Seamus Higgins
Seamus Higgins
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Randolph, N.J.
  • High School:
    Randolph
  • Position:
    Distance

Bio

2014 graduate of Randolph High School … outstanding student who is majoring in finance… minor in computer information systems … Before Bentley: team captain of cross country, indoor track and outdoor track teams as a senior … earned three varsity letters in each sport … helped Randolph to indoor and outdoor track county championship as a senior …  Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … son of Kevin and Maryellen Higgins … has one brother, Conor (24), and one sister, Molly (24) … Conor is a former Bentley track and cross country captain who graduated in 2014 … Molly ran cross country and track at Princeton … National Honor Society.

CROSS COUNTRY

2015: finished 38th overall, an improvement of 42 places over the prior season, in the Northeast-10 Championships in 26:31.0 … that was eighth among Bentley runners … participated in a total of five meets … 2014: ran in five meets as a freshman … was 80th in the Northeast-10 Championships with Bentley’s ninth best time (31:03) … at the New Englands, had his team’s eighth best time, 27:27.2, and finished eighth in the JV race ... 53rd in the Shacklette Invitational, running a 30:49.5 in his collegiate debut.

TRACK

Rankings: 11th in indoor 5,000 (15:07.17), 13th in outdoor 2-mile (9:53.59, 2015 Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational, converted from 3,000) … Indoor Bests: 4:25:40 mile (2016 Dartmouth Indoor Classic), 8:48.20 (2016 Northeast-10 Championships), 15:07.17 5,000 (2016 New Englands) … Outdoor Bests: 4:04.48 (2016 Stonehill Skyhawk Inv.), 9:09.77 3,000 (2015 Stonehill Skyhawk), 15:17.27 5,000 (2016 Silfen Invitational) … 2015-16: fifth in the 3,000 at the indoor Northeast-10 Championships (8:48.20) … 12th in the 5,000 at the New Englands a week later (15:07.17) … during the outdoor portion of the schedule, was 16th in the 5,000 at the Northeast-10’s (15:36.43) and 21st in the same event at the New Englands (15:32.67) … 2014-15: in the Northeast-10 Championships, was 15th in the 5,000 outdoors (15:42.60) and 24th in the 3,000 indoors (9:20.98) … competed in six meets during both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

 

Top Performances

YearSport200m300m400m
2017 Outdoor 24.43 -- -- 55.13
2017 Indoor 24.98 39.46 56.46

Meet Results

DateMeetEventMarkPlace
Apr 29, 2017 Stonehill Skyhawk Invite 400m 55.13 17
Apr 22, 2017 MIT Sean Collier Invitational 400m 56.55 32
Apr 22, 2017 MIT Sean Collier Invitational 200m 24.43 (0.5) 20
Apr 15, 2017 Silfen Track & Field Invitational 100m 11.95w (3.4) 23
Apr 15, 2017 Silfen Track & Field Invitational 200m 25.35 (-0.1) 33
Apr 8, 2017 7th Annual Yellow Jacket Invitational 400m 56.25 39
Apr 1, 2017 Black & Gold Invitational 200m 24.77w (2.2) 29
Apr 1, 2017 Black & Gold Invitational 1600m Relay 3:43.96 10
Mar 24–25, 2017 Bridgewater State University 400m 57.38 37
Mar 24–25, 2017 Bridgewater State University 1600m Relay 3:52.71 7
Jan 27–28, 2017 John Thomas Terrier Invitational 400m 56.46 123
Jan 22, 2017 2017 Greater Boston Track Club Invitational (GBTC) 300m 39.46 20
Jan 14, 2017 2017 Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational 400m 57.65 15
Jan 14, 2017 2017 Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational 200m 25.03 18
Dec 3, 2016 UMass Boston Indoor Open 200m 24.98 72
Dec 3, 2016 UMass Boston Indoor Open 1600m Relay 3:38.89 11

News Mentions

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4 Bentley Student-Athletes Selected for CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors for Track & Cross Country

The CoSIDA Division II Academic All-District™ 1 Track and Cross Country team, announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors...

May 25, 2017

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Gettings Runs to 2nd in Hurdles at Northeast-10 Championships; Bentley Finishes 8th

Freshman Josh Gettings (Lowell/Lowell HS) had the highest finish for the Bentley University men’s outdoor track and field team during the...

May 7, 2017

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Bentley Falcons Set for Northeast-10 Outdoor Track Championships This Weekend at Stonehill

Defending champion Holt Sihvonen (Lebanon, Conn./Lyman Memorial HS) and record-breaking sophomore Stephanie Mattson (Smithfield, R.I./Smithfield...

May 5, 2017

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Higgins & Sihvonen Earn Victories at Stonehill; Bentley 2nd in Team Standings

Juniors Seamus Higgins (Randolph, N.J./Randolph HS) and Holt Sihvonen (Lebanon, Conn./Lyman Memorial HS) turned in winning performances while...

April 29, 2017

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Arnold Leads Bentley Men at MIT

On a day that the Bentley men’s track and field program had student-athletes competing on opposite coasts, freshman Alex Arnold (Saco,...

April 22, 2017

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Bentley Opens Outdoor Season at Bridgewater State with 13 Top 10 Finishes

Thirds by junior Nick Skarin (Sunapee, N.H./Sunapee HS) and sophomore Dan Hergott (Wallingford, Conn./Xavier HS) were among 13 top ten finishes...

March 25, 2017

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Higgins, Bolick Post Bentley’s Highest Finishes at New Englands

Senior Tim Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) and junior Seamus Higgins (Randolph, N.J./Randolph HS) had the highest individual finishes for the...

February 25, 2017

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Bolick Posts Highest Finish for Bentley Men at Northeast-10 Championships

Senior Tim Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) posted the highest finish for a member of the Bentley University men’s track and field team...

February 18, 2017

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Bentley Set for Saturday’s Northeast-10 Indoor Track Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center

The Bentley University Falcons will be at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston Saturday for the 16th annual Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Track and...

February 17, 2017

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Bolick & Edwards Post Victories during GBTC Invitational

The Bentley University men’s indoor track and field team received winning efforts from senior Tim Bolick (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) and...

January 22, 2017

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Bolick, Edwards & Haas Post Wins for Bentley During Reggie Poyau Memorial

Competing on the other side of town at Brandeis University’s Gosman Center, the Bentley University men’s indoor track and field team...

January 14, 2017