2024 Track and Field Roster
Palacio, Daniel
Daniel Palacio
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Computer Science
- Hometown:
- Palmdale, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Cal State Fullerton
Bio
Daniel Palacio Season/Career Statistics
2024 All-Big West Performer (Pole Vault)
2024 (Senior)
Outdoor: Earned All-Conference honors by finishing third in the pole vault after going 16-5 1/2 ... Cleared a season-best 16-9 1/2 during a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Invitational ... Won the pole vault (16-5 1/4) at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Was third in the pole vault at the Triton Invite (16-5 1/4) and at the Big West Challenge Cup (15-3 1/2)... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Prior to LBSU: Competed for three seasons at Cal State Fullerton in the pole vault … Set a best at the 2022 Big West Championships with a clearance of 16-11, finishing as the Big West runner-up and earning All-Conference … Repeated as an All-Conference pole vaulter with a third-place finish at the 2023 Big West Championships … A two-time NCAA West Regional Championship qualifier in the pole vault … Won the pole vault (16-10 3/4) at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays … The runner-up at the 2023 MPSF Championships in the pole vault with a leap of 16-11 … Finished third in the pole vault at the 2022 MPSF Championships (15-11 3/4) ... A dual citizen, Palacio was born in Medellin, Colombia and competed at the 2023 Colombian National Championships on Nov. 22, 2023, where he placed fifth.
High School: A two-sport athlete at Quartz Hill High School, competing for four seasons in track and field and playing football for two … Named Team MVP for the jumpers three times ... A three-time league champion in the Pole Vault ... Holds the school record and was a CIF Finalist in the event ... Named to the honor roll six times and was a member of the Principal's List.
Major: Computer Science
2024 All-Big West Performer (Pole Vault)
2024 (Senior)
Outdoor: Earned All-Conference honors by finishing third in the pole vault after going 16-5 1/2 ... Cleared a season-best 16-9 1/2 during a fourth-place finish at the Stanford Invitational ... Won the pole vault (16-5 1/4) at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Was third in the pole vault at the Triton Invite (16-5 1/4) and at the Big West Challenge Cup (15-3 1/2)... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Prior to LBSU: Competed for three seasons at Cal State Fullerton in the pole vault … Set a best at the 2022 Big West Championships with a clearance of 16-11, finishing as the Big West runner-up and earning All-Conference … Repeated as an All-Conference pole vaulter with a third-place finish at the 2023 Big West Championships … A two-time NCAA West Regional Championship qualifier in the pole vault … Won the pole vault (16-10 3/4) at the 2022 Mt. SAC Relays … The runner-up at the 2023 MPSF Championships in the pole vault with a leap of 16-11 … Finished third in the pole vault at the 2022 MPSF Championships (15-11 3/4) ... A dual citizen, Palacio was born in Medellin, Colombia and competed at the 2023 Colombian National Championships on Nov. 22, 2023, where he placed fifth.
High School: A two-sport athlete at Quartz Hill High School, competing for four seasons in track and field and playing football for two … Named Team MVP for the jumpers three times ... A three-time league champion in the Pole Vault ... Holds the school record and was a CIF Finalist in the event ... Named to the honor roll six times and was a member of the Principal's List.
Major: Computer Science
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