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Athlete & coach
Edward F. Sheehan
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Born
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1958-06-18
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June 18, 1958
Weymouth, Massachusetts
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Died
| May 6, 2005
(2005-05-06)
(aged 46)
Silver Spring, Maryland
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Occupation(s)
| Athlete, Coach
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Sport
| Running
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Club
| Boston Running Club, Boston Athletic Association
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Updated on 18 March 2015
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Edward "Ed" F. Sheehan Jr.
(June 18, 1958 ? May 6, 2005) was an elite athlete and coach, a native and longtime resident of
Weymouth
,
Massachusetts
, was head coach of the
Boston Athletic Association
, qualified for the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 1980 and 1984, and twice finished in the top 15 in the
Boston Marathon
(1980 and 1982).
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Early life
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He graduated from
Boston College High School
in 1975 and then enrolled at
Harvard University
, starting out as a pre-med student but changing his major to philosophy. At
Harvard
, Mr. Sheehan was a standout in cross-country and track and field, holding several university records.
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He graduated from Harvard in 1979, when he began competing for the BAA, and stayed on to earn his master's in psychology in 1981.
Career
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He began his collegiate coaching at
Troy State
, where he fielded the college's first women's cross-country program. In 1984, he returned to Harvard to coach cross-country and track and field, coaching athletes who attained All-American status. After coaching at Harvard, he coached at the Boston Running Club before joining the
Boston Athletic Association
in 1994.
Mr. Sheehan's personal best in a marathon was 2:13:46, in the 1982 Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, Alabama.
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He was a two-time runner-up in the USA Track & Field-New England Road Race Grand Prix Series in 1992 and 1993.
He died of a heart attack May 6, 2005, while running with his wife in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 46.
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