The senior recently set a personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:36.48. He will run this week at the Penn Relays Championship of America.
Liam Murphy is one of the best runners in Villanova history. The Penn Relays and U.S. Olympic trials are next on his docket.
Murphy’s time was also the second-fastest recorded by a Villanovan in a collegiate race and the sixth-fastest absolute time in school history in the 1500 meters. In the 2023-24 indoor season, Murphy racked up award after award: two All-Big East nods, two conference championships, Co-Outstanding Performer in the Big East, capped by being recognized as a first-team All-American title in the 3000 meters.
“I originally played soccer in high school, but I saw my brother have success with running … and all the doors it opened for him,” Murphy said. “So then I started going all in on running … I became more serious and saw it as something I could potentially do in college.”“I actually had no idea about Villanova — all the history here and how great of a program it is,” he said.
Murphy would go on to commit to Villanova, just to arrive his freshman year to a world, and campus, turned upside down.
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