University of Iowa Athletics
Distance

Max Murphy

Class So.
Hometown Bettendorf, Iowa
High School Pleasant Valley
Max Murphy - Men's Track & Field - University of Iowa Athletics

2024 — Indoor – ran season-best and team-leading 14:15.23 in 5,000 meters at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.

2023 — Indoor – placed seventh in 3,000 meters with a season-best and team-leading 8:00.25 and anchored team-leading distance medley relay to sixth place-finish at B1G Championships… the relay time ranks fourth all-time at Iowa… won mile at Iowa Open (4:05.72), while competing unattached… Outdoor – set school record in 5,000 meters at Stanford Invite (13:39.77)… B1G runner-up in 5,000 meters (13:54.94) and 10,000 meters (29:18.05)… ran a season-best and team-leading 1,500 meters at Bryan Clay Invite (3:41.63)… runner-up at Drake Relays in 1,500 meters (3:44.83)… Academic All-Big Ten… letterwinner… Cross Country — NCAA qualifier, placing ninth at NCAA Midwest Regional (30:27.6-10,000 meters)… placed 69th with a collegiate-best 30:13.9 at NCAA Championships (10,000 meters)… that time ranks fifth all-time at Iowa… Iowa’s top finisher in the five races he competed in… won Hawkeye Invite with a collegiate-best and school record-setting 17:57.3 (6,000 meters)… placed 20th at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (23:56.4-five miles) and 34th at B1G Championships (25-21.3-8,000 meters)… Academic All-Big Ten… letterwinner.

2022 — Indoor – placed sixth in 5,000 meters with a team-leading and collegiate-best 13:58.87 at B1G Championships… that time ranks third all-time at Iowa… placed second in mile with a team-leading and collegiate-best 4:05.45 at Larry Wieczorek Invite… that mark ranks eighth all-time at Iowa… ran anchor leg on team-leading distance medley relay at Razorback Invite (9:39.60)… that time ranks second all-time at Iowa… anchored distance medley relay that placed seventh at B1G Championships (9:49.95)… ran season-best 3,000 meters at Razorback Invite (8:23.47)… Outdoor – set school record in 1,500 meters with a collegiate-best 3:40.63 at Bryan Clay Invite… ran anchor leg on team-leading distance medley relay that placed third at Drake Relays in 9:47.73… that time ranks fifth all-time at Iowa… ran a collegiate-best and team-leading 28:57.96 in 10,000 meters at Stanford Invite, which ranks fourth all-time at Iowa… Academic All-Big Ten… letterwinner… Cross Country – Iowa’s top finisher at Gans Creek Classic, running a collegiate-best 23:44.7 for fourth place (8,000 meters)… that time ranks sixth all-time at Iowa… placed ninth at B1G Preview with a collegiate-best 18:19.1 (6,000 meters), which ranks sixth all-time at Iowa… Iowa second finisher at Weis-Crockett Invite (24:42.9-65th-8,000 meters) and B1G Championships (24:58.8-37th-8,000 meters)… Academic All-Big Ten… letterwinner.

 

2021 — Indoor – led team in 3,000 meters (7:59.30)… placed fourth in 3,000 meters with a collegiate-best 7:59.30 at Hawkeye B1G Invite, which ranks third all-time at Iowa… placed fourth in mile at Hawkeye Border Battle with a collegiate-best 4:06.70, which ranks ninth all-time at Iowa… anchored team-leading distance medley relay to seventh place at B1G Championships (9:42.16)… that time ranks third all-time at Iowa… placed fifth in 5,000 meters at Husker Triangular (14:28.84)… Outdoor – did not compete… USTFCCCA all-academic team member… letterwinner… Cross Country – placed 53rd at Big Ten Championships (25:25.41-8,000 meters)… letterwinner… Academic All-Big Ten.

High School — all-conference and two-time all-district… two-time conference champion, district champion and state champion… holds two school records (5k, 1600M)… placed fourth at Nike Cross Regionals and qualified for Nike Cross Nationals.

Personal — born February 20, 2002… parents are Dorrie and Derek Murphy… brother to Sam and Ben Murphy… mechanical engineering major.

Max Murphy’s All-Time Results via TFRRS.org