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
Team New Balance Boston
Turned pro2018
Coached byMark Coogan

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, Massachusetts. [2]

NCAA

In college at the University of Massachusetts, MacLean placed 10th at 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 800 m, 1000 m, 1500 m 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.

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

Professional

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. 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 held 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 in 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]

Statistics

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results [12]
SlamRace groupEventPl.Time
2025 Kingston Slam Short distance800 m7th2:00.71
1500 m5th4:07.11

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. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track . Retrieved April 5, 2025.


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