Sean McGorty

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Sean McGorty
2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships (40950083510).jpg
McGorty at the 2018 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1995-03-08) March 8, 1995 (age 26)
Fairfax, Virginia
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
SportTrack, cross country
Event(s)1500 meters, mile, 5000 meters
College teamStanford
Turned pro2018
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 3:36.61[1]
Mile: 3:53.95[1]
5000m: 13:06.45[1]
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  United States
NACAC Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mount Irvine Junior men's 6K
Updated on August 30, 2018.

Sean McGorty (born March 8, 1995) is an American runner who specializes in middle-distance and long-distance events. He ran for the United States at the 2014 NACAC Cross Country Championships, where he won the junior men's race. He competed in NCAA Cross Country and Track & Field for Stanford University. Upon graduation, he joined the Bowerman Track Club, which trains in Portland, Oregon.[2]

Running career[]

High school[]

McGorty attended Chantilly High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Before high school, he tried various sports, but ended up running cross country and track for his high school. In his freshman year of cross country, he recorded 16:26 in a 5K race.[3] At the 2013 Penn Relays, he set the high school boy's mile meet record at 4:04.47.[4]

Collegiate[]

On January 17, 2015, McGorty made his indoor track debut with Stanford at the University of Washington Indoor Preview, where he ran the mile in 3:59.34, becoming the first collegiate runner to run a sub-four minute mile in 2015.[5] He placed seventh overall at the 2015 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships. On May 1, 2016, he fulfilled the Olympic standard in the men's 5000 meters with a personal record of 13:24.25, clinching a berth at the 2016 US Olympic Trials.[6] At the 2018 NCAA Championships, McGorty won the men's 5,000 meter title with a time of 13:54.81, outkicking heavy favorite Justyn Knight as well as the 2017 champion and Stanford teammate Grant Fisher.

Post-collegiate[]

On July 14, 2018, McGorty ran his first race in Europe at the Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium, where he edged out to win the men's 1500 meters with a new personal best time of 3:36.61.[7] On August 3, 2018, McGorty placed seventh overall in the men's mile at the 2018 Sir Walter Miler, running 3:55.21.[8]

McGorty ran a 3000m PR of 7:37.47 on February 6, 2021 in Phoenix, AZ.

At the 2020 US Olympic team trials, McGorty achieved some notoriety when he paused mid-race to put his shoe back on, but nevertheless qualified for the finals.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c IAAF. "IAAF: Sean McGorty - Athlete Profile".
  2. ^ "Sean McGorty Bio". BowermanTC. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  3. ^ Bloom, Marc (January 16, 2013). "No Rest for McGorty".
  4. ^ [1] Rutz, David. Washington Post: Penn Relays: Sean McGorty breaks mile meet record with year’s best U.S. high school time April 26, 2013
  5. ^ Eilerson, Nick (January 21, 2015). "McGorty breaks four-minute mile barrier". Archived from the original on April 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Dave Kiefer (May 6, 2016). "Payton Jordan track meet was even better at second glance".
  7. ^ "Stanford Athletics: McGorty Wins Euro Debut". July 17, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "PRESS RELEASE: LIPSEY BREAKS THROUGH; LOMONG BREAKS RECORDS AT THE 2018 SIR WALTER MILER". August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
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