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2024-25 Rowing Roster

Claire Murphy

  • Height 5-7
  • Class SR
  • Hometown Tavistock, England
  • Highschool Exeter Rowing Club

Biography

2024-25 (Sr.) - Raced with the 1v4s in the first two competitions ... competed with the 2v8 at the last two meets including the ACC Championship ... Crossed the line in 7:20.801 good for third place at the Big Ten Invite Day one, finishing ahead of UCLA, Michigan State and Oregon State … during session three at the Big Ten Invite, placed first in the 1v4 (7:31.967) ahead of Oklahoma, Clemson, Michigan State and Iowa … qualified for the grand final of the ACC Championship in the 2v8 with a time of 6:35.532 ahead of Clemson, Louisville and Miami … finished in fifth (6:28.780) in the ACC Grand Final 2v8 final ahead of Cal

2023-24 (Jr.) - Named Second-Team All-AAC ... raced with the 1v8 at the San Diego Crew Classic and the Big Ten Invitational ... won the 2v8 race at the AAC Championship with a time of 6:47.146, 4 seconds ahead of second place, the Mustangs would go on to win the team championship ... raced with 2v8 at the NCAA Championship as they advanced to the D final where they finished in second ahead of Rhode Island and Jacksonville


2022-23 (So.) – competed with the second varsity eight boat in every race this season … while at the Big Ten Invite, beat Stanford, Michigan, Alabama, Michigan State, Duke, Rutgers and Indiana … at the Pac 12 Challenge, beat Iowa head-to-head … at the AAC Championship, won the second varsity eight title by 10 seconds to three-peat as conference champions … at the NCAA Championship, finished in third in the opening race to qualify for the A/B semifinals … finished in sixth in the semis to move on to the petite finals … in the petite final, finished in fifth, good for an 11th place national finish … as a team the Mustangs placed in ninth …


PRIOR TO SMU: Rowed for Exeter Rowing Club under Stephen Otter… 2019-20 Great Britain junior national team trialist… placed fifth in the WJ18 single at the 2021 National Schools' Regatta… won the WJ18 single at the 2021 Metropolitan Regatta… placed 10th in the time trial at the 2021 Henley Women's Regatta.

PERSONAL: Majoring in earth sciences … daughter of Ian and Lisa … has two younger twin sisters, Fiona and Louise.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22FR

    5'7"
  • 2022-23SO

    5'7"
  • 2023-24JR

    5'7"
  • 2024-25SR

    5'7"