Seamus Higgins
Seamus Higgins
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Randolph, N.J.
  • High School:
    Randolph

Bio

(From 2016) 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.

TFRRS Profile

News Mentions

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Seven Bentley Cross Country Runners Receive Academic Honors from USTFCCCA

Seven members of the Bentley University men’s and women’s cross country teams, including three-time honorees Marianne Bartolotta...

February 23, 2018

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Bentley Places 3 in Top 20 during Northeast-10 Championships

During the 2017 Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Cross Country Championships, contested Sunday at Stanley Park, Bentley University was one of...

October 22, 2017

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Bentley Cross Country Set for Sunday’s Northeast-10 Championships in Westfield

The Bentley University cross country teams will be at Stanley Park in Westfield Sunday for the 2017 Northeast-10 Conference Championships with the...

October 20, 2017

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Higgins Paces Bentley at New Englands

Bentley University senior Seamus Higgins (Randolph, N.J/Randolph HS) was the Falcons’ number one finisher Saturday when the 2017 New England...

October 7, 2017

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Chapski Leads Bentley to 9th Place Finish in Nashville

Making his season debut, Bentley University senior Graham Chapski (East Greenwich, R.I./East Greenwich HS) was his team’s top finisher...

September 23, 2017

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Higgins Top Runner for Bentley Men in Kirsh Cup

Senior Seamus Higgins (Randolph, N.J./Randolph HS) was the top finisher for the Bentley University men’s cross country team during Saturday...

September 16, 2017

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Murphy Leads Bentley During Shacklette Invitational; Falcons Finish 4th of 7

Returning to his home state, junior Cody Murphy (Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown HS) was the top finisher for the Bentley University men’s cross...

September 2, 2017

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Following Strong 2016 Season, Bentley Cross Country Opens Saturday at Shacklette Invitational

Following a strong 2016 season in which the men’s team qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships and the women finished fifth in the...

September 1, 2017