ST. LOUIS – Junior Kristin Higgins was named the Missouri Valley Conference Field Athlete of the Week for her performance at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup last weekend, as announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon.
With her win in the high jump on Friday, Higgins not only helped Illinois State to its third-straight Coughlan-Malloy Cup title, but also took down a meet record that had not been broken since the meet began in 2005.
Higgins' clearance of 1.73 meters (5-08 ft.) is the best mark cleared at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup since 2005 when an Indiana State student-athlete set it at 5-07.75 and in 2007 when another Sycamore tied the mark.
Higgins' mark is the best in the Valley and tied for the 38th-best in the nation this season.
The Geneva, Illinois native, is the third Redbird student-athlete and the first field athlete to earn an MVC weekly award in the 2019-20 season so far. The weekly award is the first of Higgins' career.
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The Redbirds will be split this weekend with the multi-event student-athletes competing at the Jack Jennett Open in Cedar Falls, Iowa from Jan. 23-24, while the rest of the squad will compete at the Notre Dame Invite in South Bend, Indiana on Saturday, Jan. 25.
