Sue Heon

Susan Helen Heon (born May 31, 1962), later known by her married name Susan Preston, is an American former competition swimmer who swam for the University of Pittsburgh receiving All America Honors all four years of her college eligibility and setting seven school records. She represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, placing fourth in the finals of the 400-meter Individual Medley.

Career Early swimming and education Sue swam for Abington Heights High School, where as a multi-stroke competitor, she broke records in freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and individual medley events.

University of Pittsburgh Heon swam for the University of Pittsburgh under Coaches Dick Bradshaw and his successor Dave Belowich At Pitt, she earned All-America honors 11 times, receiving national prominence each season of her collegiate career. She was the only Pitt swimmer to make all American four years in a row and to swim in the Olympics. She sat out most of her Junior year to train for the 1984 Olympics.

In 1985, she was highly instrumental in leading the U. of Pittsburgh lady panthers to their third consecutive Big East Swimming Conference championship.

International competition She earned her first medal in international competition, a gold, in the women's 400-meter individual medley on August 27, 1982 at the U.S.-Russia Dual meet at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She placed second in the 400 IM at the Tokyo International Swimming Meet.

Honors She was inducted into the University of Pittsburgh Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. When the University of Pittsburgh Pool was improved in 2016, Heon-Preston's image was one of the few swimmer placed on a "Legends" wall in the newly renovated U. of Pittsburgh Trees Pool.