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2026 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Lizzie Higgins

  • Event Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lakeville, Pa.
  • High School Wallenpaupack

Biography

Career Highlights
• A One-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier

Personal: Daughter of Jody and Dan Higgins ... Majoring in Exercise Science. 

2025 (Outdoor): Competed at six meets primarily in the steeplechase … Season-best time of 13:06.14 occurred at the Kaiser Classic … Other steeplechase performances came at the Weaver Invite (eighth / 13:22.62) and the John Papa Invitational (10th / 13:23.44) … Closed season by running the 400-meter hurdles in 1:25.05 and the 5,000-meters in 20:44.67 at the SRU Last Chance Meet ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2025 (Indoor): Competed at three meets primarily in the 3,000-meters … Ran a season-best time of 11:42.59 to open year at the Ashland Invitational … Ended indoor campaign by completing the 3,000-meters at the Munt Union Tune-Up in 11:58.10 … Also took part in the 5,000-meters on one occasion at the SPIRE Indoor Games, finishing in 21:35.20.

2024 (XC): Competed in four meets ... Ran a season-best 26:36.3 for 6k at the Lehigh Paul Short Run and took 33rd ... Opened the season at the Doug Watts Open with 33rd in 21:35.1 for 5k ... Took 98th at the YSU NCAA Collegiate Inagural Alumni XC Meet (5k) in 24:15.5 ... Placed 48th the Fighting Scots Invite (6k) in 27:24.8.

2024 (Outdoor): Competed at six meets, primarily in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing sixth following a season-best time of 12:57.96 … Also completed the steeplechase at the John Papa Invite in 13:09.60 … Took part in two other events – running the 5,000-meters in 20:24.46 at the Dave Labor Invite and 20:31.80 at the Dr. Toms Alumni Invitational as well as the 1,500-meters in 5:32.84 at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2024 (Indoor): Competed in the 3,000-meters at three meets … Ran a season-best time of 11:34.28 at the SPIRE Indoor Games … Opened year by posting a 11:43.74 race at the Mount Union Wuske Open en route to an 11th-place finish … Also completed the 3,000-meters at the YSU Mid-Major Invite in 12:49.53.

2023 (XC): Competed in five of seven meets … Helped to lead The Rock to a fifth-place team showing as SRU’s third finisher at the Lock Haven Invitational “White” race following a season-best 6,000-meter course time of 25:10.2 which resulted in a 43rd place finish individually out of a field of 168 runners … Also ran the 6,000-meter course at the Bill Lennox Invitational in 26:19 to place 77th before closing season at the PSAC Championships with a time of 27:23.9 … Began year by taking part in two 5,000-meter course races at the Panther Opener (22:54.4) and the Robert Morris Colonial Invitational (22:44.65).

High School: Lettered four years in cross country, three years in track and field and two years in swimming at Wallenpaupack Area High School ... 3x Track and Field League Champions ... 2022 Track and Field District Champions ... Recipient of National Honor Society Gold Award ... A Gold Scholar who graduated with High Honors.

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