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SIOUX FALLS, SD - February 3: University of South Dakota Swimming Invitational at the Midco Aquatic Center on February 3, 2024 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Photo by Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Liam Murray

Weight:
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Position:
Sprint Freestyle, Backstroke
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.
High School:
North H.S.
Major:
Mechanical Engineering

HONORS AND AWARDS

College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023-24)
Summit League All-Academic Team (2023-24)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2023-24)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24)

SDSU INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE LIST RANKINGS

Sixth in 50 Freestyle (:20.57 – 2022)
10th in 100 Freestyle (:45.62 – 2022)

2023-24: Placed 22nd in both the 100 backstroke (:52.44) and 100 freestyle (:461.7) at the Summit League Championships ... also competed in the 50 freestyle (:21.07) and was a member of the sixth-place 200 freestyle relay (1:22.24) ... set season-best times of 20.81 seconds in the 50 freestyle, 45.89 seconds in the 100 freestyle and 51.80 seconds in the 100 backstroke at the Augustana Invitational (11/16-18)

2022-23: Saw action primarily in the sprint freestyle and backstroke events … qualified for B final in the 100 freestyle at the Summit League Championships, placing 16^th in 46.44 seconds … also placed 17^th in the 50 freestyle (:20.99) and 21^st in the 100 backstroke (:53.03) … swam on the Jackrabbits’ fifth-place 400 freestyle relay team at league meet … clocked season-best times in 50 freestyle (:20.57), 100 freestyle (:45.62) and 200 freestyle (1:46.19) at Augustana Invitational … competed in the 50 freestyle and the 200 and 400 freestyle relays at the season-ending CSCAA National Invitational Championship

2021-22: Posted a 12^th-place finish in the 200 backstroke for his highest finish at the 2002 Summit League Championships … also placed 15^th in the 50 freestyle and 16^th in the 100 backstroke … closed season by competing in three events (50 free, 100 free, 100 back) at the NSCAA National Invitational Championship

2020-21: Reached the B finals in three events at the 2021 Summit League Championships … placed 11^th in the 50-yard freestyle, 12^th in the 100 free and 13^th in the 100 backstroke

BEFORE SDSU: Placed 10^th in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle at the 2019 Nebraska high school state championships … also was a state qualifier in both events the previous year