Heather MacLean (runner)

Heather MacLean
Personal information
Birth name	Heather MacLean
Nationality	American
Born	August 31, 1995 (age 26); Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m; 1000 m; 1500 m
College team	Massachusetts
Club
Coached by	Mark Coogan

Heather MacLean (born August 31, 1995) is an American middle distance runner.

From Peabody, Massachusetts and an alumna of the University of Massachusetts, MacLean is based in Boston, Massachusetts. In college at the University of Massachusetts, she earned 2017 All-American cross country honors (the school's first woman to do so), and established records for 800m, 1000m, 1500m and the mile and also qualified for the NCAA Championships in track and cross country. She was a finalist for 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award. In 2019, MacLean was seventh at the USA Outdoor Championships 1500m, setting a personal best of 4:05.27. At the 2020 NYRR Wanamaker Mile, she finished sixth, clocking a personal best of 4:25.98 which placed her 15th on the U.S. woman all-time indoors list. MacLean won the Blankenship Women's Mile in 4:27.54 at the 2021 American Track League meet number 2 and also the 1500 meters in 4:06.32 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.^[1]

At the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials held in Eugene, Oregon, on June 21, 2021, she finished third in the women's 1,500m race behind Elle Purrier St. Pierre and Cory McGee to secure a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

References[]

^ "Heather MacLean". Bring Back the Mile. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ "The Latest: Thompson earns the javelin title at trials". KNBN NewsCenter1. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

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[1] "Heather MacLean". Bring Back the Mile. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[2] "The Latest: Thompson earns the javelin title at trials". KNBN NewsCenter1. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

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