Clayton Murphy (Akron)

Clayton Murphy

Year:	So.
Hometown:	New Paris, Ohio
High School:	Tri-Village Local School
Position:	Distance

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Honors

2015 800-meter Gold Medalist at Pan American Games

2015 800-meter Silver Medalist at NACAC Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica

Advanced to semifinals in 800 meters at IAAF World Championships (Aug. 2015 in Beijing, China) and was top American finisher

6x MAC Champion: 800 meters (2015 Outdoor and 2015 Indoor), Mile (2015 and 2014 Indoor), 1,500m (2015 and 2014 Outdoor)

9xAll-MAC: First Team (2015 Outdoor 800 Meters, 2015 Outdoor 1,500 Meters, 2015 Indoor 800 Meters, 2015 Indoor Mile, 2014 Cross Country, 2014 Indoor Mile, 2014 Outdoor 1,500m), Second Team (2013 Cross Country, 2014 Indoor 3K)

2xUSTFCCCA First-Team All-American (800 meters-2015 Indoor; 800 Meters-2015 Outdoor)

USTFCCCA Academic All-America (Outdoor-2014)

2014-15: Outdoor:  Captured first-team All-America accolades for the second time this season placing third at the NCAA Championship in the 800 meters in 1:49.52 on June 12...won Mid-American Conference titles in the 800 and 1,500 meters, respectively, in 1:50.51 (May 15) and 3:46.77 (May 16) to earn first-team All-MAC accolades in both races...ran second-fastest time in school history in the 800 meters (1:47.16) to finish second at NCAA East Regional (May 29)...registered second-best 5,000-meter time (14:15.61) at the Raleigh Relays on March 27...member of school-record setting 4x400 relay that narrowly missed qualifying for NCAA Championship at NCAA East Regional (May 30)...set school record in the 1,500 meters in 3:40.69 to win at Longhorn Invitational (May 2)...unbeaten in the 1,500 meters capturing titles at MAC Championship (May 16), Longhorn Invitational (May 2) and Mt. Sac Relays (April 17)…won 800-meter title at Drake Relays (April 25/1:47.81) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 2/1:56.13), while finishing sixth in invitational 800 at Mt. Sac Relays (April 18/1:47.98)...named MAC Athlete of the Week on three occasions (April 21, April 28 and May 6)...Indoor: Garnered first-team All-America honors after finishing third in the 800 meters at the NCAA Championship (March 14) in a school-record time of 1:47.06…won the 800 meters and mile at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 28) in times of 1:53.10 and 4:09.09, respectively, en route to being named Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet…unbeaten in the mile on the season…finished first on four occasions in the 800 meters, including at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 16), Tyson Invitational (Feb. 14), Zips Invitational (Feb. 20) and the Mid-American Conference Championship…registered a school-record time of 4:00.39 in winning the mile at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7)…competed as a member of the 4x400 relay team which finished first at the Penn State Invitational (Jan 31) and the Akron Invitational (Feb 7)…named MAC Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 10, Feb. 17 and Feb. 25)...Cross Country: Led the way for the Zips in the 10K race at the Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 14) turning in a 23rd-place showing in a time of 30:43...garnered first-team All-MAC honors after crossing the line in a time of 24:22 to finish in fourth place at the MAC Championship (Nov. 1)...placed fifth at All-Ohio Championship in 24:58.06 on Oct. 3.

2013-14: Cross Country: All-MAC Second Team honoree ... was the Zips' top runner in each of his first three collegiate meets ... placed third overall at the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 5) with a 4-mile time of 20:28, took 176th at the Bluegrass Invitational (Sept. 14) with an 8K time of 24:40.05 and finished fourth overall at the All-Ohio Championships (Oct. 4) after crossing the line in 25:19.13 ... was also UA's second runner at the Great Lakes Regional, finishing the 10K in 43rd place with a time of 31:32 ... was the Zips' third runner at the MAC Championships (Nov. 2), placing 13th with a mark of 25:29.37 ... Indoor: MAC Champion in the mile, running a time of 4:08.69 at the league meet (March 1) ... broke the school record three times, running 4:10.87 at the Penn State National (Feb. 1), 4:05.18 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) and 4:02.04 at the SPIRE D1 Invitational (Feb. 15) ... also medaled in the 3K at the MAC Championships, placing runner-up with a time of 8:20.93 ... Outdoor: NCAA preliminary qualifer in the 1,500m ... MAC Champion in the 1,500m, using a late push to take the title with a time of 4:02.38 at the league championships (May 17) ... won the Olympic Development Elite division of the 1,500m at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 18) with a time of 3:44.53, which was the second-fastest mark in Zips history and a split second faster than former World Youth Champion Johan Rogestedt of Sweden's runner-up mark of 3:44.87 ... followed that up by running the program's fourth-fastest 800m time the following day in a third-place finish at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 19) ... crossed the finish line in 1:50.03 ... won the 5,000m at the All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 12) with a time of 14:42.06 ... also captured the event win in the 800m at the Northeast Ohio Quad (Apr. 4), clocking a time of 1:52.60 ... Summer: advanced to the finals in the 1,500m at the USA Junior Championships (July 6), placing 11th with a time of 3:59.13.

at Tri-Village Local School: Three-time, All-Ohio cross country runner, placing third at the state meet as a senior (15:32) ...  three-time, track & field state qualifier and the state champion in the 1,600-meters (4:11.72) ... school record holder in seven events, including the 400m, 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m, 5K, 4x200 and 4x400 ... also competed in the 800m and 4x400 at the state meet ... also posted personal-record times of 11.84 in the 100m, 49.31 in the 400m and 1:54.19 in the 800m.

Personal: Born Feb. 26, 1995 ... parents are Mark and Melinda Murphy.