Mile: 4:26.1 (2016) Ashley Higginson (born March 17, 1989) is an American middle-distance runner who has made the U.S. team for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

[3] Born in Staten Island, New York, Higginson grew up in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Colts Neck High School as part of the class of 2007, where she was a NXN (aka Nike Cross Country National) champion and Foot Locker Cross Country Championships All-American.

In 2010, in her junior year at Princeton, she finished third in the NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

Higginson is the 2nd rated American steeplechaser in 2014[10] running 9:27.59 to earn the silver medal at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California, in June.

[13] In 2016, Higginson opened her outdoor season running a 4:33.90 mile at Penn Relays and 4:08.13 in 1500 meters at Hoka One One Middle Distance Classic hosted at Occidental College.