William & Mary Athletics

2011-12
Cross Country: Placed 17th at the CAA Championships, helping W&M to its 12th-straight title ... Sixth at both the Spider Open and the Tribe Open ... Ran for the Tribe at the Paul Short Invitational.
Indoor: Appeared in six races ... Third in the 1000m at the VT Invitational in January ... Ran the mile at the Armory to open February.
Outdoor: Redshirted.

2010-11
Cross Country: All-East after finishing 20th at the IC4A Championships ... Ran at the CAA Championships, placing 21st ... Also ran at the Pre-National Invitational and the Paul Short Invitational ... Opened the year third at the Spider Alumni Open.
Indoor: Ran the mile at the IC4A Championships, with a personal-best time of 4:10.65 in the prelims ... Also ran on the Tribe's DMR ... Won the 3,000m at the season-opening CNU Holiday Open.
Outdoor: NCAA Qualifier in the steeplechase for the second year in a row ... Placed 28th in the east quarterfinals in 9:02.56 ... All-East after finishing sixth at the IC4A Championships in a season's-best time of 9:01.68 ... Runner-up at the CAA Championships ... Also finished eighth at the CAA Championships in the 800m, with a career-best 1:52.18.

2009-10
Cross Country: Did not compete.
Indoor: All-East after running the lead leg of W&M's second-place DMR in both the prelims and finals at the IC4A Championships ... Qualified for the IC4A 800m after running 1:53.36 at Navy ... 2:26.46 in the 1,000m at Virginia Tech ... 4:10.91 in the mile at Liberty.
Outdoor: NCAA Qualifier in the 3,000m steeplechase ... All-East after finishing eighth at the IC4A Championships ... Ran a career-best 8:58.70 to earn the honors ... Anchored W&M's DMR to third at the Colonial Relays ... Ran as part of the Tribe's 4x800m relay at the IC4A Championships ... Ran 9:05.36 in the steeplechase to open the year and take third at the Colonial Relays ... Runner-up at the CAA Championships ... Also ran the 800m at the CAA Championships, finishing 13th.

2008-09
Cross Country: Competed once before being sidelined with injury.
Indoor: Qualified for the IC4A Championships in the 1,000m, timing 2:29.35 at Virginia Tech ... Ran 2:28.91 at the IC4A meet.
Outdoor: All-East as part of the sixth-place 4x800m relay at the IC4A Championships ... All-CAA after finishing third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the conference championships ... Ran a career-fast 9:19.03 in that race ... Opened the spring with a runner-up finish at the Colonial Relays steeplechase, timing 9:21.91.

Prep: Northeastern Conference All-Star in cross country and indoor/outdoor track all four years ... Massachusetts State Division II 1,000m champion in 2008 ... State Division II cross country champion in 2007 ... MA State All-State indoor 4x800 relay champion in 2007-08 ... Named All-Scholastic in winter track in 2007-08 by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

Personal: Son of Christopher Murphy and Karen Anastasia ... Brother, Sean, ran cross country and track at the College for four years ... Enjoys playing the guitar, bowling, and wiffleball.