JACKSONVILLE, FL- Redshirt senior Corey Murphy became the third Hawk in as many days to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. He threw a school record breaking 63'9.75" (19.45 meters) in the shot put to finish third in the East Preliminary. The indoor All-American qualifies for his first NCAA Outdoor Championships and is the first Monmouth shot putter to qualify since Errol Jeffery in 2013.
Murphy broke the school record of 63'8.25" set by Jon Kalnas in 2002. Kalnas is a 3-time First Team All-American, 3-time Olympic Trials qualifier and Monmouth University Hall of Famer.
Murphy hit 19.45m on his first throw, then followed up a 19.42m throw. Both of those marks were beyond his previous best of 19.22m. Murphy joins Kalnas and Dylan Capwell '18 as the only Monmouth athlete to make it to the NCAA Finals both indoors and outdoors. 
 
"Corey's preparation coming in to the meet working with Coach Spaulding was excellent," said Head Coach Joe Compagni. "He brought great energy, focus and fire to the competition today and it showed. One of our goals this year was to increase our national presence, and the group that competed here in Jacksonville certainly did that."
 
Murphy joins Danielle Steff and Allie Wilson representing the Hawks at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas. This is the first time in school history that the Hawks will send three athletes to the NCAA Finals. Last year, Wilson and Capwell represented Monmouth at NCAAs in Oregon.
 
The NCAA Championship Finals will take place June 5-8. All four days will air on the ESPN family of networks.