Murphy Earns All-NCAA Regional Accolades Following 17th Place Finish at District Championships

Friday, November 9

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Murphy Earns All-NCAA Regional Accolades Following 17th Place Finish at District Championships

Nov 09 | Men's Cross Country

Results

Murphy becomes first All-NCAA Regional selection for RU since 1989

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – Senior Conor Murphy paced the Rutgers men's cross country team at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Friday hosted by Penn State.

In the 10K race, Murphy finished 17th in the field with a time of 31:48. With the 17th place finish, Murphy was named to the All-NCAA Regional Cross Country Team. It marked RU's first All-Regional honoree since 1989.

Junior Cole Pschunder was next up for RU with a time of 32:08, crossing the line 33rd. Sophomore Patrick Walsh (33:06) and Genaro Anzalone (34:05), freshmen Nicholas Hutchison (34:09) and Will Berger (34:16), and junior Andrew Comito (34:37) also represented Rutgers in the race.

As a team, the Scarlet Knights finished 16th in the field with 368 points. Princeton took first place followed by Villanova in second and Georgetown in third.

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