Heather MacLean (runner)

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Heather MacLean
Heather MacLean competing at the 2024 Edwin Moses Legends Meet.jpg
Personal information
Born (1995-08-31) August 31, 1995 (age 29)
Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater University of Massachusetts '17 '19
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School '13
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800 m
1000 m
1500 m
College team Massachusetts
Turned pro2018
Coached by Juli Benson

Heather MacLean (born August 31, 1995) [1] is an American middle-distance runner.

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From Peabody, Massachusetts and an alumna of the University of Massachusetts, MacLean is based in Boston. [2]

NCAA

In college at the University of Massachusetts, MacLean placed 10th in the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1500 meters.

She earned NCAA Division I All-American cross country honors at 2017 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (the school's first woman to do so), and established records for the 800 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the mile. She also qualified for the NCAA Championships in track and cross country. She was a finalist for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

MacLean placed 9th in the 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships mile.

Professional

In 2018, MacLean began to be coached by Mark Coogan for Team New Balance Boston.

In 2019, she placed seventh in the USA Outdoor Championships 1500m, setting a personal best of 4:05.27. In the 2020 NYRR Wanamaker Mile, she finished sixth, clocking a personal best of 4:25.98, which placed her 15th on the U.S. women's all-time indoor list. [1]

MacLean won the Blankenship Women's Mile in 4:27.54 at the 2021 American Track League meet number 2 in Fayetteville, and also the 1500 meters in 4:06.32 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York. [3] At the delayed 2020 U.S. Olympic trials held in Eugene, Oregon, on June 21, 2021, she finished third in the women's 1500 m race (4:02.09), behind Elle Purrier St. Pierre and Cory McGee, to secure a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [4] At the Games, MacLean was eliminated in the semi-finals with a time of 4:05.33. [1]

In February 2023 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, racing in the women's mile, MacLean edged out Canadian Lucia Stafford to win with a world-leading and personal best time of 4:23.42. [5]

She ran a personal best 3:58.41 over 1500 metres at the US Olympic trials in June 2024. [6] She won the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 1500 metres in February 2025, with a personal best 4:23.32. [7] Later that month, she was runner-up to Georgia Bell in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York City. [8] She finished third over 1500 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. [9] She ran 4:17.01 for the mile on 2 March 2025 in Boston, to move to fourth on the women's world indoor mile all-time list. [10] She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025. [11]

In June 2025, MacLean announced she would no longer be coached by Mark Coogan and train with New Balance Boston, but would now be coached by Juli Benson while still being based out of Boston. [12] She finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025. [13] She ran 4:05.60 for the 1500 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to place fourth overall in the final. [14] She set a new personal best at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland, with a run of 3:57.79 for the 1500 metres. [15] She placed fifth in the 1500 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [16]

Statistics

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results [17]
SlamRace groupEventPl.TimePrize money
2025 Kingston Slam Short distance800 m7th2:00.71US$15,000
1500 m5th4:07.11

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 21st 1500m 4:05.33
2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th1500m4:06.38
NACAC Championships Freeport, The Bahamas 1st1500m4:04.53 CR
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 7th 1500m 4:05.45

National championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2018 USATF Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa 27th800m2:06.14
2019 USATF Indoor Championships Staten Island, New York 11th1000m2:42.67 PB
USATF Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa 7th1500m4:05.27 PB
2020 USATF Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 7th1500m4:15.82
2021 Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 3rd1500m4:02.09 PB
2022 USATF Indoor Championships Spokane, Washington 1st1500m4:06.09
USATF Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 5th1500m4:06.40
2023 USATF Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 7th1500m4:05.29
2024 Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 7th1500m3:58.31 PB
2025 USATF Indoor Championships Staten Island, New York 3rd1500m4:06.69
USATF Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th1500m4:05.60


Personal bests

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Heather MACLEAN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics . Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "' A blue-collar kid': How Peabody's Heather MacLean blossomed into UMass Amherst women's track and field's first Olympian". Boston.com.
  3. ↑ "Heather MacLean". Bring Back the Mile. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Latest: Thompson earns the javelin title at trials". KNBN NewsCenter1. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Heather MacLean World Leading Mile, Woody Kincaid Keeps Train Rolling- New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Distance Recap". LetsRun.com . February 4, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Former UMass star Heather MacLean finishes 7th in 1,500 meters at U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials". Gazettenet.com. June 30, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hoey, Courtney-Bryant and Coscoran win distance duels in Boston". World Athletics. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ Henderson, Jason (February 8, 2025). "Nuguse and Fisher run world indoor records at Millrose Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ Jampol, Noah (February 23, 2025). "Nikki Hiltz Completes 1500/3000 Sweep, Resurgent Nia Akins Wins 800". Lets Run. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  10. ↑ "MacLean and Nuguse run fast miles in Boston". World Athletics. March 2, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  11. ↑ Hall, Dan (March 14, 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (June 3, 2025). "Heather MacLean Leaves New Balance Boston, Will Train With Juli Benson Moving Forward". LetsRun. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Results - Rome Diamond League Golden Gala 2025". Watch Athletics. June 6, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Women's 1500m Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. July 31, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Results - Silesia Diamond League Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025". Watch Athletics. August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. August 28, 2025. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track . Retrieved April 5, 2025.


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