Ashley Higginson

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Ashley Higginson
Ashley Higginson 2012.jpg
Higginson in 2012
Personal information
Born (1989-03-17) March 17, 1989 (age 35) [1] [2]
Staten Island, New York
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm) [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event3000m Steeplechase
College team Princeton University [1]
Coached byFrank Gagliano [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best3000 m Steeplechase: 9:27.59 (2014) [1] [2]

Mile : 4:26.1 (2016)

5000 Metres: 15:18.53 (2015)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto 3000 m steeplechase
NACAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Costa Rica 3000 m steeplechase
USA Outdoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 3000 m steeplechase
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 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. [3]

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Life and career

Born in Staten Island, New York, Higginson grew up in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Colts Neck High School as part of the class of 2007, where she was a NXN (aka Nike Cross Country National) champion and Foot Locker Cross Country Championships All-American. [1] [4] [5] [6] 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. [7]

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] [8]

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. [9] 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 [10] 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 Bauhaus Athletics on August 22, 2014, finished in 8th with a time of 9:33.89. [11]

Higginson sets Pan Am games 3000 meter steeplechase record in July 2015. [12] after placing 5th at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. [13]

In 2016, Higginson opened her outdoor season running a 4:33.90 mile at Penn Relays and 4:08.13 in 1500 meters at Hoka One One Middle Distance Classic hosted at Occidental College. She placed 9th in 9:38.55 at 2016 US Olympic Trials (track and field) in steeplechase. Higginson placed 13th in 4:26.1 at 2016 Fifth Avenue Mile. [14]

US Championships

Track and field

YearChampionshipVenuePlaceCompetitionTime
2012 U.S. Olympic trials Eugene, Oregon 4th3000 meter steeplechase9:38.06 [15]
2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Des Moines, Iowa 2nd3000 meter steeplechase9:46.25 [16]
2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Sacramento, California 2nd3000 meter steeplechase9:27.59 [17]
2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 5th3000 meter steeplechase9:35.55 [18]
2016 U.S. Olympic trials Eugene, Oregon 9th3000 meter steeplechase9:38.55

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