The University of Mississippi Athletics
2019 Track and Field Roster
Murray, Lindsey
Lindsey Murray
- Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
- -/R-Sr.
- Position:
- Pole Vault
- Hometown:
- Harrisburg, Ill.
- High school:
- Harrisburg
- Prev. School:
- Southern Illinois
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Bio
TFRRS Bio
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Senior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 16th Place)
NCAA East Regional Qualifier (Pole Vault, 1st Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 7th Place)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 16th place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (4.20m, 13-9.25) ... Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships, tying for first (4.17m, 13-8.25) ... Scored SEC points by coming in seventh at the SEC Outdoor Championships (4.01m, 13-1.75) ... Won three meets during the regular season: Joe Walker Classic (4.25m, 13-11.25), Ole Miss Classic (4.22m, 13-10), and the Miami Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge (4.15m, 13-7.25) ... Finished second at the LSU Invite (4.31m, 14-1.75) ... Placed fourth at the War Eagle Invite (3.80m, 12-5.5) ... Finished second at the Spec Towns Invite (3.95m, 12-11.5).
2019 Indoor (Redshirt Senior)
Did not compete.
2018 Outdoor (Redshirt Junior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 16th Place)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (Pole Vault, 8th Place)
Second-Team All-SEC (Pole Vault, 3rd (Place)
School Record (Pole Vault)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 16th place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA East Region Championships (4.18m, 13-8.5) … Earned Second-Team All-SEC status with a third-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships, as she broke her own school record in the pole vault at 4.35m (14-3.25) … Also competed in five meets during the regular season … Placed seventh at the LSU Invite (4.05m, 13-3.5) … Finished fourth at the War Eagle Invite (3.96m, 12-11.75) … Won the Joe Walker Invite (4.18m, 13-8.5) … Won the Spec Towns Invite (4.16m, 13-7.75) … Opened the season with a win at the USC Power 5 Challenge (4.06m, 13-3.75).
2018 Indoor (Senior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 15th Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 4th Place)
School Record (Pole Vault)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 15th place finish in the pole vault at 4.11m (13-5.75) … Scored SEC points with and broke her own school record with a fourth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships (4.30m, 14-1.25) … Also competed in five meets during the regular season … Placed fifth at the Music City Challenge at 4.04m (13-3) … Came in fifth at the New Mexico Classic (4.17m, 13-8.25) … Finished fourth at the Razorback Invite (4.04m, 13-3) … Placed second at the Vanderbilt Invite (4.07m, 13-4.25) … Opened her season with a victory at the Blazer Invite (4.05m, 13-3.5).
2017 Outdoor (Junior)
Did not compete
2017 Indoor (Junior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 13th Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 7th Place)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 13th place finish in the pole vault at the SEC Indoor Championships … Scored SEC points after placing seventh at the SEC Indoor Championships (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Also competed in four other meets during the season … Her best mark of the year came with a sixth-place finish at the New Mexico Classic (4.22m, 13-10) … Placed fourth at the Razorback Invite (4.18m, 13-8.5) … Finished third at the Rod McCravy Memorial (4.20m, 13-9.25) … Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Vanderbilt Invite (3.99m, 13-1).
2016 Outdoor (Sophomore)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 15th Place)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (Pole Vault, 8th Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 7th Place)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 15th place finish in the pole vault (4.05m, 13-3.5) … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA East Regional … Scored SEC points with a seventh-place finish (4.00m, 13-1.5) … Set a PR and broke the school record at the Memphis Tiger Invite (4.34m, 14-2.75) … Also competed in six other meets … Placed fifth at the Virginia Challenge (4.10m, 13-5.25) … Finished fifth at the Texas Invite (4.22m, 13-10) … Came in third at the Tiger Track Classic (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Finished second at the Florida Relays (4.20m, 13-9.25) … Placed third at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (4.20m, 13-9.25) … Opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Alabama Relays (3.95m, 12-11.5).
2016 Indoor (Sophomore)
Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pole vault … Competed in six other meets during the indoor season, all in the pole vault … Opened the season by winning the Kentucky Invitational at 4.01m (13-1.75) … Followed this up with a third-place finish at the Conference Clash (4.06m, 13-3.75) … Broke the school record with a season-best 4.29m (14-0.75) at the Vanderbilt Invite (4.29, 14-0.75) … Placed seventh at the Meyo Invitational (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Finished third at the Iowa State Classic (4.05m, 13-3.5) … Ended her season at the SEC Indoor Championships.
AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
2015 (FRESHMAN)
Set the Southern Illinois school records in the outdoor pole vault (4.22m/13-10) and indoor pole vault (4.30m/14-1.25) as a freshman last year ... placed third at the USATF Junior Championships (4.10m/13-5.25), just outside of the top two that qualified for the IAAF World Junior Championships ... placed ninth at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships with a vault of 4.20m/13-9.25 to earn USTFCCCA Second Team All-America distinction ... was the top indoor national finisher among freshmen ... Missouri Valley Conference indoor pole vault champion (4.18m/13-8.5) ... her career-best and school-record vault of 4.30m/14-1.25 to win the SIU Indoor Invitational made her the second MVC women's vaulter to ever clear 14 feet ... between the indoor and outdoor seasons of her freshman campaign, she achieved eight meet titles and cleared 13 feet in all but one meet ... placed runner-up at the MVC Outdoor Championships with an outdoor school-record clearance of 4.22m/13-10 ... three-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week in 2015 ...
High School
All-time Illinois high school girls state record holder in the pole vault at 13-4, which won her the outdoor state title her senior season ... indoor and outdoor IHSA state pole vault champion her senior year ... four-time All-Conference, four-time state qualifier, three-time All-State, three-time All-South, two-time National Elite, two-time State Elite, two-time WEBQ Athlete of the Year, two-time Junior All-American ... Gatorade Athlete of the Year nominee her senior season ... WSIL Martin's Moment of the Year her senior season ... the Southern Illinoisian Track Athlete of the Year her senior season ... also a state qualifier in the high jump her senior season, in which she broke the school record at 5-4 ... earned 12 varsity letters while at Harrisburg ... also participated in basketball, volleyball, soccer and golf ... was a three-time All-Conference, two-time All-State and one-time All-South selection in basketball, in which she played varsity all four seasons.
Personal
Born July 22, 1996 ... daughter of Gordon and Julie Murray ... has one younger sibling, Christian ... enjoys outdoor adventures, baking and watching Netflix ... plans to pursue a degree and career in criminal justice.
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Senior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 16th Place)
NCAA East Regional Qualifier (Pole Vault, 1st Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 7th Place)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 16th place finish in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (4.20m, 13-9.25) ... Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships, tying for first (4.17m, 13-8.25) ... Scored SEC points by coming in seventh at the SEC Outdoor Championships (4.01m, 13-1.75) ... Won three meets during the regular season: Joe Walker Classic (4.25m, 13-11.25), Ole Miss Classic (4.22m, 13-10), and the Miami Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge (4.15m, 13-7.25) ... Finished second at the LSU Invite (4.31m, 14-1.75) ... Placed fourth at the War Eagle Invite (3.80m, 12-5.5) ... Finished second at the Spec Towns Invite (3.95m, 12-11.5).
2019 Indoor (Redshirt Senior)
Did not compete.
2018 Outdoor (Redshirt Junior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 16th Place)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (Pole Vault, 8th Place)
Second-Team All-SEC (Pole Vault, 3rd (Place)
School Record (Pole Vault)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 16th place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA East Region Championships (4.18m, 13-8.5) … Earned Second-Team All-SEC status with a third-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships, as she broke her own school record in the pole vault at 4.35m (14-3.25) … Also competed in five meets during the regular season … Placed seventh at the LSU Invite (4.05m, 13-3.5) … Finished fourth at the War Eagle Invite (3.96m, 12-11.75) … Won the Joe Walker Invite (4.18m, 13-8.5) … Won the Spec Towns Invite (4.16m, 13-7.75) … Opened the season with a win at the USC Power 5 Challenge (4.06m, 13-3.75).
2018 Indoor (Senior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 15th Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 4th Place)
School Record (Pole Vault)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 15th place finish in the pole vault at 4.11m (13-5.75) … Scored SEC points with and broke her own school record with a fourth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships (4.30m, 14-1.25) … Also competed in five meets during the regular season … Placed fifth at the Music City Challenge at 4.04m (13-3) … Came in fifth at the New Mexico Classic (4.17m, 13-8.25) … Finished fourth at the Razorback Invite (4.04m, 13-3) … Placed second at the Vanderbilt Invite (4.07m, 13-4.25) … Opened her season with a victory at the Blazer Invite (4.05m, 13-3.5).
