Personal information | |
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Born | February 4, 2002 |
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]
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]
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]