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

Bio

Cross country team captain … 2010 graduate of Randolph High School who is majoring in corporate finance and accounting … minor in politics … outstanding student … only returnee from the group of seven who participated in the NCAA Division II Championships last November … Before Bentley: four-year letterwinner in track and cross country … helped Randolph to two state sectional championships … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 21 … son of Kevin and Maryellen Higgins … has one sister, Molly (21), and one brother, Seamus (17) … involved in SAAC and Alpha Beta Psi.

CROSS COUNTRY

2012: was one of Bentley’s top seven in all five races he ran, including the NCAA East Regional and the NCAA Division II Championships … finished 57th in the Northeast-10 Championships (27:37.0), 65th in the NCAA Regional (32:46.2), 145th in the New Englands (26:19.42) and 227th in the NCAA Championships (33:29.7) … USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic … named to Sept. 17 Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll … 2011: part of Bentley’s top seven in three of the four races he participated in … finished 56th in the Northeast-10 Championships (26:40.32), 93rd in the NCAA Regional (35:04.5) and 230th in the New Englands (28:34) … 2010: competed in three meets as a freshman … was Bentley’s 15th finisher in each.

TRACK

Indoor bests: 2:34.46 1,000 (New Englands 2012), 4:27.69 mile (Northeast-10 2012), 8:53.84 3,000 (Northeastern 2011) … Outdoor bests: 1:58.36 800 (Northeastern 2012), 3:58.58 1500 (Stonehill 2013), 9:51.90 2-mile (UMass-Lowell 2012) … 2012-13: in outdoor Northeast-10 Championships, was 24th in 1500 (4:09.43), 30th in 800 (2:01.38) and 10th in 4x800 (8:03.46) … also 10th in 4x800 at outdoor New Englands (7:48.23) … 10th in 3,000 (9:01.83) in indoor Northeast-10’s … part of Bentley team that was 16th in distance medley (10:28.71) at indoor New Englands … part of quartet that was recognized as NE-10 Men's Relay of the Week team on Apr. 1 … 2011-12: Academic All-Northeast-10 indoors … during the indoor season, was 15th in the mile (4:27.69) and seventh in the DMR (10:55.58) at the Northeast-10’s … was also 20th in the 1,000 (2:34.46) and 15th in the 4x800 (7:53.27) at the New Englands … 2010-11: as a freshman, was sixth in the 4x800 (8:15.04) and 23rd in the 1500 (4:20.88) at the outdoor NE-10’s … indoors, was sixth in the 4x800 (8:22.59) and ninth in the 800 (2:00.05) during the conference championships.

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