Personal Bests
Indoor
Weight: 60-0.25 (18.29)
Outdoor
Hammer: 186-11 (56.97)
Higgins[apos] Nittany Lion Resume ...
* Two-Time NCAA Regional Qualifier
* Five-Time Big Ten Scorer
* 2007 Team Captain
On the National Stage ...
|| 2007 Outdoor || Finished ninth in the hammer at the NCAA East Regional with a throw of 178-10 (54.51). || 2006 Outdoor || Placed 18th in the hammer at the Regional Championships. || 2005 Outdoor || Took 22nd in the hammer in her first appearance at the regional championships.
At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2007 Outdoor || Took fifth in the hammer with a mark of 183-9 (56.02). || 2007 Indoor || Capped the season with a fourth-place finish in the weight with a mark of 59-2 (18.03). || 2006 Outdoor || Posted an eighth-place finish in the hammer with a mark of 164-1 (50.02). || 2006 Indoor || Finished sixth in the weight with a toss of 58-1.25 (17.71). || 2005 Outdoor || Took seventh in the hammer with a regional-qualifying throw of 178-7 (54.43).
On the Field ...
|| 2007 Outdoor || Threw a personal-best and regional-qualifiying 186-11 (56.97) at the Penn State Open ... Won the hammer at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... Place sixth in the hammer at the Auburn Tiger Classic, seventh at the Stanford Invite, and eighth at Sea Ray Relays. || 2007 Indoor || Threw a personal-best 60-0.25 (18.29) to place fourth at the Penn State National ... Placed second at the Penn State Open, sixth at the Penn State Relays, and seventh at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup ... Finished fourth at the New Balance Invitational with a mark of 59-5.50 (18.12). || 2006 Outdoor || Finished second in the hammer at the Jim Thorpe Invitational and fourth at Raleigh Relays ... Placed seventh at the Pepsi Team Invitational and fifth at Sea Ray Relays. || 2006 Indoor || Placed second in the weight at teh Penn State Open and third at the New Balance Invitational ... finished fourth in the weight at the Penn State National and ninth at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. || 2005 Outdoor || Top finish in the hammer was a second-place effort at the Jim Thorpe Invitational ... Finished fourth at the Nittany Lion Relays and fifth at the Gatorade Classic. || 2005 Indoor || Placed third in the weight at the Penn State Open, seventh at the Penn State Relays, and 10th at the Penn State National.|| High School || Recorded four top-eight finishes at the Pa. state meet ... Also lettered in cross country, basketball, and soccer ... Class Valedictorian.
|| Personal || Daughter of Kathy Higgins ... Born December 27, 1984 ... Majoring in Microbiology.