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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Colin Murray

Colin Murray

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Redford, Mich.
  • High School:
    Divine Child

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2025)
  • 3x Horizon League Freshmen Of The Week
  • All-Horizon League Second Team (2025)


2026 Outdoor:

  • Recorded two school records in the outdoor campaign
  • Earned 11th and broke his own rookie 5,000m record by finishing 11th in 14:20.28, second in school history, at the Bison Outdoor Classic
  • Registered another Titan rookie record with his second-place effort of 3:53.78 in the 1,500m, fifth overall in Titan history, at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
  • Ran 14:41.60 for seventh in the 5,000m at the Drake Relays
  • Scored in the 5,000m at the Horizon League Championships by taking eighth in 14:36.73


2025-26 Indoor:

  • Tallied three school records in the indoor season
  • Won his first collegiate race, taking the 3,000m at the SVSU Classic in 8:40.29
  • Set a Titan rookie record in the 5,000m at Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational as he finished eighth with a time of 4:30.23
  • Broke another rookie record by claiming ninth in the mile at the Michigan Invitational in 4:14.68, and then lowered it at the Silverston Invite to 4:11.97 for fifth in the race and sixth in Titan history
  • Garnered a silver in the 3,000m as he crossed the finish line in 8:21.57, the third-best run in the school record book and the best by a rookie, at the GVSU Big Meet
  • Scored in the 5,000m at the Horizon League championships, clocking 14:27.26


Prior To Detroit Mercy:

  • A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track
  • Tabbed All-State in cross country three times, finishing 25th as a sophomore, ninth as a junior, and fourth as a senior
  • Was also a three-time All-Catholic and All-Press & Guide in cross country, including first-place finishes at the regionals and the Catholic League Championships as a junior and senior
  • Was All-State five times in track, including back-to-back in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters as a junior and senior, and on the 4x800 as a sophomore

Personal:
  • Son of Patricia and Guy Murray
  • His dad is the current cross country and track and field coach, ran cross country and track for the Titans, and was the 1989 President's Award winner
  • His mom ran cross country and track at Eastern Michigan
  • Has an older sister, Kaitlin, who ran cross country and track for the Titans from 2019-2023
  • Has a cousin who runs cross country and track at Loyola Chicago
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because he has been around the campus since he was a kid, and it felt like an excellent opportunity to run here too
  • A Mechanical Engineering major

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