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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field

2015-16 Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Roster

Matthew Murphy

  • Position Cross Country, Distance
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 145
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Weymouth, Mass.
  • Highschool Weymouth High School
  • Major Exercise Physiology

Biography

Personal Bests
1500M:              4:23.81 (2016, Outdoor)
Mile:                 4:54.39 (2015, Indoor)
3000M:              9:31.65 (2016, Outdoor)
2 Mile:              10:29.74 (2015, Outdoor)
5000M:              16:54.14 (2015, Outdoor)

2015-16
 
Cross Country
Murphy finished the 8K at the 2015 Dartmouth XC Invitational with a time of 29:16.5... In the 3.73M at the U Mass Lowell vs UVM meet he had a time of 21:23.5 and an 18th place finish... He had a time of 28:07.8 in the 8K at the NEICAAA XC Championship...
 
Outdoor Track    
He had a personal best time in the 3,000M at the UMass Lowell Invitational of 9:31.65, finishing in 36th place... At the 2016 University of New Hampshire meet he had a personal best in the 1,500M with a time of 4:23.81, finishing in 19th place...
                                        
2014-15
 
Cross Country
In his first event the 8K at the 2014 Dartmouth XC Invitational he finished with a time of 28:19.5… He finished with a time of 29:19.7 in the 8K at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championship… At the CCSU Mini Meet he finished the 3K with a time of 17:07.4…
 
Indoor Track       
He finished with a personal best in the mile at the 2015 Dartmouth Relays - College/Open with a time of 17:07.4…
 
Outdoor Track    
In the 1,500 at the 2015 Jim Sheehan Invitational he finished with a time of 4:35.96… At the Brown Invitational he finished with a time of 9:43.00 in the 3,000… He recorded a personal best time in the two mile at the George Davis Invitational with a time 10:29.74… He finished twelfth in the 5,000 at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet 2015 with a personal best time of 16:54.14…
 
Weymouth High School: Two-Time Cross Country Captain… Indoor Track Captain… Two-Time Outdoor Track Captain… Bay State Conference All-Star in cross country… Cross Country team qualified for the All-State meet for the first time since 1995… Voted rookie of the year on his cross country team… Raced varsity every race… National Honors Society… Weymouth Youth Track Volunteer Staff…

Personal: Son of William and Jacqueline Murphy of Weymouth, MA… His favorite hobbies include playing Mario Kart, sleeping, and going to the beach… His favorite TV shows are Family Feud, Chooped, How I Met Your Mother, and Friday Night Lights… His favorite sports teams are the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and Boston Celtics… His favorite sports figures are Will Leer and Tom Brady… Calls his cross country team qualifying for the All-State meet as a team for the first time since 1995 in his sophomore year his greatest sports moment… Chose UMass Lowell because of their great exercise physiology and physical therapy programs… Hopes to graduate with a degree in exercise physiology and be accepted into a PT program like the one UMass Lowell has… Majoring in Exercise Physiology…

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Cross Country, Distance
    0 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Cross Country, Distance
    5'8" 145 lbs