05/05/2012 Samuel McEntee Wins BIG EAST Championship in 5000 MetersWildcats head into final day of competition in second place at conference meet 04/22/2012 Wildcats Win Five Events at Widener InvitationalVillanova captures wins in three running events, two field events 04/16/2012 Ellison Wins 800 Meters at Hurricane Alumni InvitationalWildcats competed in four events during Saturday's meet at Miami 04/08/2012 Wildcats Finish in Sixth Place at Colonial RelaysSeveral strong performances make weekend a successful one for Villanova 03/26/2012 Wildcats Claim Victory in Four Events at Big Five InviteVillanova opened the outdoor season at Franklin Field on Saturday On Murphy: Gained terrific experience both indoors and outdoors during his freshman season ... Returning member of the Villanova sprint group who should continue to take big strides forward ... Capable of helping the team during meets and being a BIG EAST qualifier.
2012 Outdoor: Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 400 meters ... Placed 14th in the preliminary heats at the conference meet with a time of 48.59 ... Registered a personal best time and tallied a first place finish at the Widener Invitational (48.30) ... Opened the outdoor season with a second place finish at the Big Five Invite (49.17) ... Came in seventh at the Colonial Relays (49.57) and eighth at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (48.90) ... Ran the 200 meters at the Colonial Relays and finished 17th (22.25) ... Competed on the second leg of the distance medley relay at the Penn Relays.
2012 Indoor: Earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the Wildcats distance medley relay squad which finished in third place at the BIG EAST Championships ... Ran the second leg of the DMR at both the conference meet and the Alex Wilson Invitational ... Registered a career best relay split of 47.9 in his 400 meters leg at the Alex Wilson meet, where the Wildcats finished in fourth place ... Made his individual collegiate debut running the 400 meters at the Penn State National and came in 18th (50.29) ... Finished 30th in the College section at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational (49.93) ... Ran on the 4x400 meter relay at both the Jack Pyrah Invitational and the Penn State National, where the Wildcats relay entry finished second and 10th, respectively.
Teaneck High School: Team MVP.
Personal: Born 6/12/93 ... Son of Todd Murphy and Sheryl McKenny ... Has one sibling, Ajare.
PERSONAL BESTS
200 Meters 22.25 2012 Colonial Relays 400 Meters (Relay) 47.90 2012 Alex Wilson Invitational 400 Meters (Open) 48.30 2012 Widener Invitational CAREER AWARDS (Indoor Track)
All-BIG EAST 2012 (Distance Medley Relay) CAREER AWARDS (Outdoor Track)
All-BIG EAST 2013 (4x400 Meter Relay) | ||||||||||||||||||||



















