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2019-20 Track & Field Roster

Ben Solomon
Ben Solomon
American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference

Charlotte-Tara Murphy

  • Height 5-3
  • Class SR
  • Highschool Hills Road Sixth Form College
  • Hometown Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom

Biography


HONORS
T&F

2017 Indoor All-AAC (Silver: DMR)
2017-18 AAC All-Academic Team
XC
2016 American Athletic Conference Runner of the Week (Sept. 13)
2016 All-AAC (5th Place)
2016 All-Region
2017 American Athletic Conference Runner of the Week (Sept. 26)
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
2017-18 AAC All-Academic Team
2018-19 AAC All-Academic Team
 
Indoor Personal Records:
Mile: 4:56.27
3000m: 9:42.26
5000m: 17:11.17

Outdoor Personal Records:
800m: 2:17
1500m: 4:32
3000m: 9:40
5000m: 16:54.29

2020 XC: Opened her senior campaign with a 35th place finish at the the Bear Twilight ... recorded a 7th-place finish as the Mustangs won the Ken Garland Invite ... led the Mustangs with a 17th-place showing at the Texas A&M Invite, running the 5K in 19:15.6

2019 XC: Began the season with a 9th place finish at the Bear Twilight Invite as the Mustangs took home the title ... one of four Mustangs to finish in the top five at the Ken Garland Invite with a time of 18:00.5 in the 3.1 mile course ... ran a 18:02.5 in the Louisville Classic, good for 51st place ... recorded a 31st place finish at Conference with a time of 24:03.0 in New Orleans ... wrapped up the season with a 22:44.3 6K at the NCAA Regional Meet

2018 (So.): Indoor: Finished 14th (17:34.27) in the 5000m and seventh (9:52.11) in the 3000m at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships...Finished 21st in the 5000m (17:11.17) at the Music City Challenge...Member of first-place distance medley (11:57.50) and placed second in the 3000m (9:54.98) as one of five Mustangs in the top six at the Houston Invitational...Finished 11th in one mile (5:04.87) at Arkansas Invitational...Finished 21st in 3000m (9:59.03) at Vanderbilt Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 18th in 5,000m (18:10.52) at American Conference Championships... Finished seventh (4:39.13) in 1500m at Bobcat Classic... Ran 5000m at Mt. SAC Relays in 17:26.00... Earned 19th in 5000m (17:16.98) at San Francisco State Distance Carnival... Finished 10th in 1500m (4:38.21) at Arkansas Spring Invitational... Finished seventh in the 1500m (4:39.72) and fifth in the 3000m (9:55.65) at the TCU Invitational.

2017 XC (So.): Finished in the top 20 of five of the six meets she competed in... Received USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors... Finished 21st at the NCAA South Central Regional (6K) in 20:35.8... Finished 17th at the American Athletic Conference (6K) in 22:07.9... Finished 126th at Pre-National Invitational (6K) in 21:26.8... Placed fifth at Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational (5K) in 17:39.7... Placed first at Gerald Richey Invitational (5K) in 17:46.3...Placed eighth at Bear Twilight Invitational (4K) in 13:44.5.


2017 (Fr.): Indoor: Named to the all-conference team as a member of the second place distance medley relay (11:35.56) at the American Athletic Conference Championship…Placed sixth in the 3000m (9:42.26) and ninth in the mile (4:56.27) at the indoor conference championship…Finished 10th in the 3000m (9:52.10) at the Music City Challenge…Recorded two sixth place finishes in both the mile (5:01.63) and the 3000m (10:04.07) at the New Mexico Cherry & Silver Invitational…Outdoor: Earned a fourth place finish in the 5000m (16:54.29) at the American Athletic Conference Championship…Finished 10th in the 1500m (4:39.57) at the Michael Johnson Invitational…Placed 25th in the 5000m (16:57.00) at the Mt. SAC Relays…Ran 17:00.87 in the 5000m to finish 23rd at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival…Earned runner-up honors in the 1500m (4:36.05) at the Bobby Lane Invitational…Placed third in the 3000m (9:57.85) at the TCU Invitational.

2016 XC (Fr.): Placed in the top-20 in five of the six meets that she competed in…Named to the All-Region team after a 19th place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships (6K) in 21:05.4…One of seven Mustangs to place in the top-25 after a fifth-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championship (6K) in a personal-best time of 20:44.1…Finished 66th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (6K) in 21:05.5…Recorded a ninth-place finish at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational (5K) in 17:25.7…Won the Gerald Richey Invitational (5K) in a personal-best time of 17:23.8…Top Mustang finisher with a third-place finish in the 4K at the Bear Twilight Invitational in 13:53.9.



Prep: Coached by Gordon Palmer of the West Suffolk AC track club in Suffolk, United Kingdom…Won the Anglian Schools’ Cross Country Championships…Placed eighth at the English National Cross Country Championships (22:41)…Recorded a 10th place finish at the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships…Finished third in the 3000m (9:46) at the English Schools’ Championships…Placed fifth in the 3000m (9:40) at the England Athletics U20 Championships…Earned a silver medal in the 1500m (4:34) at the South of England U20 Championships.

Personal: Charlotte Tara Murphy… Born August of 1998… Parents are Noel Murphy and Bettina Smart… Has one sister… Anticipates majoring in Physical Therapy.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17FR

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2017-18SO

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2018-19JR

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2019-20SR

    Distance
    5'3"