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Flyer image via the Albany-Saratoga Speedway.


Photo provided by Thomas Murphy.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Lucille Murphy, a Saratoga Springs High School grad and district treasurer, was crowned a women’s weightlifting champion at the 2025 Masters National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia last weekend.

Murphy earned a silver medal in the 72kg snatch, and she won a gold medal in the 89kg clean and jerk. Her total of 161kg earned her the title of 76kg 40-44 age group national champion.

Murphy was previously district treasurer for the Galway Central School District. For 11 years, she was also a youth rowing coach for the Saratoga Rowing Association.