University of Minnesota Athletics
2014-15 Women's Track & Field Roster
Nicole Murphey
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Blaine HS
- Hometown:
- Blaine, Minn.
2015 Season: Named team captain · did not compete indoor or outdoor · Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2014 Season - Indoor: Named team captain · recorded a season-best long jump of 18-08.50 (5.70m) to win the event at Parents Day Open · finished 16th at Big Tens with a jump of 18-06.50 (5.65m) · won long jump (18-05.00, 5.61m) at UW-River Falls.
2014 Season - Outdoor: Competed in long jump at three meets · recorded a season-best jump of 18-04.50 (5.60m) for third place at USF Collegiate · placed second (18-03.75, 5.58m) at Holst Invitational · finished sixth with a jump of 17-11 (5.46m) at TSU Relays.
2013 Season - Indoor: Finished 12th in long jump at the Big Ten Championships with a season-best leap of 18-9.25 (5.72m) · won the long jump at the MSU Open and took second at the Parents Day Open.
2013 Season - Outdoor: Finished 18th in long jump at the Big Ten Championships · jumped a season-best 18-11.75 (5.78m) at the Alabama Invite · won the long jump at both the UNLV and Janis Rider Invites · Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2012 Season - Indoor: Competed in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Championships, scoring 3,461 points · notched season bests of 9.04 in the 60m hurdles, 4-9.50 (1.46m) in the high jump, and 34-6.75 (10.53m) during the Big Ten meet · took third at the Jack Johnson Classic pentathlon with 3,348 points · also competed in the Holiday Inn Invitational open long jump, marking 18-6.50 (5.65m) for a season best and a second-place finish.
2012 Season - Outdoor: Tallied the then-seventh best heptathlon score in school history at Big Ten Championships, finishing 11th (4,850) · Big Ten Championships marks included season bests of 25.06 in the 200m, 14.28 in the 100m hurdles, 19-1.25 (5.82m) in the long jump, and 33-10.75 (10.32m) in the shot put · also finished 16th in the open long jump (18-1) · finished third in long jump at the Arkansas Invitational with a jump of 18-4.75 (5.61m) · placed fourth in the heptathlon at the Aztec Invitational · Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2011 Season: Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Blaine High School · high school coaches were Kelley Munson and Ann Stoelberger · 2010 Minnesota Class AA state runner-up in long jump with a leap of 18-01.75 · also finished 20th in the 100m at the 2010 state meet · competed in the state meet all four years of high school · two-time Northwest Suburban Conference champion · lettered in dance · academic all-state honoree · honor roll student.
Personal: Born April 16, 1992 · majoring in kinesiology · daughter of Bob and Kathy Murphey · has an older brother, Derek · was a competitive dancer from age three to 16.
| Murphey's Indoor Career Bests (2015 Final) | ||
| Event | Mark (All-Time Rank) | Meet (Date) |
| 600m | 1:40.07 | Holiday Inn Invitational (1/14/12) |
| Pentathlon | 3,461 | Big Ten Championships (2/24-25/12) |
| 800m | 2:26.53 | Iowa State Classic (2/11/12) |
| 60m Hurdles | 9.04 | Big Ten Championships (2/24-25/12) |
| High Jump | 4-09.50, 1.46m | Big Ten Championships (2/24-25/12) |
| Long Jump | 18-09.25, 5.72m | Big Ten Championships (2/22/13) |
| Shot Put | 34-06.75, 10.53m | Big Ten Championships (2/24-25/12) |
| Murphey's Outdoor Career Bests (2015 Final) | ||
| Event | Mark (All-Time Rank) | Meet (Date) |
| Heptathlon | 4,850 | Big Ten Championships (5/12/12) |
| 200m | 25.06 | Big Ten Championships (5/11/12) |
| 800m | 2:20.98 | Bulldog Invitational (4/13/12) |
| 100m Hurdles | 14.28 (AT-9th) | Big Ten Championships (5/12/12) |
| High Jump | 4-10.50, 1.49m | Aztec Invitational (3/15/12) |
| Long Jump | 19-01.25, 5.82m | Big Ten Championships (5/12/12) |
| Shot Put | 33-10.25, 10.33m | Big Ten Championships (5/12/12) |
| Javelin | 93-01, 28.28m | Hamline Invite (4/6/12) |
