Quincy Murphy at DirectAthletics
Career Highlights:
Won four straight multi-event conference titles to close out his career, sweeping the heptathlon and decathlon in both 2014 and 2015 in two different conferences
Seven-time IC4A qualifier (2X heptathlon, 3X decathlon, 2x 110-meter hurdles)
Third place, 2013 Big South decathlon
2014-15: Won the SoCon crowns in both the heptathlon and decathlon as a senior...set five new personal bests in individual events during the outdoor season...ninth in the individual long jump (6.82 M) at the Charlotte Invite, his best long jump ever...set three personal bests (pole vault, shot put, 110-meter hurdles) in winning the decathlon conference title...qualified for the IC4A meet in both the 110-meter hurdles and decathlon, but opted not to compete in order to walk at graduation...indoors, finished eighth in the heptathlon at the IC4A meet...set a new personal best mark of 5,074 at the YSU Invite.
2013-14: Had a strong indoor season, winning the Big South heptathlon and finishing fourth in the 60-meter hurdles...was also ninth in the high jump...became only the third Keydet ever to hit 5000 heptathlon points in January at Bucknell (Garrett Brickner and Antonio Wood)...went on to eclipse that mark at the conference meet with a new PR of 5045...also PR'd in the open 60-meter hurdles (8.20)...set a personal best in the high jump during the heptathlon (1.99 meters)...went on to finish sixth at the IC4A meet in the heptathlon...won the Big South's decathlon as well with a personal best of 6543 points...finished ninth at the IC4A meet in that event despite a new personal best in the shot put...set new PR's in the javelin (Mason Spring Invite, 45.75 meters), 400-meters (Big South Champs, 51.28) and the 110-meter hurdles as well (14.66, VCU Ram Invite)...the hurdles effort at the VCU meet was an IC4A qualifier...will be part of the SoCon's Student-Athlete Leadership Institute (SALI) during the upcoming year.
2012-13: Earned his first career all-conference honor with a third-place finish in the decathlon at the outdoor championships...scored a personal best 6,408 points, nearly a 300-point PR...had collegiate bests in the high jump and the 100-meters to fuel that performance...that earned him a trip to the IC4A Championships, where he missed that PR by just two points and finished 11th...had also finished ninth in the 110-hurdles at the conference's outdoor meet...had a javelin personal best of 45.34 meters at the W&L Carnival, when he won the decathlon for his first multi event victory...finished fourth in the indoor conference heptathlon with a PR of 4,701 points...was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at that event...second in the heptathlon at the Liberty Open (4662)...set a new 60-meter hurdle personal best at the YSU Icebreaker (8.36), where he finished third.
2011-12: Opened his collegiate career well, finishing eighth in the heptathlon at the Liberty Kickoff...recorded 4,419 points...finished third in the pole vault at the VMI Collegiate Invitational, with a clearance (3.34 M/10'11 1/2") that remains a personal best...that set the stage for a sixth-place finish in the heptathlon at the conference's indoor meet...began the outdoor season by going over 6,000 points in the decathlon at the VMI/W&L Carnival, where he wound up fourth...would go on to post a personal best 6,098 decathlon effort at the Big South Championship, where he recorded four personal bests (100-meter, 1,500-meter, shot and discus) en route to a sixth-place finish...also competed in several short hurdle races, with a personal best of 15.09 coming in his season finale at Radford...was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at the conference indoor meet...finished 10th overall in the 110-hurdles at the Big South outdoor meet.
High School/Personal: Personal Bests - 300H-40.56, 110HH-15.90, HJ-5’10, LJ-21’1
Personal Bests:
Heptathlon: 5,074 (2015 YSU Invite)
Decathlon: 6,665 (2015 SoCon Outdoor Championships)
