Conor Murphy
Conor Murphy Pronunciation
All-American
2024 Indoor: 800m (Honorable Mention)
2023 Outdoor: 800m (1st Team)
2023 Indoor: Mile (1st Team)
All-ACC
2024 Indoor: 800m(2nd Team)
2023 Indoor: 800m (1st Team)
2021 Outdoor: 800m (1st Team)
TFRRS Profile(for PRs and full results)
2025 Indoor
• Crushed the 800m leg of the DMR, helping power the team of Alex Sherman, Wes Porter, and Gary Martin, to a title in the NCAA Indoor Championships DMR
• Narrowly missed the finals qualifying standard, finishing second in the 800m prelim at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Competed in the DMR at the ACC Indoor Championships alongside teammates Scott Sikorski, Gage Gose, and Wes Porter
• For their record-setting performance at the Arkansas Qualifier, the DMR team was awarded USTFCCCA and ACC athlete of the week honors
• Participated in the Virginia DMR, a relay which set the fastest time in the world this year, breaking the NCAA, ACC, program, Randal Tyson facility, and Arkansas Qualifier meet records with a time of 9:14.19
2024 Cross Country
• Finished 63rd at the Panorama Farms Invitational in season debut
2024 Outdoor
• Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary round in the 1500m
• Ran the 800m at the ACC Outdoor Championships
• Competed in the DMR and 4x800m relay at Penn Relays
• Ran the 800m at the Virginia Challenge, coming in at 1:48.79
• Placed ninth in the 1500m at Raleigh Relays
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll
2024 Indoor
• Competed in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships
• Advanced to the finals in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships, finishing sixth overall
• Competed in the mile at the Eagle Invite in Boston
• Ran 1:46.95 in the 800m at the Penn State National Open, placing second
• Helped the Virginia DMR to a 3rd place finish at the Virginia Tech Invitational
• Ran for a second-place finish in the 800m at the Penn State National Open
• Opened the 2024 season placing 11th at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener,posting a PB 3000-meter time of 7:53.17 which ranks second all-time at UVA
2023 Cross Country
• Competed at the 2023 Virginia Invitational hosted at Panorama Farms
• Placed 62nd at the 2023 ACC Cross Country Championships where Virginia finished third
2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Won the 1500m at Raleigh Relays with a PB of 3:39.75
• Runner-up at Virginia Grand Prix running 1:48.12
• Placed second in the 800 at the Virginia Challenge with a time of 1:47.27
• Placed sixth in the 800m at the ACC Championships (1:48.78)
• Ran the eighth-fastest qualifying time out of the NCAA’s East Region in the 800m (1:48.70)
• Placed fifth at the NCAA Championships in the 800m with a personal-best time of 1:46.43
2023 Indoor
• Opened his season running 1:47.41 in the 800 meters at the Penn State National Open, also recorded a win in the DMR
• ACC Track Performer of the Week (Jan. 31)
• Set a Virginia record in the mile with his first-ever sub-four mile running 3:55.24 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational
• Ran the 1200 leg of the DMR in a school-record performance for the Cavaliers as they ran 9:23.71 at the Arkansas Qualifier
• Won silver in the 800 meters at the ACC Indoor Championships posting a personal-best time of 1:47.33
• Placed sixth in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn All-American honors for the first time in his career
2022 Cross Country
• Placed 26th at the Virginia Invitational (9/16/22)
• Finished 46th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/23/22)
• Ran a personal-best 8k time at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational where he finished 46th (10/15/22)
• Placed 72nd at the ACC Cross Country Championships (10/28/22)
• Named to 2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 Outdoor
• Ran a PB at the Raleigh Relays (3:41.49) where he placed third in his heat and ninth overall
• Ran the 800 at the Virginia Challenge where he clocked a time of 1:49.26
• Helped UVA to a fourth-place finish in the DMR at Penn Relays where the Hoos clocked a time of 9:30.69
• Boosted the Cavaliers to a third-place finish in the 4×800 meters at the Penn Relays where UVA finished with a time of 7:18.78
• Placed seventh in the 800 meters and 11th in the 1500 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships
• Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round for the second consecutive season in the 800 meters
2022 Indoor
• Helped Virginia to a third-place finish in the DMR at the Hokie Invitational (9:50.35)
• Placed fourth in the 800m at the Columbia Challenge (1:51.73)
• Competed in the mile at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
• Helped Virginia to a second-place finish in the DMR at the JDL DMR Invitational (9:38.25)
• Competed in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships
2021 Cross Country
• Finished seventh at Spider Alumni Open (5k/15:02.7)
• Ran PB 26:18.3 in 8k at Virginia Invitational
2021 Outdoor
• Qualified for NCAA East Preliminary Round in 800m
• Finished third in 800m with PB 1:48.57 at ACC Championships
• That time ranks No. 4 on UVA freshman list and No. 8 on all-time chart
• Ran second-fastest outdoor mile (4:00.09) in UVA history at Virginia Grand Prix
• Won 1500m at UVA opener
• Posted fourth best UVA freshman time (3:46.50) at Raleigh Relays
• Also ran 800m at Raleigh Relays
• PB (1:49.51) in 800m at Virginia Challenge
• Ran a leg on 4×400 at Virginia Challenge
• Named to 2021 VaSID Second Team All-State for Middle Distance
2021 Indoor
• Won 800m at Virginia Beach Invitational with time of 1:49.91 that ranks 10th on UVA’s all-time list and fourth on the freshman records list
• On DMR that finished first at Virginia Tech Invitational
Background
• Two-time All-American
• Four-time state champion
• 2019 Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year
• Was the 2019 New Balance High School Nationals bronze medalist
• Entered senior season ranked third nationally in the 800m
Personal
• Majoring in psychology
• Son of Vanessa Molley and Niall Murphy
• Has one brother, Joseph
• Mother and father ran at Providence College