TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY CAPTAIN SET NUMEROUS RECORDS
The Pingry Record (1969)
called Marc Murphy “one of the finest individual runners ever to perform at
Pingry.” His involvement in track spanned his high school career. Marc ran Winter
Track all four years, heading the team as captain during his junior and senior
years. He ran Spring Track for three
years, serving as captain during his senior year. He also ran Cross Country as
a senior. Marc broke several records in each of these sports.
He set or participated in setting several Pingry records in
Winter Track. These included the Mile Relay in 3:36.3 (sophomore year), 2-Mile
Relay in 8:34.4 (junior year), and 880-Yard race in 1:56.9 (senior year), which
earned him the State Championship. In his senior year, Marc ran as a member of
the mile relay team that set a new standard of 3:33.3.
The records continued in Spring Track. In 1968, Marc was
part of the team that set the County record in the 1 7/8-Mile Relay in 7:50.8,
and, in the same year, he won both the County and State Championships in the
880-Yard race. In 1969, he added two more school records: the 880 in 1:55.2,
which earned him another State Championship, and, as a member of the relay
team, the Mile Relay record of 3:24.5.Also in his senior year,
Marc set the school record in Cross Country running the Pingry course in 12:44.
In 1969, Marc received the Centennial Cup, awarded to each graduating
class’ most outstanding athlete, and he earned seven varsity letters. He also ran
for PrincetonUniversity’s track team. He later joined
the Air Force and served his country for almost 25 years.
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