Jack Higgins (runner)

Jack Higgins

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:45.33 (Schifflange, 2025) 1500m: 3:39.55 (Birmingham, 2025) Indoors 800m: 1:46.69 (Birmingham, 2025) Mile: 4:05.10 (London, 2024)

Jack Higgins (born 20 September 2001) is a British middle-distance and cross country runner. He was the 2024 British indoor champion over 800 metres and represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Indoor Championships. ^[1]

Biography

Higgins runs for Tonbridge athletics club. He was the winner of the British 800 metres indoor title in February 2024 with a personal best time of 1:47.91, causing an upset against pre-race favourite Guy Learmonth at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships. ^{[2] [3]} However, Higgins' world ranking was not sufficiently high enough to compete at the subsequent World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. ^{[4] [5]}

Higgins ran an indoor 800 metres personal best of 1:46.69 at the Keeley Klassic in Birmingham in February 2025. ^[6] Later that month, Higgins finished second behind Justin Davies whilst competing over 800 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025, in 1:48.02. ^{[7] [8]} He was subsequently selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025. ^{[9] [10]} At the championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, he ran 1:48.12 in his heat without qualifying for the 800 metres semi-finals. ^[11]

Higgins won the men's mile at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on 8 November 2025, finishing ahead of Callum Elson to gain automatic selection for the British team for the mixed relay at the European Cross Country Championships in December 2025 in Portugal. ^{[12] [13]}

Personal life

His brother Ted Higgins is also a middle-distance runner who runs for Tonbridge athletics club. ^[14]

References

1. "Jack Higgins". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 Feb 2025.
2. "UK national championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
3. Rhodes, James (21 February 2024). "Brilliant in Birmingham & Super in Seville – Weekend Round Up". Fast Running. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
4. "Guy Learmonth accuses British Athletics of 'nonsense' decision over World Indoor Championships". Independent. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
5. Henderson, Jason (Feb 23, 2024). "Guy Learmonth fuming over World Indoors snub". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
6. "The Keeley Klassic". World Athletics. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
7. Henderson, Jason (23 Feb 2025). "George Mills leads Euro qualifiers at UK Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
8. "UK Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
9. "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
10. Henderson, Jason (Feb 26, 2025). "Molly Caudery leads British team for European Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
11. Crumley, Euan (7 March 2025). "Agony for Amber Anning at European Indoors". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
12. "DIXON AND HIGGINS WIN SHORT COURSE RACES AS CARDIFF CROSS CHALLENGE BEGINS". British Athletics. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
13. Henderson, Jason (8 November 2025). "TEENAGER CHEPKIRUI SHINES AT CARDIFF CROSS CHALLENGE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
14. "Higgins brothers lead the way at Kent League". Tonbridgeac.org.uk. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.