver Medalist in Junior Girls’ 1500m
- OFSAA Silver Medalist in 2019 Senior Girls’ 6k Cross Country
- High school athlete of the year in track and field and cross country
- Served as captain of her high school track and field and cross country team
- Was the valedictorian for her 2020 class with a 94% average
- Athletic Ontario (AO) 2017 champion in Midget Girls 800m with the Blue Devils
- Canadian Youth Nationals 2017 Bronze Medalist in U16 girls, 1200m
- AO Champion Indoor 2020 Championships in the U20 Women’s 3000m
- Seventh place at the 2019 Canadian National Cross Country in U20 Junior Women’s, 6K
- Member of Team Canada at Pan Am Cross Country Championships in 2020
- Seventh place at Pan Am Cross Country Championships in U20/ Juniors Women’s 6K Cross Country, which contributed to Canada winning the team title
- City TV athlete of the week
- AO’s Midget Girls’ Distance Athlete of the year in 2017
Personal
- Daughter of Gavin and Karen Palmer
- Has one sister and one brother
- Birthday February 10
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- WVU Order of Augusta
- N4A Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award
Jack Bicknell Jr. | Aug. 7
Thursday, August 07
Sean Cleary/Ceili McCabe | Nov. 19
Tuesday, November 19
XC: Ceili McCabe Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Friday, November 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10
