“You could just tell when Clayton, as he was growing, that he had a little bit something different than most kids did,” Scott Warren, Murphy’s high school track and cross country coach, told News Center 7’s Natalie Jovonovich. “He was just a determined young man.”
The coach has kept in touch with Murphy’s parents, who are in Brazil with the newest medal winner for Team USA.
See the full report from News Center 7’s Jovonovich with this report.