Jeramie Murray is in his sixth season as the sprints and hurdles coach at Utah State, where his student-athletes have combined for two All-America honors, four Mountain West titles and 38 all-conference accolades under his tutelage.
While the 2020-21 campaign saw the cancelation of the indoor track & field season due to COVID-19, the Aggie sprinters and hurdlers still enjoyed success during the outdoor season.
Clark Brown earned a pair of all-Mountain West honors as the native of Mesa, Arizona, placed third in the 100 meters with a time of 10.70 and third in the 4x100-meter relay with a personal-best time of 40.97 at the outdoor championships. Nick Ashby, Garen Earley and Austin Lane also joined Brown on the relay team, running personal-best times to all earn all-league accolades.
During the 2020 campaign, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Murray’s 4x400-meter squad captured first-team all-MW honors after placing third in the event at the Indoor Championships. The men’s relay team consisting of Skyler Andam, Mikhail Kidd, Spencer Eldridge and Nathan Kaufusi clocked a time of 3:13.49, which ranks ninth all-time in school history.
The 2019 season was highlighted by Carl Jones Jr. earning a pair of first-team all-MW honors during the outdoor season as he placed second in the 100 meters (10.50) and third in the 4x100-meter relay (41.21). Chad Artist, Jacob Davis and Austin Lane joined Jones on the relay team.
During the indoor portion of the season, Jones earned first-team all-MW honors after placing third with a time of 6.85 in the 60 meters at the Indoor Championships. On the women’s side, Kasia Lawrynowicz ran a leg on Utah State’s DMR team that placed third at the Indoor Championships with a school-record time of 11:31.69.
Murray coached Talie Bonds to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in 2019, where she placed 39th with a time of 13.83 in the first round of the 100-meter hurdles.
In 2018, Murray coached Jordan Brandt, who qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in the 400-meter hurdles. She later went on to place 10th in the first round of the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.82 at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships.
As a freshman in 2018, Brandt recorded a career-best time of 59.34 in the 400-meter hurdles, which ranks fourth all-time in school history. During the indoor season, Brandt set career-best times of 3:44.34 in the 4x400-meter relay, which ranks seventh all-time in school history, and 11:57.70 in the DMR. Furthermore, she ran a personal best of 8.89 in the 60-meter hurdles.
In Murray’s first year at Utah State, the sprint squad had a banner year. AJ Boully capped his stellar Aggie career by earning second-team All-American honors by placing 13th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 50.47 at the NCAA Outdoor Finals. Boully also garnered three first-team all-Mountain West accolades during the outdoor season after placing first in both the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay, and second in the 110-meter hurdles, at the Outdoor Championships.
Boully also won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 49.58 at the prestigious Texas Relays. Not to be outdone, the 4x400-meter relay team garnered several outstanding victories on the season, winning the Tyson Invitational Open Division in 3:07.23 to set an indoor school record and also winning the Texas Relays University/College division in 3:06.72.
The 4x400-meter relay team of Boully, Joshua Gordon, Brady Martin and Michael Bluth also set a Mountain West meet record with a winning time of 3:05.53 at the Outdoor Championships.
Prior to coming to Utah State, Murray worked for the city of St. George Races and Events department. During that time, he helped coordinate road races and triathlons, including the St. George Marathon and the Snow Canyon Half.
Before working for the city of St. George, Murray spent 15 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Southern Utah, where he worked with the sprinters, hurdlers, relays and jumps/multi event athletes.
During his time with the Thunderbirds, Murray mentored 112 all-conference athletes, 66 individual conference champions, three newcomers of the year, four Conference Athletes of the Year, and four All-Americans. Additionally, he assisted in 39 Summit League team titles and in 2009, his athletes set a then-conference meet record in the 4x400 meter relay.
Murray was a four-year letterwinner (1992-1996) and two-time all-conference honoree as a sprinter for the Thunderbirds. He graduated from SUU with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and went on to earn a graduate degree in education in 2000. Murray later earned another graduate degree from SUU in sports conditioning and performance.
Murray, a USATF level II certified coach, and his wife, Heather, currently reside in Wellsville. They have a 9-year-old son named Ronan.
MURRAY’S ATHLETES BY THE NUMBERS
• Two All-America Honors
• Two Mountain West Champions (one track & field individual, one relay)
• 38 All-Mountain West performers
• Three NCAA West Preliminary Championships Qualifiers
ALL-AMERICANS
Men
2017-18
• Brady Martin – DMR – Fifth (First Team) – 9:32.31
2016-17
• AJ Boully – 400-Meter Hurdles – 13th (Second Team) – 50.47
MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONS
Men
2016-17
• AJ Boully – 400 Meters (indoor) – 46.48
• AJ Boully – 4x400-Meter Relay (indoor) – 3:09.21
• AJ Boully – 400-Meter Hurdles (outdoor) – 49.48
• AJ Boully – 4x400-Meter Relay (outdoor) – 3:05.53
• Michael Bluth – 4x400-Meter Relay (indoor) – 3:09.21
• Michael Bluth – 4x400-Meter Relay (outdoor) – 3:05.53
• Brady Martin – 4x400-Meter Relay (indoor) – 3:09.21
• Brady Martin – 4x400-Meter Relay (outdoor) – 3:05.53
• Joshua Gordon – 4x400-Meter Relay (indoor) – 3:09.21
• Joshua Gordon – 4x400-Meter Relay (outdoor) – 3:05.53
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SCHOOL RECORDS
Men
2017-18
• Brady Martin – DMR – 9:32.31
2016-17
• Joshua Gordon, Brady Martin, Michael Bluth, AJ Boully – 4x400-Meter Relay (indoor) – 3:07.23
Women
2018-19
• Kasia Lawrynowicz – DMR – 11:31.69