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

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]

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 1:59.72 (Walnut, CA 2021)
  • 800 metres indoor – 2:00.53 (Fayetteville, AR 2021)
• 1500 metres – 3:58.76 (Brussels 2022)
  • 1500 metres indoor – 4:05.29 (Boston, MA 2020)
• One mile – 4:31.13 (Birmingham 2019)
  • One mile indoor – 4:23.42 (Boston, MA 2023)

References

External links

• Heather MacLean at World Athletics
• Heather MacLean at www.USATF.org
• Heather MacLean at Olympedia
• Heather MacLean bio University of Massachusetts Amherst Athletics
• Heather MacLean UMASS Amherst Results TFRRS
• Heather MacLean bio The Sports

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