Galen Topper_SG_03292024_152

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

  • Three-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Two-time Pac-12 XC team champions (2022, 2023)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (T&F winter 2024; spring 2024)

As a Junior (2023-24)
Outdoors

  • Raced the 1,500 three times during season
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Raced twice, at the Husky Classic and Ken Shannon Invite
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

    Cross Country * West Region Champions
  • Raced three times, with a best finish of 28th at the Pacific Invite

As a Sophomore (2022-23)
Outdoors

  • Competed in three meets at three different distances

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross Country * West Region Champions

  • Did not compete

As a Freshman (2021-22)
Outdoors

  • Set 5,000 PB of 14:01.80 at the Stanford Invitational

Indoors

  • Ran 3,000 PB of 8:12.27 at Pac-12 Invitational
  • Made collegiate track debut in the mile at the UW Indoor Preview

Cross Country * West Region Champions

  • Made collegiate debut at the USF Invitational, placing 33rd

Prior to Stanford 

  • Ran lifetime 3,200 best of 8:59.29 at the Dublin (Calif.) Social Distance Fiesta
  • Improved by 30 seconds in the 3,200 in one year, and six seconds in the 1,600
  • Eighth at the Desert Twilight Festival XC (unattached/club sweepstakes) in Queen Creek, Ariz., in 2020, running 15:14.90 for 5,000
  • Fourth in the 3,200 at the 2021 Central Coast Section final
  • Helped Bellarmine to the team-time course record at venerable Crystal Springs in Belmont, placing eighth as the Bells captured the 2019 Central Coast Section Division I title
  • The Bells went on to place third in the California state Div. I championship with Topper placing 25th.

Personal

  • Twin of Bellarmine Prep and Stanford teammate Nolan

Career Results

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Region NCAA
2023-24 Outdoors (3) 1,500 3:59.33 -- -- --
  Indoors (2) Mile 4:35.02 -- -- --
    800 2:01.06 -- -- --
  Cross Country (3) 8K 26:02.8 -- -- --
2022-23 Outdoors (3) 800 1:59.93 -- -- --
    Steeple 10:36.31 -- -- --
  Indoors (0) -- -- -- -- --
  Cross Country (0) -- -- -- -- --
2021-22 Outdoors (3) 5,000 14:01.80 34 (14:52.68) -- --
    3,000 8:42.29 -- -- --
    1,500 3:53.10 -- -- --
    800 1:56.36 -- -- --
  Indoors (3) 3,000 8:12.27 -- -- --
    Mile 4:19.09 -- -- --
  Cross Country (1) 8K 25:53.9 -- -- --
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