Ted Higgins

Ted Higgins (born 20 September 2001) is a British middle-distance and cross country runner.¹

His twin brother Jack is also a middle-distance runner with both running for Tonbridge Athletics Club.²

In December 2025, Higgins ran 7:57.31 over 3000 metres to win the South of England indoor title and took part in his first official 5 km race on the roads in Battersea on 31 December, placing second in 13:38 behind Joe Wigfield.³

Higgins opened 2026 with an indoor personal best over 1500 metres in Sheffield, running 3:39.52 to finish three hundredths of a second in front of his brother Jack.⁴ Higgins ran 3:57.05 for the indoor mile at Lee Valley in February 2026.⁵ Later that month, he ran a personal best 7:53.21 to place third overall in the 3000 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham behind Tom Keen and Henry McLuckie.⁶ Later that month, he had a top-five finish at the English National Cross Country Championships in Sedgefield.⁷ In April, Higgins ran the third fastest time overall as he helped Tonbridge AC to a second place finish at the 2026 the British national road relay championships.⁸ In May, Higgins finished third with a time of 3:39.73 for the 1500m at The Belfast Classic.⁹ In May, he also won over 800 metres competing for Tonbridge in the National Athletics League opener in Derby.¹⁰ That month, he was named in the England team for the 2026 Loughborough International, finishing runner-up to Freddie Rowe in the Gandy Mile.¹¹¹² In June, he won over 1500 metres at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague.¹³ That month, he qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2026 British Championships, placing fourth overall.¹⁴ In July, he finished second in the mile to Reuben Reina at the Cork City Sports in Ireland.¹⁵