Saint Joseph's University

FEATURE: Higgins and Silva Start Indoor Track Season on the Right Foot (The Hawk, January 2020)

Final PRs
Indoor 200m • 27.90 • Penn 8-Team Select • Ocean Breeze • 2018
Outdoor 200m • 28.27 • Widener Invitational • Widener • 2018
Indoor 300m • 45.20 • Jack Pyrah Invitational • Haverford • 2016
Indoor 400m • 1:00.21 • Fastrack National Invitational • Ocean Breeze • 2020
Outdoor 400m • 1:00.90 • Rider Invitational • Rider • 2019
Indoor 500m • 1:19.04 • Atlantic 10 Championships • George Mason • 2019
Indoor 600m • 1:37.54 • Penn State National • Penn State • 2019
Indoor 800m • 2:13.64 • ECAC Championships • Boston • 2020
Outdoor 800m • 2:16.27 • Atlantic 10 Championships • UMass • 2020

ECAC
2020 ECAC Indoor Championships: Distance Medley Relay (Third Leg), 9th
2020 ECAC Indoor Championships: 800m, 21st
2019 ECAC Outdoor Championships: 4x800m Relay (First Leg), 10th
2019 ECAC Indoor Championships: 4x800m Relay (First Leg), 13th

Atlantic 10
2020 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships Scoring Performance: 800m, 7th
2020 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships Scoring Performance: Distance Medley Relay (Second Leg), 7th
2019 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships Scoring Performance: 4x800m Relay (First Leg), 8th

Saint Joseph's
2019-20 SJU Most Valuable Performer Award
2018-19 SJU Most Improved Performer Award

Outdoor 2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Indoor 2019-20: Broke through with an outstanding senior campaign, turning in SJU's seven-fastest open 800m performances on the season... Ran collegiate-best 800m (2:13.64) for 21st and ran the third leg of the ninth-place DMR (11:58.07) at the ECAC Championships... That DMR stood as SJU's fastest on the season... Ran second leg of the seventh-place 4x800m relay (9:25.35) and placed seventh in the open 800m (2:17.84) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... That 4x800m relay stood as SJU's fastest on the season... Ran the third leg of the first-place DMR (12:19.90) and ran collegiate-best 400m (1:00.21) for fourth at the Fastrack National Invitational... Ran second-fastest 800m of collegiate career (2:15.00) for 31st at the John Thomas Terrier Classic up at Boston... Placed fifth in the 800m (2:16.10) at the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge... Opened season by running the first leg of the first-place 4x800m relay (10:11.56) and placing second in the 800m (2:17.52).

Outdoor 2019: Competed at the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running on the 10^th-place 4x800m (9:26.85)… Competed at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship, placed 19^th during the preliminaries in the 800m and recorded a personal-best (2:16.27), while also running on the eighth-place 4x800m (9:22.85)… At the Rider Invitational recorded a personal-best and placed 20^th in the 400m (1:00.90), while also running the first-leg of the 4x800m (9:58.34).
 
Indoor 2018-19: Competed at the ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, running on the 13^th-place 4x800m (9:11.75)… Recorded a personal-best and placed 14^th in the 500m (1:19.04), while running on the ninth-place 4x800m (9:26.68) at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships… Placed third in the 500m (1:19.43) at the Fastrack Last Chance… Recorded a personal-best and placed fourth in the 600m (1:37.54) at the Penn State National.
 
Outdoor 2018: Recorded a personal-best in the 200m (28.27) at the Widener Invitational, placing 50^th in the event… Ran on the fourth-place 4x400m (4:21.37) at the Rider Invitational… Ran on the fourth-place 4x400m (4:04.19) at the Rider 5-Way.
 
Indoor 2017-18: Competed at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing 17^th in the preliminaries in the 400m (1:01.50)… Recorded a personal-best in the 200m (27.90) at the Penn 8-Team Select, placing 44^th.

Outdoor 2017: Ran on sixth-place 4x400m relay (4:09.12) at the Widener Invitational and seventh-place 4x400m relay (4:16.90) at the Rider Invitational... Ran season-best 400m (1:03.63) at the Lehigh Games... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2016-17: Raced the 400m three times and 4x400m relay twice... Ran season-best 400m (1:02.56) for 10th at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Followed up with her second sub-1:03 performance in the 400m (1:02.85) to cap season at the Monmouth Winter Invitational... Also ran the 400m (1:03.58) for 15th at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge... Ran on ninth-place 4x400m relay (4:29.43) and placed 13th in the 200m (28.12) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic... Raced the 4x400m relay (4:25.02) and the 300m (45.20) in collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational.

High School/Personal: Two-time qualifier for District Championships... 2015 All-League Second Team and All-League Third Team selection... Plymouth-Whitemarsh recordholder in the 4x400m relay... Earned five varsity letters in track and field... Also lettered in cross country and soccer... Competed in national Irish dance competitions, earning a top-25 national ranking and top-15 regional ranking... Three-time World Championships qualifier... Learned at the Coyle School of Irish Dance... Played Gaelic football for the North American Select Team... Volunteer experience includes Irish dancing at nursing homes and involvement with the Girls on the Run organization... Majoring in interdisciplinary health services.