Tarleton State University Athletics

Career Accolades 
2021 WAC Outdoor Long Jump Champion … Is a six-time recipient of postseason All-Conference honors … Received All-WAC first team credentials in the long jump and high jump at the 2021 WAC Outdoor Championships … Garnered All-WAC second team recognition in the long jump at the 2022 WAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships … Earned All-Lone Star Conference honors in the long jump in 2019 and 2020 … Owns Tarleton’s indoor long jump school record (24’ 5”) … Ranks second in school history in the indoor high jump (6’ 8.25”) and third in the outdoor long jump (25’ 2”) and high jump (6’ 9.5”) 

Senior (2022) 
Outdoor: Saw action at five meets … Placed fourth in the long jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships to earn his fourth career set of postseason All-WAC credentials … Won the long jump at the North Texas Classic … Finished second and earned a season personal record of 24’ 7” in the long jump at the Baylor Invitational … His season personal record ranked 26th in the NCAA South Central Region and was featured in the top-100 of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Qualifying List throughout the spring … Qualified for the 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the long jump for the second consecutive season … Cleared 6’ 4.75” in the high jump twice. 
Indoor: Competed at all four meets … Broke his own school record in the long jump and finished fourth in the long jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a leap of 24’ 5” … Earned All-WAC second team credentials at the conclusion of the meet … Earned consecutive third-place finishes in the long jump at the Corky Classic and FasTrack Collegiate Challenge … Took fifth place in the long jump and notched a season personal record in the high jump (6’ 6.25”) at the Texas Tech Open and Multi. 

Junior (2021) 
Won the long jump at the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Leapt 24’ 11.75” and became the first athlete in Tarleton’s Division I era to win a conference championship … Also finished second in the high jump at the WAC Championships … Cleared 6’ 9.5” to set a personal record … Earned All-WAC first team credentials in both events … Also notched a personal record in the 200m (21.78) and helped Tarleton’s 4x100m relay team place fourth in 41.56 seconds at the meet … Took first place in the long jump at the Texas A&M Alumni Muster with a personal record of 25’ 2” … Came within one inch of breaking Tarleton’s outdoor school record … Currently ranks second in the long jump on Tarleton’s outdoor record book and sixth in the high jump … Anchored Tarleton to a sixth-place finish in the 4x400m relay at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 3:12.14 … Was Tarleton’s fastest 4x400m relay time since 2019 … Finished second in both the long jump and high jump at the Joe Gillespie Invitational … Opened the season by surpassing his indoor personal records in both events at the Wes Kittley ACU Invitational … Placed second in the long jump and third in the high jump. 

Sophomore (2020) 
Competed in four meets … Set the indoor school record in the long jump (24’ 0.75”) and finished third at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships … Also set a personal record in the high jump (6’ 8.25”) to place fourth at the meet … Originally broke the program record in the long jump at the Corky Classic with a mark of 23’ 6.25” … Also notched a personal record in the 60m (7.47) at the meet … USTFCCA All-Region honoree and named to the All-LSC second team. 

Freshman (2019) 
Earned third team All-LSC honors after placing fourth in the long jump and fifth as a part of Tarleton’s 4x100m relay team … Finished seventh in the high jump (6’ 3.5”) at the LSC Indoor Championships … Won the long jump and set a personal record in the triple jump (42’ 0”) at the East Texas Quad … Placed second in the long jump at the ACU Wes Kitley Invitational and Multi … Also notched personal records in the 100m (11.32) and 200m (22.14), respectively, at the Angelo State David Noble Relays and East Texas Invitational. 
  
Vista Ridge High School (TX) 
Lettered four years in track and field and was a team captain … Holds the school record in the long jump (22’ 8”) … Qualified for Area and Regional Championships in five events over the course of his prep career … Was also a member of the basketball team. 

Personal 
2018 graduate of Vista Ridge HS in Cedar Park, Texas … Son of Kenneth Palmer and Wendy Addison … Has two sisters, Diane and Michelle … Majoring in marketing … Born Feb. 3.