Ashley Higginson

Ashley Higginson
Personal information
Born (1989-03-17) March 17, 1989[1][2]
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1]
Sport
Country  United States
Event(s) 3000m Steeplechase
College team Princeton University [1]
Coached by Frank Gagliano[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 3000 m Steeplechase: 9:27.59 (2014)[1][2]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto 3000 m steeplechase
NACAC Championships
2015 Costa Rica 3000 m steeplechase

Ashley Higginson (born March 17, 1989) is an American middle distance runner who has made the U.S. team for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

Biography

Higginson attended Colts Neck High School in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey where she was a NXN aka Nike Cross Country National champion and Foot Locker Cross Country Championships All-American.[3][1][4] Higginson went on to graduate from Princeton University and Rutgers School of Law–Newark.[1]

In 2008, Higginson competed in 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the women’s 5000 meters.[5]

As an undergraduate, Higginson won seven Ivy League Outdoor Championships. This included the 5000 meter titles in 2008 and 2011, 3000 meter titles in 2010 and 2011, and three consecutive 3000 meter steeplechase titles in 2009 through 2011.In 2010 in her junior year at Princeton, she finished third in the NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 3000 meter steeplechase.[1][1][6]

Higginson placed fourth at the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials in the 3000 meter steeplechase.[1]

Higginson qualified for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in the 3000 meter steeplechase by placing second in that year’s U.S. outdoor championship with a time of 9:46.25.[1] At the 2013 World Championships, she finished in a time of 9:45.78 in the steeplechase event.[7] The result was eleventh in her heat and nineteenth overall. She did not qualify for the final.

Higginson is the 2nd rated American steeplechaser in 2014[8] running 9:27.59 to earn the silver medal at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California in June. She competed in the Diamond League in Stockholm on August 22, 2014, finished in 8th with a time of 9:33.89.[9]

Higginson sets Pan Am games 3000 meter steeplechase record in July 2015.[10] after placing 5th at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[11]

US Championships

Track and field

Year Championship Venue Place Competition Time
2012 U.S. Olympic trials Eugene, Oregon 4th 3000 meter steeplechase 9:38.06[12]
2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Des Moines, Iowa 2nd 3000 meter steeplechase 9:46.25[13]
2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Sacramento, California 2nd 3000 meter steeplechase 9:27.59[14]
2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 5th 3000 meter steeplechase 9:35.55[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 USA Track & Field Profile
  2. 1 2 Ashley Higginson
  3. ↑ Ashley Higginson Foot Locker Northeast Regional
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/DyeStat/status/408092703420063744/photo/1
  5. ↑ 12th IAAF World Junior Championships – 5000m Women’s Results
  6. ↑ New Jersey New York Track Club profile for Ashley Higginson
  7. ↑ 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – 3000m Steeplechase results.
  8. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Complete-Results.aspx
  9. ↑ 2014 Results - Stockholm Diamond League - DN Gala
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/usatf/status/624778543097073665
  11. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx
  12. ↑ 2012 USA Outdoor Results
  13. ↑ 2013 USA Outdoor Results
  14. ↑ 2014 USA Outdoor Results
  15. ↑ 2015 USA Outdoor Results

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