2014-15 Merrimack College Women's Track & Field Roster

Mary Murphy

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Boxborough, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Acton-Boxborough Regional
  • Major Undeclared Arts

Biography

2014-15: Indoor: Competed in eight meets as a senior … Placed 26th in the preliminaries of the 60m dash with a season-best time of 8.54 at the NE-10 Indoor Championships (2/21) … Finished 11th in the 60m and 13th in the 200m dash at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/14) … Tallied a season-best time of 27.95 in the 200m at the UMass Boston Indoor Opener (12/6).

Outdoor: Ran in six meets … Tallied five top-eight finishes with the relay team in the 4x100m … Finished fifth at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/1-2), fourth at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational (4/18), fifth at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite (4/24), and eighth at the Coach P Open (4/10-11) and at the 2015 Jim Sheehan Invitational (4/4) … Placed 19th in the preliminaries of the 100m dash with a career-best time of 13.14 and 33nd in the preliminaries of the 200m dash with a season-best time of 28.66 at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/1-2).

2013-14: Indoor: Placed sixth in the 60m at the Benyon Invitational (1/25) … Placed seventh in the 55m at the Southern Maine Invitational (2/1) … Placed fifth in the 60m and 11th in the 200m at the MIT Invitational (2/8).

Outdoor: Helped the 4x100m relay team clinch seventh place at the VCU Invitational (3/22) … Also helped the 4x100m relay team place 11th at the Moravian College “Coach P” Invitational (4/12)… Achieved third place in the 4x100m relay at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational (4/19) … Finished in eighth place in the 100m at the Regis College Pride Classic (4/27) … Helped 4x100m relay team place sixth at the NE-10 Outdoor Championships (5/2). 

2012-13: Competed in four events in the indoor season, including a 4th place finish in the 55m with a time of 7.81 during the Southern Maine Invitational (1/26) … Recorded a 8.42 in the 60m and placing 5th overall at the Benyon Invitational (1/19) … Raced in five events during the outdoor campaign in sprint and relay events … Finished 12th at UMass Lowell Invitational in the 200m (4/7) … Placed 20th in the 110m hurdles at the NE-10 Championships (5/4) and was a member of the 4x100m relay team that finished 16th at New England Championships (5/10-11).

2011-12: Competed in the 60 and 200 meter dashes at the Harvard Open (12/10) ... Placed fifth in the 100 meter dash at the BSU Invitational (3/24) ... Ran to a foruth-place finish in the 200 meter dash at the George Davis Invitational (4/17) ... Rounded out the year with a third- and second-place finish in the 100 and 200 meter dashes, respectively, at the Skyhawk Invitational (4/14).

Before Merrimack: Attended Acton-Boxborough Regional High School and competed in track and field as a sprinter and basketball … Varsity basketball point guard sophomore through senior year and captain as a senior … Varsity track sophomore through senior year and captain as a senior…academic Honor Roll and Community Service Award all four years.

Personal: Born November 28, 1992 … Daughter of Michael and Maura Murphy … Has two brothers, John and Joe ... Criminology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2013-14Junior

    Sprints
  • 2014-15Senior

    Sprints