Education
Princeton University.
Princeton University.
Higginson went on to graduate from Princeton University and Rutgers School of Law–Newark. In 2008, Higginson competed in 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the women's 5000 meters. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Higginson placed fourth at the 2012 United States. Olympic trials in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Higginson qualified for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in the 3000 meter steeplechase by placing second in that year’s United States. outdoor championship with a time of 9:46.25. At the 2013 World Championships, she finished in a time of 9:45.78 in the steeplechase event.
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 running 9:27.59 to earn the silver medal at the 2014 United States of America 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. Higginson sets Pan Am games 3000 meter steeplechase record in July 2015. after placing 5th at 2015 United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. United States Championships
Track and field