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John Higinbotham

John Higinbotham - Men's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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Major Biology
Hometown Covington, Ga.
Last School Homeschool
Year Freshman
John Higinbotham - Men's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

JOHN HIGINBOTHAM CAREER STATS

Awards & Honors:

2022 ACC All-Academic Cross Country

2023 Outdoor: Competed in six meets … PR’d in the 1500m (3:57.19) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Came in sixth place in the 5000m (14:23.60) at the Flames Invite … 13th place in the 5000m (14:46.26) at the Georgia Tech Invite … Raced in the 5000m (14:21.07) at the Penn Relays … Finished 23rd in the 5000m (14:39.90) at the ACC Outdoor Championships

2023 Indoor: Competed in three meets … 14th in the 3000m (8:11.32) at the Bob Pollock Invite … PR’d in the 3000m (8:10.23) at the Music City Challenge … Competed in the 3000m preliminaries (8:19.76) at the ACC Indoor Championships

2022 Cross Country: Raced in five meets … First Yellow Jacket and 10th overall runner to cross the finish line in the 8K (24:00.9) at the North Alabama Showcase … 41st in the 5.2 Mile (26:21.2) at the PSU National Open … Set a PR in the 8K (23:59.5) and was the second Tech runner to finish at the ACC Championships … 54th with a PR in the 10K (31:09.8) at the NCAA DI South Region Championships

2022 Outdoor: Competed in four meets … 10th-place finish in the 5000m (14:32.52) at the Georgia Tech Invite … PR’d in the 5000m (14:18.74) at the Penn Relays

2022 Indoor: Competed in four meets … Placed third with a personal-best time of 8:17.69 in the 3000m at the Commodore Indoor meet … 14th-place finish in the 3000m (8:18.61) at the Bob Pollock Invite

2021 Cross CountryRaced in three meets … Recorded a PR in the 6K (18:27.2) at the Kennesaw State Opener and a PR in the 10K (32:08.5) at the NCAA Division I South Region Championships

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete

2021 Indoor: Competed in six meets running the 3000m in four meets … Raced in the 3000m at the South Carolina Invitational (8:30.89) …  Competed at the ACC Championships in the 3000m turning in a time of 8:35.24 … Ran the 1000m at the Orange & Purple Elite clocking in at 2:39.35 … Laced up for the mile at the Bob Pollock Indoor Invitational for a time of 4:18.68

2020 Cross CountryCompeted in four meets … PR’d at the Blazer Classic in the 8k (25:00.04) … Competed at ACC Championships turning in a time of 25:15.53

High School: Home-schooled… Qualified for Footlocker National championship in San Diego, placed 17th… Ran 9:09 3200m at the Music City Distance Carnival.

Personal: Picked Tech because of the academic and athletic culture… Enjoys reading, mountain biking, canoe building and paddling.

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