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High School: A 2009 graduate of Mira Costa High School (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)... lettered three times each in cross country and track & field for the Mustangs before running unattached from the school during her senior year... three-time all-state selection after finishing third, 10th and ninth in the Division II meet... took ninth at the 2005 Foot Locker West Region meet... 12th in the state in the mile (2006) with a time of 4:57.61... Bay League cross country champion in 2005... selected as the Daily Breeze Runner of the Year in 2005 and 2006... first team cross country selection (2005) by the Los Angeles Times... competed for the team See Jane Run at the 2008 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships and was the fourth scorer on the seventh-place team... voted as the MCHS cross country MVP in 2005 and 2006, Most Outstanding Runner in 2007 and "Most Athletic" by her senior class in 2009... earned several awards as a lifeguard... selected to represent the U.S. Lifeguard Association World Team `Rescue 2008' in Berlin (six men and six men competed)... three-time USLA National Junior Guard Champion (2005, 2006, 2007) Distance Paddleboard, Distance Runner and Iron Guard... earned scholar-athlete honors from MCHS in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Personal: Major is English (creative writing)... parents are Michael and Marianne Murphy... has one sister: Keely... her mother, Marianne, was a four-year member of the Stanford club volleyball team, completing her senior season one year before the program became a varsity sport... her grandfather, John Hallisey, played basketball for California in the late 1940's... born November 29, 1990, in Torrance, Calif.... hobbies include jewelry making, photography and surfing... is a Recurrent Ocean Lifeguard for Los Angeles County as well as a Seasonal State of California Ocean Lifeguard... full name is Kevyn Anne Murphy.
Personal Bests 800: 2:17.19 1500: 4:37.12 1600: 4:57.91 Steeple: 11:07.35
