2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Randi Higashi

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Rock Canyon
  • Hometown Highlands Ranch, Colo.
  • Major Computer Science (B.S.) / Computer Science (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2023-24: Received a M.S. in computer science in May 2024. Indoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (4x400) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … RMAC champion as part of the 4x400 relay … Ran the 60m, 200m, and 400m dashes indoors … Set season-best times of 8.35 in the 60 (Mines Winter Classic), 26.54 in the 200 (Colorado Invitational), and 58.34 in the 400 (Colorado Invitational). Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in seven meets, running distances from 200 to 800m … Set season bests of 26.04 for 200m (Maverick Invite #2), 58.60 for 400m (RMAC Championships), and 2:19.02 for 800m (Chuck Haering Classic) … At the RMAC Championships, finished 13th in the 400m and was part of two scoring relays, finishing fifth in the 4x400 and seventh in the 4x100.

2022-23: Received a B.S. in computer science in May 2023. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC champion as part of the 4x400 relay … First-Team All-RMAC (4x400) … Second-Team All-RMAC (400m) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Made finals in the 400m at the RMAC Indoor Championships and finished fifth … Helped Mines’ 4x400 to a 3:52.47 gold medal and was a key pointscorer in Mines’ team title … Earlier in the season, led off the 4x400 relay that broke the program record in 3:48.90 at the Gorilla Classic. Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Finished 12th in the 400m at RMAC Outdoor Championships … Ran a season-best 58.51 in the 400m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Also competed in the 100, 200, and 800 during the season.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (400m, 4x400m relay) ... RMAC Champion as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Oredigger sprinter with a winter resume featuring the 60-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 800-meter run, and multiple appearances as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... Helped Mines claim RMAC gold in the 4x400-meter relay with the second-fastest time in program history at 3:53.17 that also marked a NCAA provisional qualifying time ranking 33rd in the nation for the season ... Also grabbed RMAC bronze in the open 400-meter dash thanks to her finals time of 58.06 which ranked her fifth in the program's indoor record book ... Fastest 800 meters of the season clocked in at 2:20.81 at the Mines Winter Classic ... Best 400-meter dash of the winter came at the conference championships ... Lone 200-meter dash of the season was 26.60 at the Colorado Invitational which put her ninth in Mines' indoor record book ... Also ran the 60-meter dash in 8.27 at the Mines Twilight to put herself ninth in program history ... Helped break the Orediggers' indoor 4x400-meter relay record on multiple occasions. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (4x400m relay) ... First-Team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (400m) ... RMAC Champion as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Continued sprinting into the spring with appearances in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash and as part of the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays ... Grabbed RMAC gold once again in the 4x400-meter relay which combined for a record-breaking time of 3:46.15 that ranked 29th in the nation for the season as a NCAA provisional qualifying time ... Nabbed a fifth-place RMAC finish in the open 400-meter dash thanks to a time of 57.31 in the finals ... Fastest 400-meter dash of the spring was 57.09 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, good enough for sixth in Mines' outdoor record book ... Ran a leg of the 4x100-meter relay at the Dr. Dan Caprioglio Early Bird ... Lone 200-meter dash of the season was 26.32 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (DMR) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (DMR) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Competed at five meets for the Orediggers including appearances in the 400-meter dash, 800-meter run and as part of the distance-medley relay ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships as part of the DMR and helped Mines finish 10th in the nation with a time of 12:12.64 in her debut at nationals ... That DMR ranked eighth in program history ... Top 400-meter time of the season was 59.43 at the Mines Front Range #3 ... National qualifying DMR performance came at the Mines Front Range #4 and resulted in a time of 12:01.68 which ranked fifth all-time at Mines and sixth in the nation for the season. Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Focused on the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash and both relays ... Collegiate outdoor debut came at the CSU Pueblo Early Bird where she ran the 200 meters, 400 meters and as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... Best 400-meter dash of the season was 57.60 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Open, ranking sixth in the program record book ... Top 200-meter dash clocked in at 25.93 at the CU Invitational, putting her fourth in the program record book ... Ran on two 4x400-meter relays that broke the program record with a top time of 3:50.48 at the Kit Mayer Classic ... Lone 4x100-meter relay performance turned in a time of 48.76 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Open.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (400m) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (4x400m relay) ... Sprint specialist for the Orediggers focusing mostly on the 400 meters ... Took bronze in the 400-meter dash at the RMAC Championships on a season-best time of 58.86 which ranked 4th in the program record book ... Also helped Mines to RMAC silver in the 4x400-meter relay thanks to the quartet's program-record time of 3:56.73 ... Collegiate debut came at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi where she ran the 400m in 1:01.92 and helped the 4x400 relay finish in 4:01.57 ... Added an appearance in the 200-meter dash at the Texas Tech Shootout, racing to a 27.30 finish ... Competed at seven meets over the course of the season. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the track & field team at Rocky Canyon High School and a native of Highlands Ranch, Colo. ... Specialized in the 400-meter dash and advanced to the finals in the event at the 2019 Colorado 5A Track & Field State Championships ... Boasts a career-best time of 57.94 in the 400 meters.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

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