2009: Did not run in any meets.

Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity cross country team at Norwell H.S. ... team captain in 2008 ... named a South Shore League All-Star in 2008 ... team won the South Shore League championship from 2006-2008 ... member of the track and field team ... team captain in 2009 ... also a four-year member of the varsity swim team ... member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Russell Murphy and Susannah Wurgler-Murphy ... father was the captain of MIT’s men’s lightweight rowing team and member of the 1984 U.S. rowing team ... has one brother (Russell) and one sister (Siobhan) ... uncle Thomas Gallagher Class of 1955) and cousin Kristina Hultman (Class of 2006) attended Holy Cross ... has not yet declared a major ... also a member of the Holy Cross track and field team.