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2014 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kevyn Murphy

Kevyn Murphy

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Manhattan Beach, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Arizona State

Summary

Biography

2014 (Track): Placed 10th in the 1500-meters (4:41.33) at the Big West Conference Championship…ran season-best 2:21.63 in the 800-meters at the Leah Bennett Invitational and 4:37.66 in the 1500-meters at the Beach Invitational…also posted the team’s top outdoor marks in the mile (5:06.81) and 3000-meters (10:41.97)…finished in 33rd place in the 3000-meter run (10:06.81) at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championship…seasonal-best 3000-meter time of 10:06.41 at the UW Invitational…academic all-Big West and academic all-MPSF.
 
2013 (Cross Country): Competed in four meets and was the team’s top finisher in each meet… ran a season-best 19:18.12 and placed third at the Big Wave Invitational…season-best 6K time of 22:45 at the Stanford Invitational…posted a 6K time of 25:37.6 at the Big West Championship, where she placed 57th…clocked in at 20:03 at the Chaminade Invitational, where she placed 11th.

2013 (Track): Competed during the indoor season but was sidelined for the outdoor season due to injury…set PR in the 3000-meters with a time of 10:20.67 at the UW Invitational…posted time of 4:56.15 in the 1500-meters at the Rainbow Relays.
 
2012 (Cross Country): Competed in four meets, one of which as unattached…team’s top finisher at the Stanford Invitational, Bronco Invitational, and Big West Championship…also competed as unattached at the Big Wave Invitational, where she ran 19:21 and placed 11th…ran a personal-best 18:03.1 and placed second at the Bronco Invitational, finished less than three seconds behind winner Sarah Pearson of San Francisco (18:00.3)…season-best 6K time of 21:48.9 at the Big West Championship, where she placed 35th.

2012 (Track): Competed in the 3000-meters during the indoor season…posted a mark of 10:27.94 at the UW Indoor Preview…competed in the 1000-meters at the Season Opener and posted a mark of 3:10.38…named indoor academic all-WAC…did not compete during the outdoor season.

2011 (Cross Country): Competed in six meets…team’s top finisher in four meets…posted four Top 10 finishes including fourth place at the UH Hilo Invitational (19:21) and Bronco Invitational (18:28.2)…led UH with a fourth place finish at the UH-Hilo Invitational with a 5K time of 19:26 that earned her WAC Athlete of the Week...also placed eight at the HPU Invitational (19:20) and Big Wave Invitational (19:31.38).

2011 (Track): Placed 13th in the steeplechase (11:33.18) at the WAC Outdoor Championship…also competed in the 1500-meter run with a seasonal-best time of 4:40.16 at the Beach Invitational…during the indoor season, ran seasonal-best 5:08.77 in the mile at the UW Invitational and 10:28.87 in the 3000-meter at the UW Indoor Preview…placed 11th in the mile at WAC Indoor...named academic all-WAC.

2010 (Cross Country): Competed in six meets and was the second top team finisher in all of them … finished 3rd overall in the Big Wave Invitational with a 4K time of 15:33.78…posted a personal best 5K time of 18:12.8 at the Santa Clara Invitational which placed her 63rd overall…posted a 6K time of 22:46.87 at the NCAA West Regionals which placed her 165th overall. 

Prior To UH: Attended Arizona State University for one year…redshirted in cross country and track and field…member of seventh place team finish at the 2008 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships…honor roll in 2008-09.
 
Prep: A 2009 graduate of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif…lettered three years in cross country and track and field…ran unattached during her senior year…Bay League cross country individual and team champion in 2005… three-time all-state cross county team…placed 10th and ninth in the Division II meet…Daily Breeze runner of the year in 2005 and ’06 in cross country…first-team all-state by the L.A. Times in 2005…team’s cross country MVP in 2005-06… named Most Outstanding Runner 2007…in 2006 placed 12th at the state meet in the mile with a time of 4:57.61… set personal-record times of 2:17.19 in the 800-meters, 4:37.12 in 1500-meters, 4:57.91, in 1600-meters and 11:07.35 in the steeplechase… named scholar-athlete from 2005-07.
 
Personal: Born in Manhattan Beach, Calif…intends to major in art…parents are Michael and Marianne Murphy of Manhattan Beach, Calif.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2011Redshirt Freshman

    XC, Distance
    5'6"
  • 2012Redshirt Sophomore

    XC, Distance
    5'6"
  • 2013Junior

    XC, Mid-Distance
    5'6"
  • 2014Senior

    XC, Mid-Distance
    5'6"