Murphy's Fifth-Place Finish in 5,000m Highlights Friar Invite

Friday, April 10

Providence, R.I.

3:30 PM

University of New Hampshire

Friar Invitational

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Photo by: Greg Greene

Murphy's Fifth-Place Finish in 5,000m Highlights Friar Invite

4/10/2026 11:06:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior John Murphy (Deerfield, N.H.) raced to fifth place in the 5,000-meter run to highlight the University of New Hampshire men's track & field team's results at the Friar Invitational, which was held Friday at Providence College's Ray Treacy Track at Hendricken Field.

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Murphy finished in fifth place in the 5,000m invitational race with a time of 14 minutes, 28.49 seconds. He was in sixth place at the completion of laps five and six but then was 11^th at the end of Lap 9. Murphy improved his splits each of the last three laps, including finishing with his fastest 400m of 1:04.90 in the last lap. There were a total of 20 runners in the event.

Senior Zachary Hooper (Concord, N.H.), running in the 3,000m steeplechase for the first time this season, ran a personal-best time of 9:22.67 in the event to finish in 11^th place in a field of 19 competitors.

Junior Julian Rime (New City, N.Y.) and sophomore Gavin Malark (Stratham, N.H.) placed 12^th and 14^th, respectively, in the open mile; they finished 5-6 in Heat 4. Rime opened with his fastest split of 1:00.75 in the first lap and crossed the finish line in 4:14.71. Malark, whose first-lap split of 1:01.71 was also his fastest, had a time of 4:15.20.

Sophomore Carson Eames (Littleton, N.H.) placed 17^th in a field of 32 runners in the open 5,000m with a time of 15:13.25. He finished with his fastest 400m split of 1:10.46 on the final lap – Lap 12.

Freshman Ryan Zumbach (Hampton, N.H.) finished third in Heat 2 and 17^th place overall in the 800m with a time of 1:54.96. His split times were 55.50 seconds for the first lap and 59.46 for the second.

The UNH men's track & field team returns to action April 11 at the Ed Daniels Classic (at SNHU).

The next home meet is the Wildcat Invitational on April 24-25.

UNH Results

5,000m - Invitational
- Murphy, 5^th place, 14:28.49
3,000m Steeplechase
- Hooper, 11^th place, 9:22.67
Mile
- Rime, 12^th place, 4:14.71
- Malark, 14^th place, 4:15.20
- Xavier Lemieux (Buxton, Maine), 33^rd place, 4:21.89
- Ian Smith (Munster, Ind.), 39^th place, 4:26.25
5,000m – Open
- Eames, 16^th place, 15:13.25
800m - Open
- Zumbach, 17^th place, 1:54.96