Liam Murphy (runner)

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Liam Murphy
Personal information
Born (2002-02-04) February 4, 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests*All information from athlete's World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Liam Murphy (born 4 February 2002) is an American middle-distance runner. In 2025, he ran 3:33.02 for the 1500 metres to set a new NCAA record. [1]

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Early life

From Millstone, Pennsylvania, he attended Allentown High School and was a soccer player in his youth before focusing on athletics in 2018. He committed to attend Villanova University in October 2019. [2] [3] [4]

Career

He worked at Villanova University under head coach Marcus O'Sullivan. He broke 4 minutes for the mile indoors in 2023 and anchored the Villanova team to a win in the 4xmile at the Penn Relays that year, going from ninth place to first during a final sprint over the last 150 meters. [4]

In April 2024, he lowered his 1500 metres personal best to 3:36.48 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California. [5] He was a finalist at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing eleventh, and also reached the final of the 1500 metres at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024 running a personal best 3:36.37, and placed eleventh again, with both events in Eugene, Oregon. [6] [7] [8]

He finished ninth at the 2024 NCAA Division I cross country championships in November 2024. [9] He placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships over 3000 metres in March 2025. [10] He set a new NCAA record of 3:33.02 for the 1500 metres later that month at the Raleigh Relays, breaking the time of 3:33.74 from 2022 set outdoors by Eliud Kipsang and also the absolute 1500 metres record of 3:33.41, set by Gary Martin and Ethan Strand during the indoor season. [11] [12]

He competed at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships but did not qualify for the final, run out of the qualifying places in a slow tactical race in a time of 3:52.44. [13] [14] On 12 July 2025, he placed fifth in 3:37.41 at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, in Memphis, Tennessee. [15]

References

  1. "Liam Murphy". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  2. Franco, Kyle (26 April 2025). "Villanova's Liam Murphy, an Allentown High product, wraps up Penn Relays career as a collegiate". Trentonian.com. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. Lambert, Jim (Oct 27, 2019). "Liam Murphy of Allentown Commits to Villanova". Milesplit. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 Carino, Jerry (30 April 2023). "Penn Relays: Millstone's Liam Murphy is now a Villanova track & field legend". app.com. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. "Villanova runner Liam Murphy has the Penn Relays and Paris Olympics in his sights". Inquirer.com. 22 Apr 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  6. Davern, John (Jun 23, 2024). "Liam Murphy Qualifies for the Olympic Trials Final, after 11th at NCAA". flotrack.org. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  7. "U.S. Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  8. Lambert, Jim (13 June 2024). "NJ's Orji Makes 3rd And Final Olympic Team, Murphy Advances". Milesplit. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  9. Gault, Jonathan (11 March 2025). "2025 NCAA Indoors Men's Preview: Ethan Strand, Gary Martin, Nathan Green & More Go for Glory". Lets Run. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  10. "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  11. "LIAM MURPHY BREAKS MEN'S 1,500M COLLEGIATE RECORD AT RALEIGH RELAYS". Runnerspace. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  12. "Villanova University's Liam Murphy shatters the NCAA 1500-meter". Runnerstribe. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  13. Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (June 12, 2025). "2025 NCAAs Day 1: 1500m Bloodbath as Abel Teffra & Liam Murphy Are Eliminated". Lets Run. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  14. Hutchinson, Emma (12 June 2025). "Liam Murphy Misses Men's 1500m Final At NCAA Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  15. Woods, David (July 12, 2025). "QUINCY WILSON POPS OFF WITH RECORD-BREAKING 44.10 AT ED MURPHEY CLASSIC". Dyestat. Retrieved 13 July 2025.