Completed Event: Cross Country versus NCAA Championships on November 22, 2025 , , 17th / 32
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Cross Country
17th / 32
vs NCAA Championships
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Murphy Continues Dominant Stretch, Wins Trail Run World Championship
11/27/2019 4:56 PM | Cross Country
Former Utah All-American Grayson Murphy won yet another race, this time the XTERRA Trail Run World Championship.
KAAAWA, Hawaii – Former Utah All-American Grayson Murphy continues her victory tour this past weekend when she won the 12th Annual XTERRA Trail Run World Championship half-marathon title.
After winning the World Mountain Running Championship just a week ago, Murphy went out and crushed her competition in the 21k run held at Kualoa Ranch in Kaaawa, Hawaii, with a time of 1:33:44. That winning time for Murphy beat the next fastest runner by nearly 11 minutes.
What's more impressive was that her time of 1:33:44 was also good for fifth overall when combined with the men's division. An added bonus was that fellow Team USA teammate Joseph Gray also won on the men's side, who also won the men's division alongside Murphy last week in Argentina at the World Mountain Running Championships.
Murphy was also named the USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week on Nov. 27 by the governing body after winning back-to-back races. That brings her total to three running titles in the span of two months.
After winning the World Mountain Running Championship just a week ago, Murphy went out and crushed her competition in the 21k run held at Kualoa Ranch in Kaaawa, Hawaii, with a time of 1:33:44. That winning time for Murphy beat the next fastest runner by nearly 11 minutes.
What's more impressive was that her time of 1:33:44 was also good for fifth overall when combined with the men's division. An added bonus was that fellow Team USA teammate Joseph Gray also won on the men's side, who also won the men's division alongside Murphy last week in Argentina at the World Mountain Running Championships.
Grayson Murphy looks to cap a brilliant trail running season with another world title but first a little fun in the sun at Hanauma Bay on Oahu. #xterrakualoa #xterraplanet @GoHawaii @OahuVB pic.twitter.com/J5QWizCAp9
— XTERRA (@XTERRAplanet) November 23, 2019
Murphy was also named the USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week on Nov. 27 by the governing body after winning back-to-back races. That brings her total to three running titles in the span of two months.
.@racin__grayson's world trail title earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors
— USATF (@usatf) November 27, 2019
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