SEATTLE — University of Colorado senior Pierce Murphy opened up his final indoor season with the second fastest NCAA 5,000-meter run time of the season, turning in a performance of 13:40.12 on the first day of the Husky Classic on Friday night at the University of Washington.
Murphy, who was running his first race since placing third at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in late November, placed second to Oregon’s Edward Cheserek (13:35.86) in the top section of the elite field. Murphy’s time was less than a second from his personal record (13:39.29), which he ran a year ago.