Purity Murray
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Kosival Girl's School
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- Previous College:
- New Mexico Junior College
Bio
A distance runner from Kenya, Purity ran two years at New Mexico Junior College where she posted some outstanding times in both track & field distances and on the cross country course...could emerge as a team leader in the distances.
Coach Angel on Murray: Purity brings loads of experience and depth to our cross country and track & field programs. She has great range and is an impact player who will help us as we strive for excellence in the OVC.
AT TECH (IN 2015-16): Purity developed during the cross country season into the team's top performer, after running third on the squad in the first four meets of the season...ran a personal-best 5K time of 18:27.95 at the Alabama Crimson Classic to place 64th overall...her time ranks 13th all-time in Tech history...led Tech the following meet at the OVC Championships with another outstanding race, posting a time of 18:32.4 fo a 23rd place finish...that time ranks 14th all-time among Golden Eagle women runners...also topped the chart for the Golden Eagles at the NCAA Regional, held at Alabama, with a 6K time of 22:53.93.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Purity was an eight-time junior college All-American in cross country and track & field at New Mexico Junior College...also received All-Region V honors and all-conference recognition for her efforts in cross country...career-best at 3,000m is 10:36.85, with a 3,000m steeplechase best of 11:33.77...has also posted personal best times of 18:02.10 at 5K and 38:58.07 at 10K.
HIGH SCHOOL: Purity
PERSONAL: Purity is the daughter of Joel and Sarah Murel...full name is Purity Chepkoech Murray...born December 12, 1994 in Kenya...majoring in nursing.
News mentions
Three Golden Eagles scored points Friday with Top 8 efforts, and Tennessee Tech qualified runners for the finals on Saturday in three additional events on the first day of the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Tennessee State University.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team is looking for the fun it has enjoyed throughout the season to continue this weekend when it heads to Nashville to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.
Golden Eagle track & field team wins five events, breaks four school records in a successful outing at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkeley.
A lineup of 14 members of the Tennessee Tech track & field team will be in California this weekend to compete on an extremely high level at the Brutus Hamilton Open, led by three runners who return to their home state to showcase their abilities.
Competing on two fronts yielded some sensational results for the Golden Eagle track & field team, with four first place performances, two school records, nine personal-best efforts and an historical first for the program.
\Na’Asha Robinson and \Sarah Brandt have opened the 2016 outdoor season by establishing school records on the first day of the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
The assault on the school record books proved successful during the indoor season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, and now coach Wayne Angel’s team turns its focus to the outdoor season, which gets underway this weekend at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
Na'Asha Robinson and Sarah Brandt each won individual championships and helped the Tennessee Tech track & field team post its highest point total in history at the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships at Tennessee State.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team earned five points Friday on the first day of the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships. More importantly, coach Wayne Angel's team will send five runners into the finals on Saturday.
Optimistically eyeing the best showing in school history, the Tennessee Tech track & field teams heads to Nashville this weekend to compete in the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships. The meet will be held Friday and Saturday at the Gentry Center on the campus of Tennessee State University.
The school record book, as well as the list of individual personal best efforts, continues to undergo a transformation for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, with one more school mark and seven PR efforts falling Saturday on the final day of the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team added two more school records Saturday on the second day of Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational, after establishing two school records Friday night on the opening day of the meet against some of the best programs in the country.
After setting one school record and two personal best marks Friday night to open action at the Vanderbilt Invitational, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team added another school record and five more career topping efforts Saturday to wrap up the squad's third weekend of action during the indoor season.
The Tennessee Tech women’s track & field team returns to action Sunday to compete in the Ed Temple Invitational at Tennessee State University. Second-year coach Wayne Angel sees more school records and career-best performances on the horizon from his squad.
Tennessee Tech runners broke four school records Saturday, including marks that had stood for 18 and 15 years, when the Golden Eagles opened the 2015-16 indoor season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.
What promises to be an exciting, record-breaking season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team gets underway Saturday when coach Wayne Angel takes a squad of 20 athletes to Nashville to compete in the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.