2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Jerry Millevoi
Jerry Millevoi

Liam Murphy

  • Academic Year Fifth Year
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Millstone, N.J.
  • Highschool Allentown
  • INFLCR liam-murphy

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

One of the top distance runners in the country during a record-breaking collegiate career ... Set the NCAA record in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:33.02 at the Raleigh Relays on March 27, 2025 ... On the heels of that performance he became the first men's athlete in VIllanova history to be named to the Watch List for The Bowerman award presented to the top male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the country ... He appeared on the Watch List four times during the remainder of the collegiate season ... His collegiate body of work includes seven NCAA, collegiate and/or Villanova records ... Absolute  school record holder in the 3000 meters (7:42.51) and the 5000 meters (13:10.42) as well as the indoor school record holder in the mile (3:53.85) at the time of his graduation ... In April 2024 he anchored the 4xMile relay team which recorded the second-fastest time in world history at 15:51.91 ... The mark set the collegiate, BIG EAST, Penn Relays and Franklin Field records as the Wildcats won their second consecutive Championship of America title in the race at the Penn Relays ... Posted a time of 3:54.32 on the anchor leg of the relay ... Ran on the school record distance medley relay team (9:20.44) and holds the fastest time in school history to be recorded on a 10,000 meter cross country course (28:55.7) ... His nine career All-America honors and 12 career BIG EAST titles both tied Villanova men's records ... His top national finishes are fourth place in the 3000 meters (2024 indoor, 2025 indoor), 11th in the 1500 meters (2023 outdoor, 2024 outdoor) and ninth in cross country (2024) ... In the final BIG EAST Championships meet of his career (2025 outdoor) he won the 1500 meters for the second straight year for his 12th BIG EAST title (six indoor, four outdoor, two cross country) ... Tied the VU men's mark of 12 career BIG EAST titles which was first accomplished by sprinter and hurdler Martin Booker (1983-86) ... Holds the Villanova Stadium records in the 1500 meters (3:39.00), the 5000 meters (13:43.32) and the 4x800 meter relay (7:17.96) as of the end of the 2025 outdoor season ... The 1500 and 4x800 records are also BIG EAST Championships outdoor meet records, as was his time in the 5K until it was shattered by teammate Marco Langon in 2025 ... Owns 15 career All-BIG EAST honors and has anchored three Championship of America winning races at the Penn Relays ... ... In addition to the records he set, he ranked second overall in school history in the 1500 meters and third in the mile ... Advanced to the final of the 1500 meters at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and was the third collegian across the finish line in the final ... Named the Collegiate Men's Athlete of the Meet in the track events at the Penn Relays in 2024 ... Selected as the Outstanding Track Performer at the BIG EAST Championships both indoors and outdoors in 2024 ... Three-time USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year in cross country (2022, 2023, 2024) ... Won the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional individual title in each of those seasons ... In 2023 and 2024 was the BIG EAST individual champion and had the highest finish from the Mid-Atlantic Region at the NCAA Championships ... Anchored a Penn Relays Championship of America title in the 4xMile relay in 2023 … Helped lead Villanova to cross country team titles at the BIG EAST Championships and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 2022 amd 2024 … Graduated from Villanova in May 2024 as an Economics major and Communication minor ... Enrolled in graduate school to pursue his MBA from the Villanova School of Business ... Winner of the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award for men's cross country in 2023-24 ... Named one of two winners of a Villanova Senior Student-Athlete of the Year Award in 2023-24 ... Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and four-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
 
 
NCAA RECORD
1500 Meters 3:33.02 March 27, 2025 Raleigh, N.C. (Raleigh Relays)
 
 
SCHOOL RECORDS
3000 Meters (Absolute Record) 7:35.47 February 8, 2025 Boston, Mass. (Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite)
5000 Meters (Absolute Record) 13:10.42 December 7, 2024 Boston, Mass. (Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener)
Mile (Indoor Record) 3:53.85 January 26, 2024 University Park, Pa. (Penn State National Open)
Distance Medley Relay (1200 Meters) 9:20.44 February 18, 2023 South Bend, Ind. (Alex Wilson Invitational)
4xMile Relay (Anchor) 15:51.91 April 27, 2024 Philadelphia, Pa. (Penn Relays)
10000 Meters (Cross Country) 28:55.7 November 23, 2024 Madison, Wis. (NCAA Championships)
 
