Sean McGorty

Sean McGorty
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1995-03-08) March 8, 1995
Fairfax, Virginia
Sport
Sport Track, cross country
Event(s) 1500 meters, mile, 5000 meters
College team Stanford
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1500 meters: 3:40.62[1]
Updated on November 21, 2015.

Sean McGorty (born March 8, 1995) is an American runner who specializes in middle-distance and long-distance events. He ran for the United States at the 2014 NACAC Cross Country Championships, where he won the junior men's race.

Running career

High school

McGorty attended Chantilly High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Before high school, he tried various sports, but ended up running cross country and track for his high school. In his freshman year of cross country, he recorded 16:26 in a 5K race.[2] At the 2013 Penn Relays, he set the high school boy's mile meet record at 4:04.47.[3]

Collegiate

On January 17, 2015, McGorty made his indoor track debut with Stanford at the University of Washington Indoor Preview, where he ran the mile in 3:59.34, effectively becoming the first collegiate runner to run a sub-four minute mile in 2015.[4] He placed seventh overall at the 2015 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships.

References

  1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Sean McGorty".
  2. Bloom, Marc (January 16, 2013). "No Rest for McGorty".
  3. Rutz, David. Washington Post: Penn Relays: Sean McGorty breaks mile meet record with year’s best U.S. high school time April 26, 2013
  4. Eilerson, Nick (January 21, 2015). "McGorty breaks four-minute mile barrier".
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