2017 Outdoor (Junior)
Did not compete
2017 Indoor (Junior)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 13th Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 7th Place)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 13th place finish in the pole vault at the SEC Indoor Championships … Scored SEC points after placing seventh at the SEC Indoor Championships (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Also competed in four other meets during the season … Her best mark of the year came with a sixth-place finish at the New Mexico Classic (4.22m, 13-10) … Placed fourth at the Razorback Invite (4.18m, 13-8.5) … Finished third at the Rod McCravy Memorial (4.20m, 13-9.25) … Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Vanderbilt Invite (3.99m, 13-1).
2016 Outdoor (Sophomore)
Second-Team All-American (Pole Vault, 15th Place)
NCAA East Region Qualifier (Pole Vault, 8th Place)
SEC Scorer (Pole Vault, 7th Place)
Earned Second-Team All-American status with a 15th place finish in the pole vault (4.05m, 13-3.5) … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA East Regional … Scored SEC points with a seventh-place finish (4.00m, 13-1.5) … Set a PR and broke the school record at the Memphis Tiger Invite (4.34m, 14-2.75) … Also competed in six other meets … Placed fifth at the Virginia Challenge (4.10m, 13-5.25) … Finished fifth at the Texas Invite (4.22m, 13-10) … Came in third at the Tiger Track Classic (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Finished second at the Florida Relays (4.20m, 13-9.25) … Placed third at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (4.20m, 13-9.25) … Opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Alabama Relays (3.95m, 12-11.5).
2016 Indoor (Sophomore)
Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the pole vault … Competed in six other meets during the indoor season, all in the pole vault … Opened the season by winning the Kentucky Invitational at 4.01m (13-1.75) … Followed this up with a third-place finish at the Conference Clash (4.06m, 13-3.75) … Broke the school record with a season-best 4.29m (14-0.75) at the Vanderbilt Invite (4.29, 14-0.75) … Placed seventh at the Meyo Invitational (4.15m, 13-7.25) … Finished third at the Iowa State Classic (4.05m, 13-3.5) … Ended her season at the SEC Indoor Championships.
AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
2015 (FRESHMAN)
Set the Southern Illinois school records in the outdoor pole vault (4.22m/13-10) and indoor pole vault (4.30m/14-1.25) as a freshman last year ... placed third at the USATF Junior Championships (4.10m/13-5.25), just outside of the top two that qualified for the IAAF World Junior Championships ... placed ninth at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships with a vault of 4.20m/13-9.25 to earn USTFCCCA Second Team All-America distinction ... was the top indoor national finisher among freshmen ... Missouri Valley Conference indoor pole vault champion (4.18m/13-8.5) ... her career-best and school-record vault of 4.30m/14-1.25 to win the SIU Indoor Invitational made her the second MVC women's vaulter to ever clear 14 feet ... between the indoor and outdoor seasons of her freshman campaign, she achieved eight meet titles and cleared 13 feet in all but one meet ... placed runner-up at the MVC Outdoor Championships with an outdoor school-record clearance of 4.22m/13-10 ... three-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week in 2015 ...
High School
All-time Illinois high school girls state record holder in the pole vault at 13-4, which won her the outdoor state title her senior season ... indoor and outdoor IHSA state pole vault champion her senior year ... four-time All-Conference, four-time state qualifier, three-time All-State, three-time All-South, two-time National Elite, two-time State Elite, two-time WEBQ Athlete of the Year, two-time Junior All-American ... Gatorade Athlete of the Year nominee her senior season ... WSIL Martin's Moment of the Year her senior season ... the Southern Illinoisian Track Athlete of the Year her senior season ... also a state qualifier in the high jump her senior season, in which she broke the school record at 5-4 ... earned 12 varsity letters while at Harrisburg ... also participated in basketball, volleyball, soccer and golf ... was a three-time All-Conference, two-time All-State and one-time All-South selection in basketball, in which she played varsity all four seasons.
Personal
Born July 22, 1996 ... daughter of Gordon and Julie Murray ... has one younger sibling, Christian ... enjoys outdoor adventures, baking and watching Netflix ... plans to pursue a degree and career in criminal justice.
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