 
VILLANOVA STADIUM RECORDS
1500 Meters 3:39.00 May 11, 2024 BIG EAST Championships
5000 Meters 13:43.32 May 12, 2023 BIG EAST Championships
4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 7:17.96 May 13, 2023 BIG EAST Championships
 
 
SUB-FOUR MINUTE MILE
First Career 3:59.63 January 29, 2022
Fastest Mile 3:53.85 January 26, 2024
Fastest 1500 Meters 3:33.02 March 27, 2025
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
800 Meters (relay) 1:47.88 BIG EAST Championships (5.13.2023)
800 Meters (open) 1:57.34 High School
1500 Meters 3:33.02 Raleigh Relays (3.27.2025)
1600 Meters (relay) 3:55.24 Penn Relays (4.25.2025)
Mile (open) 3:53.85 Penn State National Open (1.26.2024)
Mile (relay) 3:54.32 Penn Relays (4.27.2024)
3000 Meters 7:35.47 Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite (2.8.2025)
5000 Meters 13:10.42 Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12.7.2024)
6000 Meters (XC) 18:04.7 Lehigh Invitational (9.2.2022)
4 Miles (XC) 19:32.7 Main Line Invitational (9.17.2021)
8000 Meters (XC) 22:36.8 Princeton Fall Classic (10.18.2024)
10000 Meters (XC) 28:55.7 NCAA Championships (11.23.2024)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 OUTDOOR
The Bowerman Watch List April 17, May 8, May 22, June 5
All-American (Honorable Mention) 1500 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 1500 Meters
All-BIG EAST 1500 Meters
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week March 31
BIG EAST Men's Track Athlete of the Week March 31
2025 INDOOR
All-American (First Team) 3000 Meters
All-American (Second Team) 5000 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 3000 Meters
BIG EAST Champion Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
All-BIG EAST 3000 Meters
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
BIG EAST Men's Track Athlete of the Week February 10
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year
All-American
Mid-Atlantic Region Champion
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
BIG EAST Champion
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week (September 30, October 21)
2024 OUTDOOR
All-American (Second Team) 1500 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 1500 Meters
All-BIG EAST 1500 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
Collegiate Men's Athlete of the Meet (Track Events) Penn Relays
Penn Relays Champion Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters - 3:59.63)
Penn Relays Champion 4xMile Relay (Anchor - 3:54.32)
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (4xMile Team) April 29
2024 INDOOR
All-American (First Team) 3000 Meters
Co-Outstanding Track Performer BIG EAST Championships
BIG EAST Champion 3000 Meters
BIG EAST Champion Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
All-BIG EAST 3000 Meters
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley R\elay (1600 Meters)
2023 CROSS COUNTRY
USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year
All-American
Mid-Atlantic Region Champion
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
BIG EAST Champion
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week (September 25)
2023 OUTDOOR
All-American (Second Team) 1500 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 5000 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 5000 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
Penn Relays Champion 4xMile Relay (Anchor - 4:10.20)
2023 INDOOR
All-American (Second Team) Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
BIG EAST Champion 3000 Meters
BIG EAST Champion Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
All-BIG EAST 3000 Meters
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters)
BIG EAST Men's Track Athlete of the Week January 30
2022 CROSS COUNTRY
USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year
Mid-Atlantic Region Champion
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week (October 3)
2022 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
2021 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award (Cross Country) 2023-24
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24
Villanova Senior Student-Athlete of the Year 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
Office of Academic Support Student-Athlete of the Month November 2022, October 2023
 
