Warsaw Community High School standout Robert Murphy has run the streets of Warsaw for many years, and the senior has found a path leading to Vincennes. Murphy, coming off a tremendous cross country season and gearing up for this year’s track season, signed a letter of intent to run both cross country and track at Vincennes University. Murphy played an instrumental role in Warsaw’s fourth-place finish at this year’s IHSAA cross country state championships in Terre Haute, and the speedy senior will spend his collegiate days making trails about 50 miles to the south of the Laverne Gibson Cross Country course where he and his teammates turned in the best team performance in school history. Murphy’s 14th place finish at the state finals earned him All-State recognition. He was also an All Northern Lakes Conference selection as a senior, as he led the Tigers to the sectional and regional crowns and a runner-up finish at semistate under coach Jim Mills. As a junior, Murphy was a key figure in the WCHS track team’s strong performance during the regular season and post-season runs. The Tigers were undefeated in the Northern Lakes Conference and at the conference meet, and captured the sectional title before being nipped by a point in the regional. Murphy was the 3200 meter champion for coach Matt Thacker’s squad at sectional and he took third in the NLC meet in both the 3200 and 1600 meter runs. Murphy plans on majoring in Multi Media Communications while participating in both cross country and track & field for coach Chris Gafner’s Trailblazers at Vincennes.
