Sandy Barwick

Sandra May Barwick, born in 1949, is a New Zealand ultramarathon runner who set a new six-day track world record in Campbelltown, Australia, from 18 to 24 November 1990, covering 549 miles 110 yards in six days. Her record was not broken until Camille Herron covered 560.330 miles in March 2024. In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to athletics. Her other world records were set on the road at the Sri Chinmoy 1300 mile multiday race in New York from 16 September to 3 October 1991, and include 1000 km in 7 days 16 hours 11 minutes, 2000 km in 17 days 3 hours 1 minute, and 1000 miles in 12 days 14 hours 38 minutes 40 seconds.