 
CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2025 OUTDOOR (EUGENE, ORE. | HAYWARD FIELD)
Date Event Time Place
June 11 1500 Meters (National Semifinal) 3:52.44 18th
2025 INDOOR (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. | VIRGINIA BEACH SPORTS CENTER)
Date Event Time Place
March 14 5000 Meters 13:23.91 11th
March 15 3000 Meters 7:53.38 4th
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (MADISON, WIS. | THOMAS ZIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 23 10000 Meters 28:55.7 9th
2024 OUTDOOR (EUGENE, ORE. | HAYWARD FIELD)
Date Event Time Place
June 5 1500 Meters (National Semifinal) 3:39.68 12th
June 7 1500 Meters (National Championship) 3:42.90 11th
2024 INDOOR (BOSTON, MASS. | the TRACK at new balance)
Date Event Time Place
March 9 3000 Meters 7:45.64 4th
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (EARLYSVILLE, VA. | PANORAMA FARMS)
Date Distance Time Place
November 18 10000 Meters 29:17.5 14th
2023 OUTDOOR (AUSTIN, TEXAS | MIKE A. MYERS STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
June 7 1500 Meters (National Semifinal) 3:39.82 10th
June 9 1500 Meters (National Championship) 3:45.72 11th
2023 INDOOR (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. | ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER)
Date Event Time Place
March 10 Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters) 9:55.89 11th
2022 CROSS COUNTRY (STILLWATER, OKLA. | GREINER FAMILY OSU CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 19 10000 Meters 30:10.2 92nd
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 16 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 3:55.73 4th
May 17 1500 Meters (Final) 3:44.58 1st
May 17 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 7:28.82 4th
2025 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 28 Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters) 9:42.54 1st
March 1 3000 Meters 8:00.63 1st
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (LEESBURG, VA. | MORVEN PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
November 1 8000 Meters 23:12.83 1st
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 11 1500 Meters 3:39.00 1st
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 7:24.09 2nd
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters) 9:37.24 1st
February 24 3000 Meters 7:42.51 1st
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
October 28 8530 Meters 23:32.2 1st
2023 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 12 5000 Meters 13:43.32 1st
May 13 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 7:17.96 1st
2023 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 24 Distance Medley Relay (1600 Meters) 9:36.29 1st
February 25 3000 Meters 7:55.53 1st
2022 CROSS COUNTRY (ATTLEBORO, MASS. | HIGHLAND PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
October 29 8000 Meters 23:28 3rd
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 13 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 3:50.19 11th
May 14 1500 Meters (Final) 3:50.29 10th
May 14 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 7:31.47 4th
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 25 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 4:21.85 6th
February 26 Mile (Final) 4:09.30 6th
February 26 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 7:26.13 2nd
2021 CROSS COUNTRY (CARMEL, IND. | NORTHVIEW CHURCH)
Date Distance Time Place
October 29 8000 Meters 25:06.8 21st
2020 CROSS COUNTRY (CARY, N.C. | WAKEMED SOCCER PARK FIELD)
Date Distance Time Place
March 5 8000 Meters 24:43.9 38th
 
 
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Advanced to the final of the 1500 meters at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. in June 2024 ... He became the first Villanovan since Ross Donoghue in 1988 to make the final of the 1500 meters at the Trials ... His time of 3:36.37 in the final was a personal best at the time and made him the third collegian across the finish line in the final ... Two days earlier in the semifinals it took thousandths of a second to determine the automatic qualifiers for the final and Murphy made it through in 3:38.072 ... He also finished with a time of 3:38.70 in the first round heats.
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Allentown High School: Earned seven varsity letters in track & field and two in cross country in addition to playing midfield on the soccer team and point guard on the basketball team … Top individual events on the track were the 1600 meters and the 3200 meters … Was an All-American and the Gatorade New Jersey Cross Country Athlete of the Year in cross country as a senior … Finished eighth at the New Balance Nationals in cross country his senior year … Four-time individual champion at the New Jersey Meet of Champions … Qualifier for the Brooks PR Invitational in 2019 … Named the Outstanding Male Athlete in the Class of 2020 … High school PRs included times of 4:11 in the 1600 meters and 8:54 in the 3200 meters.
 
Personal: Born 4/2/02 in Millstone, N.J. … Youngest of three children of Thomas and Christine Murphy … Has two older siblings, Conor and Kiera … Brother, Conor, was a member of the track & field and cross country teams at Rutgers from 2015-20 … Enjoys spending time with friends and listening to music in addition to being active and playing outdoor sports … Chose to attend Villanova for its proximity to home and the opportunity to attend an elite university with great academic and athletics programs … Noted the coaching staff, the close-knit team and the program’s history of success as deciding factors … Graduated from Villanova in May 2024 as an Economics major and Communication minor ... Pursued his MBA from the Villanova School of Business while completing his collegiate eligibility.

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