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2016-17 Swimming & Diving Roster
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Chris Murphy
- Position:
- Free/Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- McLean, Va.
- High School:
- McLean
Bio
Honors: ACC Academic Honor Roll (2017)
2017-18: Posted season-best times of 50.19 in the 100 backstroke, 1:49.24 in the 200 backstroke and 4:11.51 in the 400 individual medley.
2016-17: Ended the season at the ACC Championships, where he clocked the sixth-fastest 100 backstroke time in program history during the event preliminaries (48.72) ... Also broke into the Blue Devils' all-time top 10 in the 200 backstroke and the 500 freestyle with his performances at the NC State GAC Invite.
Prior to Duke: Winter nationals qualifier … Winter and summer junior nationals qualifier … Four-time Virginia state qualifier … Automatic All-America in 100 backstroke as a junior and senior ... Also earned All-America status in the 500 freestyle as a junior and the 200 freestyle as a senior… 2016 and 2015 state runner-up in the 100 backstroke … Earned state runner-up finish in the 500 freestyle as a sophomore ... Regional and conference champion in the 100 backstroke his final year.
Personal: Born Christopher Devlin Murphy Sept. 29, 1997 in Fairfax, Va. ... Son of Mark and Lori Murphy ... Has one sister (Megan) ... Sister swims at the University of Mary Washington ... Grandmother, Connie Murphy, swam at Connecticut in the early 1960s, setting team records in freestyle and backstroke ... Uncle, Chris Murphy, played basketball at Emerson College (‘87).
Murphy Career Bests:
500 Free: 4:30.37
100 Back: 48.72 ... 6th all-time at Duke
200 Back: 1:46.60 ... 6th all-time at Duke
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