Peabody Planning 'Heather MacLean Day' To Honor Hometown Olympian

Peabody MA

16 August, 2021

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PEABODY, MA — Peabody is putting in place plans to honor its hometown Olympic hero with a Heather MacLean Day in the city. The Peabody Veterans Memorial and UMass-Amherst alumna qualified for the semifinals in the 1,500 meters at the Tokyo Summer Games earlier this month before coming up short in her bid to run for a medal in the finals. Mayor Ted Bettencourt said on Monday that he was discussing details of a proposed event with members of the MacLean family and that more details will be forthcoming "very soon." MacLean advanced to the semifinals in Tokyo with a strong preliminary run that hundreds of Peabody residents watched during a public viewing party at the Leather City Common. She finished third in the event at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in early July — edging out the fourth-place runner by nine-hundredths of a second. "Heather MacLean Day in Peabody will be an opportunity to show Heather how much we appreciate and admire her hard work and determination — and how proud we all are of our hometown Olympic hero," Bettencourt said. Did you find this article useful? Invite a friend to subscribe to Patch. (Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)More Patch Coverage: Peabody's Heather MacLean's Olympic Run Ends In Semifinals Peabody's Heather MacLean Races To Olympic Semifinals In 1,500 Peabody To Host Heather MacLean Olympic Outdoor Viewing Party