Robert Murphy - Men's Track & Field (2024)

Of Note: Named IUPUI's Michael A. Carroll Distinguished Student-Athlete Award Winner, given annually to the program's top graduating seniors... was selected as one of eight finalists for the D1 Men's HERO of the Year.

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Top Track Times
Indoor-
800m: 1:56.38 at IPFW Duals (2-26-2016)
Mile: 4:08.87 at Hoosier Hills Invitational (2-12-2016)
3,000m: 8:06.93 at Meyo Invitational (2-4-2017)
5,000m: 14:18.76 at SPIRE Division I Invitational (2-10-2017)
Outdoor-
800m: 1:53.84 at Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4-23-2016)
1,500m: 3:48.08 at Charlotte 49er Classic (3-18-2016)
3,000m Steeplechase: 8:44.91 at NCAA East Regional (5-26-2017)
5,000m: 14:22.25 at Raleigh Relays (3-25-2016)

2016-17 SEASON
Cross Country (Senior): Became IUPUI's first-ever All-Region performer, finishing 17th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional... was Summit League Championship MVP, winning the individual title at the league championships... named Team MVP... was the Jaguars' top finisher in all six meets, including winning three races and collecting another runner-up finish... four-time Summit League Athlete of the Week, collecting the award on Sept. 6, Sept. 20, Oct. 4 and Oct. 18... won the Butler Opener (Sept. 2), Notre Dame Invitational (Sept. 30) and Summit League Championship (Oct. 29)... ran a season-best 8K time of 24:23.6 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Meet, placing 19thoverall... won The Summit League Championships in a time of 25:11.7... just missed a spot at the NCAA National Championships, finishing 17that the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, running a 10K time of 30:47.3.
Indoor (Senior): All-Summit League performer in the 3,000m as the league runner-up in the event... ran a time of 8:12.19 in the 3,000mat the league championships... voted Academic All-Summit League... set new school records in the 3,000 (8:06.93) and 5,000m (14:18.76) events... clocked his school record 3K at the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 4... notched his school record 5K six days later at the SPIRE Division I Invitational on Feb. 10, finishing as runner-up against a strong national field... ran the team's second-fastest mile of the season, running 4:18.24 at the Gene Edmonds Invitational on Jan. 7... won the mile at the IPFW Duals, running 4:19.56... was lead leg of the team's fastest DMR of the season, helping the group to a 10:22.09 finish at The Summit League Championships on Feb. 24.
Outdoor (Senior):Honorable Mention All-American... was IUPUI's first-ever NCAA National qualifier, doing so in the 3,000m steeplechase... All-Summit League and Academic All-Summit League honoree... Summit League individual champion in the steeple, cruising to the title in a time of 8:59.93... was the Jaguars' top performer in the 1,500, 5,000 and steeple... ran a season-best 1,500m time of 3:54.18 at the Raleigh Relays on Mar. 24... had his season-best 5,000m time of 14:26.53 at the Illinois Twilight on Apr. 22... lowered his own school record in the 3,000m steeple at the NCAA East Regional in Lexington, Ky., on May 26, placing third in his heat to earn an automatic berth to Eugene.
Academic: Repeated asUSTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Individual during track season... named to IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) both semesters... chosento The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (3.5 cumulative GPA or better) in both cross country and track... selected to The Summit League's Academic Honor Roll in both cross country and track.

