Analysis: Liam Murphy punched his ticket to Foot Locker Nationals last year after placing fourth at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional. His qualifying race was one of his strongest runs of the season, earning him a speed rating of 191. During indoor Murphy clocked a US No. 1 time of 8:54.22 in the 3200m at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions. He defeated the favorite, senior Devin Hart, by hundredths of a second. Outdoors he ran PRs of 9:04.43 in the 3200m and 4:18.76 in the 1600m.
MileSplit50 Boys National Rankings Countdown
| RANK | ENTRY |
|---|
| 25 | Aug. 20 -- Jonas Price (Eisenhower Senior, WA) |
| 24 | Aug. 20 -- Silas Winders (Henry County, TN) |
| 23 | Aug. 20 -- Patrick Anderson (Mt. Lebanon, PA) |
| 22 | Aug. 20 -- Liam Murphy (Allentown, NJ) |
| 21 | Aug. 20 -- Caleb Niednagel (La Costa Canyon, CA) |
| 20 | Aug. 21 -- Anthony Monte (Austin Vandegrift, TX) |
| 19 | Aug. 22 -- Jarrett Kirk (Flower Mound, TX) |
| 18 | Aug. 23 -- Thomas Boyden (Skyline) |
| 17 | Aug. 24 -- Robbie Cozean (Xavier, CT) |
| 16 | Aug. 25 -- Ryan Schoppe (La Porte, TX) |
| 15 | Aug. 26 -- Connor Ohlson (Dakota Ridge, CO) |
| 14 | Aug. 27 -- Cruz Culpepper (Niwot, CO) |
| 13 | Aug. 28 -- Leo Daschbach (Highland, AZ) |
| 12 | Aug. 29 -- Ethan Kern (York, IL) |
| 11 | Aug. 30 -- Stetson Moss (Thunder Ridge, ID) |
| 10 | Aug. 31 -- Daniel O'Brien (Virginia Episcopal, VA) |
| 9 | Sept. 1 -- Nathan Green (Borah, ID) |
| 8 | Sept. 2 -- Evan Bishop (East Grand Rapids) |
| 7 | Sept. 3 -- Carter Solomon (Plymouth, MI) |
| 6 | Sept. 4 -- Evan Holland (Ashland) |
| 5 | Sept. 6 -- Josh Methner (Hersey) |
| 4 | Sept. 6 -- Graydon Morris (Aledo) |
| 3 | Sept. 6 -- Matt Strangio (Jesuit) |
| 2 | Sept. 6 -- Nico Young (Newbury Park, CA) |
| 1 | Sept. 6 -- Cole Sprout (Valor Christian) |
