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Albury Higgs

  • position Breaststroke/im
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Huntersville, N.C.
  • High school William A. Hough HS
  • position Breaststroke/im
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Huntersville, N.C.
  • High school William A. Hough HS

Albury Higgs Bio

HIGGS’ TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
100 Breaststroke 59.69p! 3/22/19 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas
200 Breaststroke 2:07.40! 2/23/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
100 Butterfly 55.31p 11/23/19 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, Ga.
200 Butterfly 2:02.83 1/25/19 SC College Invite Columbia, S.C.
200 Freestyle 1:56.23 1/25/20 SC College Invite Columbia, S.C.
200 IM 1:58.18 2/19/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
400 IM 4:18.65p 2/16/17 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.

! = School Record  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split


AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2x CSCAA All-American (100 breaststroke 2020; 200 breaststroke 2020)
  • 2x NCAA All-American (200 breaststroke 2018, 2019)
  • 4x CSCAA Scholar All-American (1st Team 2018, 2019, 2020; Honorable Mention 2017)
  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)
  • 2017 SEC All-Freshman Team


IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 1st — 100 breaststroke
  • 2nd — 200 breaststroke
  • 3rd — 200 IM
  • 10th — 400 IM
  • 1st — 200 medley relay
  • 4th — 400 medley relay

 


2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Wrapped up her Gamecock career with her third-consecutive All-America honors
  • Swam the third-fastest 200 IM in Gamecock history at SECs, 1:58.18
  • Was the breaststroke leg of the record-setting 200 medley relay team at SECs
  • Took home six wins on the season
  • Reached the A-final of the 100 and 200 breaststroke at SECs

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Earned NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors after finishing 12th at the NCAA Championships in the 200 breast
  • Set a new program record in the 200 breast (2:07.40) at the SEC Championships, finishing fourth in the championship final
  • Became the first female swimmer to break 1:00 in the 100 breast, setting the new program mark at the NCAA Championships with a 59.69
  • Set a new PR in the 200 IM at the SEC Championships with a 1:58.24 C-final swim
  • Tallied five top-three finishes in breaststroke events during the season, winning the 200 breast against East Carolina with a 2:19.77
  • Finished second in the 200 breast at the Georgia Tech Invite with a finals time of 2:10.44.

 

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Earned NCAA All-America recognition for the first time in her career with her 15th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:09.45) at the NCAA Championships
  • Finished eighth in the 200 breast at the SEC Championships (2:09.23) and tied for 13th in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.34)
  • Finished in 38th at the SEC Championships in the 200 IM (2:00.41)
  • Won the 200 IM in the SC College Invite with a 2:04.72
  • Tallied seven total top-five finishes in the 200 breaststroke and another and another six top-fives in the 100 breast
  • Finished third in the 400 IM (4:23.03) in the SC College Invite

2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in four events as a freshman (100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM)
  • Finished 13th in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.49), 25th in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.81) and 28th in the 400 IM (4:18.65) at the SEC Championships
  • Recorded a season-best time in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.09) at the Bulldog Invitational
  • Tallied 15 top-10 finishes throughout the regular season
  • Finished first, a season best, in the 100 breaststroke at the Bulldog Invitational

PRE-COLLEGE

  • 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships — Bahamas
  • Graduated from William A. Hough High School
  • Represented the Bahamas in the 2016 Pan Pacific Championships
  • Member of SwimMac Carolina