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Kristina Murphy Season 2022-23

PositionBREAST, IM
Height5-9
ClassSenior
HometownClarksburg, Calif.

bio entering 2021-22

Honors & Awards

  • Holds SDSU Top-10 marks in:
    100 Breast: 1:01.33 (No. 6)
    200 Breast: 2:11.07 (No. 3)
    200 IM: 1:59.11 (No. 4)
    400 IM: 4:13.24 (No. 4)
    400 Free Relay (No. 4 & No. 10)
    800 Free Relay (No. 9)
    400 Medley Relay (No. 8)

  • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
  • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Academic All-Mountain West
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-American (Honorable Mention)
  • 2022 Mountain West Champion (200 IM, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
  • 2021 Mountain West Champion (800 Free Relay)
  • 2022 All-Mountain West (200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
  • 2021 All-Mountain West (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay)
  • 2020 All-Mountain West (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Breast)
  • 2019 All-Mountain West (200 IM, 200 Breast)
  • SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)

Link: Season & Career Bests

2020-21:
Earned all-MW honors in all of her individual swims at the league championship meet, highlighted by second-place finishes in the 200 IM and 400 IM … At the same meet, swam an NCAA ‘B’ Cut 200 breast swim of 2:13.37, good for fourth place … Totaled two event tiles at the Aztecs’ dual meet with Cal Poly, placing first in the 200 breast and 200 IM … Opened the season with gold-medal swims int he 200 and 400 IM at the Fresno State Invite. 

2019-20: Set career-best marks in the 200 Breast, 200 IM and 400 IM at the 2020 MW Championships … Her third-place finish in the 200 IM at the conference championship clocked in at 1:59.16, the fourth-best time ever swam by an Aztec, while her 400 IM bronze medal finish sits sixth in the SDSU record books (4:16.39) … She also earned a sixth-place effort in the 200 Breast in the league title-chase, swimming to a time of 2:12.15, the sixth-best mark in program history ... Earned three top-five finishes at the 2019 Chick-Fil-A Invitational (Oct. 11), placing fourth in the 200 Breast (1:05.03), third in the 400 IM (4:25.72), and fifth in the 200 IM (2:05.46) … Captured two third-place finishes in the Aztecs’ double-dual meet with Boise State and Pepperdine  (200 Free, 200 Breast, Oct.18) … Recorded three top-10 finishes at the 2019 Mizzou Invitational, highlighted by a sixth-place finish in the 400 IM (Nov. 20-22).

2018-19: Competed at the MW Championships and finished sixth in the 200 IM with a time of 7:16.72 … Also competed in the 200 breast and finished eighth with a time of 2:14.56 … Placed 15th in the 100 breast clocking in at 1:02.75 … Part of the 800 free relay team at the MW Championships and helped the team win fourth with a time of 7:16.72 … Performed well at the Mizzou Invitational and made it into the Aztec record books in three different races (as of that date): fifth-best in Aztec history in 200 breast (2:12.57), eighth-best in 200 IM (2:01.17) and ninth-best in 100 breast (1:01.94) …  2019 MW All-Conference selection in the 200 IM and 200 breast.

HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate and four-year letter winner from Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, California… Coached there by Brian Peck… Named Team MVP as a sophomore, junior, and senior… Earned all-American status seven times in her high school career… Qualified for junior national and national meets… Won a San Joaquin Section championship in 2017… In the classroom, earned AP scholar status while being a California Scholarship member and a California Scholar Athlete.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Mark and Cindy Murphy… Her father played football at Sacramento City College and Saint Mary’s… Works as a lifeguard in her spare time… Undecided on a major.