| Heather MacLean | |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 800 m 1000 m 1500 m |
| Collegeteam: | Massachusetts |
| Alma Mater: | University of Massachusetts '17 '19 Peabody Veterans Memorial High School '13 |
| Team: | New Balance Boston |
| Turnedpro: | 2018 |
| Coach: | Mark Coogan |
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]
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.
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.
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.
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]