2015-16 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior): Named the team's Co-MVP alongside Damon Pruett... First Team All-Summit League performer by virtue of his fifth-place finish at The Summit League Championships... ran in all six meets and was among IUPUI's top two finishers five times... was IUPUI's top finisher at the Indiana Intercollegiates (Sept. 18), Summit League Championships (Oct. 31) and NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13)... finished third overall at the Indiana Intercollegiates, running an 8K time of 25:42.9, helping the Jaguars to the program's first-ever Intercollegiates title... ran a personal-best 8K time of 24:26.0 at Pre-Nationals as the Jaguars' No. 2 runner, placing 122nd overall... was the Jaguars' top finisher at the Great Lakes Regional Meet on Nov. 13, running a 10K time of 31:32.1, placing 32nd overall... named a Summit League Fall Distinguished Scholar (3.60 GPA or better).
Indoor (Junior): Earned Summit League Championship MVP honors by winning the league's mile and 3,000m races and finishing second in the league in the 5K... finished the season with new school records in the mile (4:08.87) and 3,000m (8:16.52) events... ran a season-best 800m time of 1:56.38 at the Jan. 23 IPFW Duals... ran a school record 3,000m time of 8:16.52 at the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 6... posted a school record mile time of 4:08.87 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational on Feb. 12... finished second in The Summit in the 5K, running a time of 14:58.33 behind only teammate Joey Zielinski on Feb. 27.
Outdoor (Junior):Finished as Summit League Champion in both the 1,500m and steeplechase... became IUPUI's first-ever NCAA Regional qualifier, earning a spot in the steeplechase... set four new school records over the course of the season... opened the outdoor season with a school record in the 1,500m, finishing 3:48.08 at the Charlotte 49er Classic on Mar. 18... posted a school record 5K time of 14:22.25 at the Raleigh Relays on Mar. 25, breaking the previous mark by more than three seconds... ran a school record in the 800 at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational on Apr. 23... capped the outdoor season with a school record in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Fla., running a time of 8:47.87 to miss qualifying for nationals by one second.
Academic:Became IUPUI's first-ever USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Individual during track season...named to IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) both semesters...chosen to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar (3.6 GPA or better) during track season.

2014-15 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophom*ore at Vincennes):Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American... finished 12th in the country at the NJCAA National Championships, running an 8K time of 25:29.
Indoor (Sophom*ore at Vincennes):Second Team All-American in the 3,000m run... ran 8:37.44 at nationals, finished just more than a second off the leader... helped Vincennes to a Region 12 Championship.
Outdoor (Sophom*ore at Vincennes):Second Team All-American in the steeplechase and Honorable Mention All-American in the 1,500m event... USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Men's Track Athlete of the Year... named USTFCCCA NJCAA Men's National Athlete of the Week early in the season... national runner-up in the 3,000m steeplechase... had the nation's fastest steeplechase time of the outdoor season, running a school record 8:57.59 at the Billy Hayes Invite... finished third in the country with a 3:52.58 1,500m time at nationals... set three new school records at the Indiana Little State Championships, breaking marks in the steeplechase, 1,500m and 5,000m runs, earning Track Athlete of the Championships.

2013-14 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman at Vincennes): Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American with a 13th-place finish at nationals... helped Vincennes to a 13th-place team finish... ran a time of 25:57.4 at nationals after running 25:50.3 at the NJCAA Region 12 Championships in a runner-up effort... finished second at the Franklin College Sodexo Grizzly Invite, running 15:59... placed sixth at the EIU Walt Crawford Open... was fourth at the Indiana Intercollegiates, running 26:05.12... won the non-Division I race at the Univ. of Evansville Invite at 25:45.20.
Indoor (Freshman at Vincennes):Second Team All-American finisher in the mile and DMR... set school records in the mile, 3K and DMR while also ranking in the program's top five in the 1,000m and 5K... ran a season-best mile time of 4:13.05 and fastest 3K time of 8:31.77... anchored the school record DMR, helping the group cross at 10:06.30... had a season-best 5,000m time of 15:07.88, ranking second in program history... ran the program's second-best 1,000m time of 2:33.77.
Outdoor (Freshman at Vincennes):Honorable Mention All-American in the 1,500m event... set Vincennes' 3,000m steeplechase record, running 9:14.15.

High School:Starred in cross country and track at Warsaw High School... was Warsaw's Team MVP in both cross and track his senior year... earned the cross country team's Most Improved Award as a sophom*ore and the track's team's honor his junior season... helped Warsaw's XC team to a fourth-place state finish his senior year, earning Second Team All-State accolades by virtue of a 14th-place finish... helped Warsaw to a 14th-place team finish in cross his junior year... as a senior, he earned the Max Truex Award for Outstanding Mental Attitude in Track & Field and Cross Country... earned the Outstanding Performer in Distance Events at the 2013 Max Truex Invite... was third in the 800 at the Midwest Meet of Champions, representing the state of Indiana... helped Warsaw to a Northern Lakes Conference crown, along with sectional and regional titles and fifth-place state finish on the track in 2013... was fourth in the state in the mile and seventh in the 800 at the 2013 IHSAA State Track Championships.