TFRRS Bio
Indoor Track & Field:
2018
MVC Champion (High Jump)
Claimed the MVC Championship in the men's high jump with a career-best mark of 2.14m (7-00.25), which is seventh in school history...Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores...Now eighth all-time in the history of Ireland in the high jump.
2017
MVC Scorer (High Jump, fourth)
Competed in eight meets for the Sycamores in the high jump...Placed fourth at the MVC Championships with a mark of 2.08m (6-09.75)...Recorded a season-best mark of 2.09m (6-10.25) at the Terre Haute Double Dual Meet.
2016
MVC Runner-Up (High Jump)
Finished with All-MVC honors as the high jump runner-up behind All-American Kyle Landon of Southern Illinois...Murtagh and Landon were the only two left in competition, with Murtagh clearing a near-PR 2.11m (6-11.00) for the No. 2 position...Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores...Set an overall career-best at 2.12m (6-11.50), which ties for the 10th-best leap in school history indoors...Won three high jump titles during the season.
2015
MVC Scorer (High Jump, fifth place)
Scored in the high jump in his first-career MVC Championship meet...Finished fifth at 2.02m (6-07.50)...Competed in seven total meets for the Sycamores...Had a then career-best leap of 2.05m (6-08.75), which he cleared three times that season.
Outdoor Track & Field:
2018
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump, 13th place)
MVC Champion (High Jump)
MVC Scholar Athlete
Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the high jump where he finished 13th overall with a mark of 2.11m (6-11.00)...Claimed the MVC title in the high jump with a jump of 2.12m (6-11.05)...Recorded a personal-record and fourth-best jump in school history of 2.18m (7-01.75) at the Gibson Invite...Named to MVC Scholar Athlete team.Â
2017
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump, 36th place)
MVC Runner-Up (High Jump)
MVC Scholar Athlete
Was an NCAA East Region Qualifier in the high jump and finished 36th with a mark of 2.00m (6-06.75)...MVC runner-up in the high jump at the MVC Championships with a mark of 2.09m (6-10.25)...Tied his personal-best mark in the high jump from 2016 at 2.12m (6-11.50) at the Tiger Track Classic; it is also the mark he won the Irish National Championships with over the summer.
2016
NCAA East Region Qualifier (High Jump, 21st place)
MVC Scorer (High Jump, fourth place)
NCAA East Region qualifier in the high jump, where he finished 21st overall at 2.08m (6-09.75)...Scored again at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the high jump, finishing fourth at 2.11m (6-11.00)...Cleared 2.11m (6-11.00) twice during the year, tying him for 10th all-time at ISU outdoors...Won the high jump title at home in the Pacesetter Invite.
2015
MVC Scorer (High Jump, fifth place)
Repeated his indoor performance with a fifth-place finish in the high jump for the Sycamore men at the MVC Indoor Championships...Cleared 2.03m (6-08.00) for fifth place...Tied his career-best of 2.05m (6-08.75) at the Gibson Invite.
High School
Three-time National Champion...Established U19 national record at 2.10m (6-10.75)...2014 Senior Championships runner-up...Regional Champion...Three-time Ireland national team member from 2012-14...Placed fourth in 2012, third in 2013, second in 2014.
Personal
Born Dec. 13, 1995, in Louth, Ireland, to Fiona and Maurice Murtagh...Has three siblings: David, Alan and Lee...Played Gaelic football for Dublin City University...Majoring in psychology.
