Conor Murphy
Conor Murphy Pronunciation
All-American
2025 Indoor: DMR (First Team)
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
• NCAA Indoor Championships DMR Champions in Championship record fashion clocking 9:15.12
• Competed in the 800m and the DMR at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Member of 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
• Member of the Virginia DMR relay team that 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
• Finished 11th in the 800m at the East Coast Invitational
• Opened the season in the mile at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
2024 Cross Country
• Finished 63rd at the Panorama Farms Invitational in season debut
• Opened the season in the 6k at the Spider Alumni Open
• Competed in two meets this season
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