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Illinois State University Athletics

2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Bob Higgins
Bob Higgins

Kristin Higgins

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Geneva, Ill.
  • Highschool Geneva HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS
 
Career Highlights
2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete
3/31/21 - MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week
Meet Record (5-8) - Coughlan-Malloy Cup (High Jump)
1/21/20 - MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2020 MVC Scholar-Athlete
2019 MVC Indoor Champion (High Jump)
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 MVC Scholar-Athlete

2020-21 OUTDOOR (Sr.): Competed at eight meets during her final season as a Redbird, including the MVC Championships and the NCAA West Preliminary Round...Cleared an outdoor personal-best height of 1.75 meters (5-8.75 ft.) to win the Ole Miss Classic high jump competition...Earned MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week honors for her performance at Ole Miss...Ranks T-No. 8 on the ISU outdoor top-10 list in the high jump...Placed in the top-three on six occasions and top-two on five occasions in the high jump this season...Finished as the MVC Runner-Up in the high jump at the MVC Championships, clearing 1.74 meters (5-8.5 ft.) to earn her fourth-career All-Valley honors...Competed in the high jump at the NCAA West Prelims for the second time in her career.

2020-21 INDOOR (Sr.): Competed at all five meets during her final indoor season, placing in the top three at four of the five meets...Improved at every meet this season, opening the season with a 1.65 meters (5-5 ft.) clearance at the Jack Jennett and finishing the season with a 1.76 meters (5-9.25 ft.) clearance at the MVC Championships...Earned All-Valley honors at the MVC Championships, placing third with a lifetime best clearance of 1.76 meters...Tied for No. 6 all-time on the ISU indoor track & field top-10 list...Member of the women's high jump group that swept the All-Valley honors at the conference meet and was ranked the No. 2 high jump squad in the nation in the USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings.

2019-20 OUTDOOR (Jr.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (Jr.): Competed at six meets during her junior indoor season...Won the high jump at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup and set a meet record with a clearance of 1.73 meters (5-8 ft.)...Placed in the top-3 in the high jump at three meets (Coughlan-Malloy Cup, Notre Dame Invitational, adidas Classic)...Finished fifth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.67 meters (5-5.75 ft.) at the MVC Indoor Championships.

2018-19 OUTDOOR (So.): Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims (5/23-25) in the high jump, finishing 22nd with a mark of 1.70 meters (5-7 ft.)...Earned All-MVC honors in the high jump, posting a second-place finish with a clearance of 1.73 meters (5-8 ft.)...Finished fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.68 meters (5-6 ft.) at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (5/3)...Posted a seventh-place finish at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4/26-27), clearing 1.71 meters (5-7.25 ft.)...Placed third with a mark of 1.66 meters (5-5.25 ft.) in the high jump at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (4/19-20)...Cleared 1.68 meters (5-6 ft.) to finish eighth in the high jump at the Tennessee Relays (4/11)...Opened the season with a 1.60 meters (5-3 ft.) mark at the Ole Miss Classic (3/30).

2018-19 INDOOR (So.): Crowned the MVC high jump champion at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24), clearing a personal-best mark of 1.75 meters (5-8.75 ft.)...Finished seventh in the high jump at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9), posting a mark of 1.66 meters (5-5.25 ft.)...Placed third at the Meyo Invitational, finishing with a clearance of 1.70 meters (5-7 ft.)...Won the high jump at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26) with a mark of 1.70 meters (5-7 ft.)...Earned the bronze in the high jump at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19), clearing 1.70 meters (5-7 ft.)...Notched a fourth-place finish at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup, posting a clearance of 1.61 meters (5-3.25)...Indoor season debut came at the Jimmy Grant Invitational (12/8), finishing third with a mark of 1.70 meters (5-7 ft.).

2017-18 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Once again competed in high jump at seven meets over the course of the outdoor season...at the MVC Championships, finished fourth with a personal-best height of 1.70m (5-07.00)...captured first collegiate win at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invite, clearing 1.63m (5-04.25) to finish first...placed second at the Big Blue Classic with a clearance of 1.60m (5-03.00)...recorded a pair of third-place finishes at the Redbird Invite (1.66m/5-05.25) and Black & Gold Invite (1.66m/5-05.25).

2017-18 INDOOR (Fr.): Competed in high jump at seven meets over the course of the indoor campaign, including the MVC Championships...at the Valley Championships, cleared a personal-best 1.66m (5-05.25) to finish fourth and score points for the eventual champion Redbirds...posted highest finish of the season at the Terre Haute Double Dual, clearing 1.65m (5-05.00) to place second...finished fifth at the EIU Early Bird meet with a height of 1.63m (5-04.25).

GENEVA HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time IHSA Class 3A State Championships Qualifier in the high jump, finishing eighth in 2017...2016 IHSA Class 3A State Championships Third-Place Medalist in high jump...four-time All-Conference selection in high jump...helped team win conference and finish eighth in the state in 2016...holds school high jump record...2017 USATF Junior Nationals High Jump All-American, finishing fifth...also ran four seasons of cross country...named Academic All-Conference all four years of high school...Academic Excellence Award winner.

PERSONAL: Born 04/28/1999...daughter of Robert and Lynn Higgins...mother, Lynn, attended ISU...has one older sister, Grace...plans to major in pre-veterinary medicine.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior