Erin Murphy Athlete Profile - WTRACK

Erin Merkley

Heptathlon Hurdles #0

Class

Senior

Hometown

Olathe ,

Kansas

Last School

Olathe South High School

Roster Years

2012 | 2014-2016

Personal

Born in Bedford, Texas
Parents are Kevin and Anne Murphy
Enjoys meeting people, playing sports, cooking new foods, reading and listening to music and playing board games with family
Majoring in Exercise and Wellness

Before BYU

Prepped at Olathe South High School
Earned four varsity letters in track and field
Finished with three school records (300mH, 400m, 4x400m)
Placed first at Region in the 300m hurdles, high jump and 4x400m
Placed fifth at state in the 300m hurdles, 4x400m and high jump
Member of the Honor Roll for all four years of high school
Top-10 student in her graduating class
Earned the Smith Book Award

Summary

2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Indoor Track All-Academic
2014 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic

Personal Bests: 200m – 25.72; 400m – 59.17; 800m – 2:14.28; 60m hurdles – 9.29; 100m – 14.75; 400m hurdles – 1:04.79; High jump – 1.79m (5' 8.75''); Long jump – 5.41m (17' 9''); Shot put – 11.42m (33' 5.75''); Javelin – 34.25m (106' 7''); Pentathlon – 3,794; Heptathlon Outdoor – 5,068

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2012

Indoor:

Began her BYU career with season best marks in the high jump (1.60m), 60m hurdles (10.03) and shot put (9.05m)
Competed in the 400m (1:01.13) and the 60m hurdles (10.25) at the Blue & Orange Opener
Finished third in the 400m hurdles in 1:06.15 at the Cherry and Silver Invitational
Ended the season with a season best performance in the 400m (1:00.65) at the Mountain States Games

Outdoor:

FInished seventh during the Robison Invitational in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.7
Placed 10th in the 400m hurdles at the Utah Valley Invitational with a time of 1:06.01
During the BYU Tri-Meet, finished 5th in the 400m hurdles in 1:05.18

Sophmore Year 2014

Indoor:

Fifth place at 2014 BYU Indoor Cougar Invitational with 3,210 points in pentathlon
Twelfth place at MPSF Championships in pentathlon with 3,462 points

Outdoor:

Fifth place in heptathlon with 4,413 points at 2014 Cal Multi
Fourth place in heptathlon with 4,433 points at 2014 BYU Robison Invitational
Tallied 4,609 points at Virginia Challenge in heptathlon
Qualifed to 2014 NCAA Outdoor Division 1 West Preliminaries in high jump with jump of 1.75m (5' 8.75'') at 2014 UVU Collegiate Invitational. Placed 39th at West Prelims in high jump with mark of 1.69m (5' 5.75'')

Junior Year 2015

Outdoor:

Fourth place with 4,157 points in heptathlon at UNLV Spring Invitational
First place in high jump at 37th SDSU Aztec Invitational with mark of 1.75m (5' 8.75'')
Scored career-best 5,003 points in heptathlon at 2015 BYU Robison Invitational
Second place at 2015 BYU Cougar Invitational in heptathlon

Senior Year 2016

Indoor

First place in 800m and high jump at the 2016 BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational
Second place in the 60m hurdles and long jump at the 2016 BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational
Placed 4th in the 60m hurdles and shot put at the Air Force Invitational
Took 1st place in the high jump at the Air Force Invitational
Finished 8th in the high jump at the MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships
Placed 2nd in the 800m at the MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships
Took 6th in the high jump and pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships

Outdoor

Placed second in the heptathlon at the UNLV Invitational and Sheila Tarr Multis
Took second in the high jump at the Utah Spring Classic
Finished first overall in the high jump with a mark of 1.76m at the Border Clash
Had a lifetime best mark in the high jump with 1.79m to place first at the 2016 BYU Cougar Invitational
Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round for the high jump and took 18th overall

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year