Former BYU, Utah runners win men’s, women’s titles in Deseret News 10K

Rory Linkletter finishes first in the men’s division of the Deseret News 10K at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 23, 2021. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

BYU and the University of Utah featured prominently in the Deseret News 10K races Friday morning, as two former All-American runners from those Utah colleges took home the men’s and women’s division titles.

Rory Linkletter, a former All-America distance runner for BYU, won the men’s race, while former Ute Grayson Murphy, who recently finished sixth in the steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic trials, won the women’s race. Murphy also won the Deseret News 10K in 2019.

Another BYU runner, Jared Ward, who finished sixth in the 2016 Olympic marathon, was second behind Linkletter on the men’s side, while Weber State’s Lexie Thompson finished second in the women’s division.

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