Career Highlights
Junior (2021-22)
Outdoor: Competed in SEC Championships, placing 13th in 10,000m with a 31:36.55 … did not finish SEC 5,000m.
Cross Country: Competed in NCAA Championships as Arkansas repeated its fourth-place team finish from 2020 … Ran 33:03.1 over 10,000m course in Tallahassee … Finished 16th in NCAA South Central Region with a 31:17.3 performance over 10k course in Waco, Texas … Placed 18th in SEC Championships, covering 8k Gans Creek Course in Missouri in 24:06.4 as Razorbacks defending team title … Opened season at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown, placing 35th in 25:03.2 on 8k course as Arkansas claimed team title over Syracuse and Duke.
Junior (2020-21)
Outdoor: Posted a time of 29:07.23 to place 18th in Invitational 10,000m at Hayward Premiere in Eugene. Indoor: Finished fourth in SEC 5,000m with career best of 14:04.88, and eighth in 3,000m with an 8:08.18 … Established career best in 3,000m with an 8:06.71 as runner-up in Wooo Pig Classic.
Cross Country: Seventh runner among the Razorback squad that earned a fourth-podium finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, placing 207th (33:02.2) ... Placed 22nd in SEC Championships, placing eighth among team, running a time of 24:36.0 on 5 mile course at Baton Rouge … Placed 30th in the UAB Blazer Classic, posting a time of 24:39.3 and finished ninth among Razorbacks.
Sophomore (2019)
Competed in four meets … Placed 27th in SEC Championships (8k, 23:49.4), finishing third among team … 13th in NCAA South Central Region (10k, 30:38.6), second on squad and earned All-Region honor … Third finisher for Arkansas in NCAA Championships (10k, 32:50.2), 189th overall.
Redshirt Freshman (2018)
Competed in five meets ... Finished ninth at the SEC Championships ... Earned USTFCCCA South Central All-Region honor finishing 12th at the regional meet ... finished 238th at the NCAA Championships.
Freshman (2017)
Did not compete.
High School
Cross country and track and field team captain at Linn-Mar HS ... 2016 Iowa State Champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 ... New Balance All-American in the 5k off a top-three finish ... Three-time All-State in cross country ... Holds personal bests of: 1,600 , 4:15.36; Mile, 4:12.46; 3,200, 9:00.79; 5K 14:42.87.
Personal
Born on October 18, 1998 ... Son of D.C. and Kathy Murphy ... Has one brother; Daniel and a younger sister; Sarah ... Majoring in kinesiology.
- 2021 SEC Indoor 4th | 3,000m
Junior (2021-22)
Outdoor: Competed in SEC Championships, placing 13th in 10,000m with a 31:36.55 … did not finish SEC 5,000m.
Cross Country: Competed in NCAA Championships as Arkansas repeated its fourth-place team finish from 2020 … Ran 33:03.1 over 10,000m course in Tallahassee … Finished 16th in NCAA South Central Region with a 31:17.3 performance over 10k course in Waco, Texas … Placed 18th in SEC Championships, covering 8k Gans Creek Course in Missouri in 24:06.4 as Razorbacks defending team title … Opened season at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown, placing 35th in 25:03.2 on 8k course as Arkansas claimed team title over Syracuse and Duke.
Junior (2020-21)
Outdoor: Posted a time of 29:07.23 to place 18th in Invitational 10,000m at Hayward Premiere in Eugene. Indoor: Finished fourth in SEC 5,000m with career best of 14:04.88, and eighth in 3,000m with an 8:08.18 … Established career best in 3,000m with an 8:06.71 as runner-up in Wooo Pig Classic.
Cross Country: Seventh runner among the Razorback squad that earned a fourth-podium finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, placing 207th (33:02.2) ... Placed 22nd in SEC Championships, placing eighth among team, running a time of 24:36.0 on 5 mile course at Baton Rouge … Placed 30th in the UAB Blazer Classic, posting a time of 24:39.3 and finished ninth among Razorbacks.
Sophomore (2019)
Competed in four meets … Placed 27th in SEC Championships (8k, 23:49.4), finishing third among team … 13th in NCAA South Central Region (10k, 30:38.6), second on squad and earned All-Region honor … Third finisher for Arkansas in NCAA Championships (10k, 32:50.2), 189th overall.
Redshirt Freshman (2018)
Competed in five meets ... Finished ninth at the SEC Championships ... Earned USTFCCCA South Central All-Region honor finishing 12th at the regional meet ... finished 238th at the NCAA Championships.
Freshman (2017)
Did not compete.
High School
Cross country and track and field team captain at Linn-Mar HS ... 2016 Iowa State Champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 ... New Balance All-American in the 5k off a top-three finish ... Three-time All-State in cross country ... Holds personal bests of: 1,600 , 4:15.36; Mile, 4:12.46; 3,200, 9:00.79; 5K 14:42.87.
Personal
Born on October 18, 1998 ... Son of D.C. and Kathy Murphy ... Has one brother; Daniel and a younger sister; Sarah ... Majoring in kinesiology.