Lauren Murphy
	Class: Senior Hometown: The Woodlands High School: John Cooper School Height: 5-8 Event: distance Experience: 3L

Personal Bests:
4:41.67 (2006) 1500
10:49.34i (2004) 3,000
19:29.32 (2004) 5,000
42:02.36 (2004) 10,000

SENIOR (2005-06)
Outdoor: Dramatically lowered lifetime-best for 1500 with her 4:41.67 at Rice Twilight meet.
Indoor: Set personal-best for mile with a 5:10.63 to take 12th at the C-USA meet.
Cross Country: Owls' leading runner with a third-place finish at the Bayou meet Oct. 17... Also placed 19th at Islander Splash.

JUNIOR (2004-05)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Cross Country: Member of Owls team that finished second in WAC competition and advanced to NCAA regional... In individual standings, placed 34th at WAC and 88th at NCAA regional... Also 15th at Rice and 17th in Corpus Christi in two team wins.

SOPHOMORE (2003-04)
Outdoor: Ran 42:02.36 in the 10,000 at the Texas Relays and 19:29.32 in the 5,000 at the Bayou Classic... Also timed in 4:58.86 for 1500 and 11:14.87 in 3,000.
Indoor: Posted 10:49.34 finish in the 3,000 at the Houston Invitational and 5:25.47 in the mile at Hilton Memorial at Houston... Also competed on distance medley relay team.
Cross Country: Helped the Rice team to third at the WAC championships (47th among WAC individual runners)... Ran 14th at Rice meet to open season and also competed in NCAA regional (placed 82nd).

FRESHMAN (2002-03)
Outdoor: Redshirt.
Indoor: Finished the indoor season with a mile best of 5:17.55... Also ran the 3,000, recording 11:03.87.
Cross Country: Placed 14th at the Rice Invitational... Member of the Owls' WAC championship team.

PREP/PERSONAL
2002 graduate of the John Cooper School in The Woodlands...Four-year letterwinner for coach George Dohner... MVP of the Dragons' cross country and track and field teams... TAPPS 4A state champion in cross country and the 1600 during her senior year... Runner-up at the state meet in the 1600 earlier... Won the Blood, Sweat and Tears Award her junior year... Maintained 3.2 GPA... Was class president and a member of the student council and Interact club.
Personal - Full Name: Lauren Elizabeth Murphy... Born: Sept. 12, 1983, at Kingwood... Parents: Dr. John and Karen Murphy, The Woodlands (two sisters)... Rice Major: psychology... College: Brown.