With the help of his teammates, Iowa third-year cross country runner Max Murphy officially punched his ticket to the NCAA Championship meet. Since his qualification, Murphy has earned praise from his friends, family, coaches, and most prominently, his teammates. “There are a lot of people both on the team and back at home that have.
In his first ever 10,000-meter race, Iowa third-year distance runner Max Murphy stole the spotlight and punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet on Nov. 10. And for the second time in the 2023 season, Murphy rearranged the school record books first when he shattered the Iowa men’s.
The Iowa men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, for the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 10 with the season on the line. If the Hawkeyes do not place first or second in the Midwest region, NCAA rules say they will not be awarded automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships in.
The Iowa men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite on Sept. 29, led by junior Max Murphy and sophomore Jalyssa Blazek. The meet marked Murphy’s second race of the year. Despite taking a few meets off, he earned the Hawkeyes a top-20 finish in the five-mile race with.