Personal
Born in Tremonton, Utah ... parents are Brad and Christie Palmer ... enjoys camping and boating ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hartford, Connecticut ... married to Ashley Palmer ... majoring in construction management.
Before BYU
Indoor Pentathlon National Champion ... indoor high school All-American ... outdoor high school All-American ... second in the decathlon at the Junior Olympics ... Great Southwest Classic Decathlon Champion ... two-time BYU Invitational Decathlon Champion ... state champion in 110HH, long jump and javelin ... regional champion in eight different events ... state qualifier in 10 events.
Stats
BEST MARKS: Decathlon - 7353, heptathlon - 5321, LJ - 23-09.75, JT - 186-05, 60m - 7.13, 110mH - 14.88, DT - 137-02, SP - 45-06.25, 400m - 50.76, PV - 14-07.25, HJ - 6-04.00, 100m - 11.04, 1500m - 4:45.07.
Finished second in the long jump (23-0.75), fifth in the shot put (41-6.5), and sixth in the 60mH (8.58) at the Olympic Oval Invitational ... placed fourth in the pentathlon (3,491 pts.) at the Mountain State Games ... finished fourth in the pentathlon (3,633 pts.) at the MWC Indoor Championships ... placed fourteenth in the decathlon at the Texas Relays after scoring 6,711 points.
Won the heptathlon at the Cougar Indoor Invitational ... competed in the 60 meters and the long jump at the New Balance meet in New York ... jumped a season-best 23 feet 0.50 inches in the long jump and scored a season-best 5,188 points in the heptathlon at the MWC Indoor Championships ... named to the All-MWC Indoor Team ... took seventh place in the long jump at the ASU/ Clif Bar Invitational ... placed second in the long jump and sixth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Cougar Invitational ... won the long jump with a jump of 22 feet 11 inches at the UCLA Rafer Johnson meet ... had five season-best marks in the 100 meters (11.06 seconds), long jump (23 feet 9.75 inches), shot put (45 feet 6.25 inches), high jump (6 feet 2.25 inches), 400 meters (50.76 seconds) and in the pole vault (14 feet 7.25 inches) scoring 7,353 points to win the decathlon at the Robison Invitational ... placed fourth in the long jump, fifth in the 110 hurdles and ran on the fourth place 4x100 relay team at the MWC Championship meet ... finished 14th in the decathlon with 7,151 points at the NCAA Championship meet.