Ben Murphy-Baum

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Louis University
Hometown:
Webster Groves, Mo.

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... finished 19th in the 10,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships ... ran a personal best time in the 10,000-meter run (29:56.51) at the Stanford Invitational … competed in the 5,000-meter run at the Drake Relays. INDOOR: Competed in the 3,000-meter run (8:47.89) at the ISU Open … competed in the 5,000-meter run (14:35.99) at the ISU Classic. XC: Named Academic All-Big 12 ... finished 28th (30:45.91) at the 2010 NCAA Midwest Regional ... finished 45th at the 2010 Big 12 Cross Country Championships (25:43.43) ... competed in the Pre-Nationals Invitational on the 8,000-meter course (25:16.80) ... competed in the 8,000-meter race (25:26.20) at the Roy Griak Invitational.

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Named Academic All-Big 12 Track & Field Team … competed in the 5,000-meter run (14:44.22) and 10,000-meter run (31:41.72) at the 2010 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting a personal best in the 10,000-meter run ... finished sixth in the 5,000-meters (14:12.06) at the Mount Sac Relays, a personal best … placed fifth in section four of the 5,000-meters (14:26.30) at the Stanford Invitational. INDOOR: Competed in the 3,000-meter run (8:35.09) and the 5,000-meter run (14:35.00) at the 2010 Big 12 Indoor Championships, setting a personal best in the 5,000-meter run … placed second in the 3,000-meter run (8:34.28) at the Cyclone Open, a personal best … finished 11th in the 5,000-meter run (14:44.90) at the ISU Classic. XC: Earned Academic All-Big 12 First-Team honors ... finished 175th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (32:16) … competed at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships (25:58) … competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (25:57) on the 8,000-meter Les Bolstad Golf Course.

2008-2009: OUTDOOR: 27th-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (15:33.63) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... finished third in the 5,000-meter run (15:00.70) at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (3:57.28) at the Jim Duncan Invitational ... ninth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:07.14) at the Kip Janvrin Open ... finished 16th in the 5,000-meter run (14:52.03) at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. INDOOR: Placed 12th in the 3,000-meter run (8:33.51) at the ISU Open, a personal best time ... finished 32nd in the 5,000-meter run at the ISU Classic (14:54.25). XC: Earned Academic All-Big 12 First-Team cross country honors ... second-place finish at the Bradley Classic (25:17) ... finished 10th at the ISU Open (26:19) on the ISU 8,000-meter course ... finished second at the 4,000-meter Bulldog Classic (12:29).

2007-2008: INDOOR: Earned ninth in the 3,000-meter run at the Husker Invite (8:45.88) ... redshirted outdoor season.

2006-2007: Redshirted indoor and outdoor track seasons ... XC: Placed 49th at the Big 12 Championships in cross country as Iowa State's sixth finisher.

2005-2006: Redshirted cross country season.

Before Iowa State: Second-place at all-state cross country meet in 2005 ... 10th-place at all-state cross country meet in 2004 ... 28th at U.S. Jr. Nationals with a time of 25:22.

Personal: Born April 1, 1988 ... son of James and Kathy Murphy-Baum ... biochemistry major.