New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, formerly known as the Boston Indoor Games, is an annual indoor track and field meet which is held in late January or early February at the Track at New Balance. Prior to 2023, it was hosted at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. It was first held in Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston, in 1996 and has become one of the foremost events of its type in the United States, alongside the Millrose Games.[1]

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Shalane Flanagan and Sentayehu Ejigu at the 2009 edition
DateJanuary or February
LocationRoxbury, Boston, United States United States
Event typeTrack and field
Established1996
Official siteNew Balance Indoor Grand Prix
2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Editions

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Ed.NameDateVenueRef
1st1996 Boston Indoor Games26 Jan 1996Reggie Lewis Center[2]
2nd1997 Boston Indoor Games30 Jan 1997Reggie Lewis Center[3][4]
3rd1998 New Balance Invitational19 Feb 1998Reggie Lewis Center[5][6]
4th1999 New Balance Invitational7 Feb 1999Reggie Lewis Center[7][8]
5th2000 New Balance Invitational6 Feb 2000Reggie Lewis Center[9][10]
6th2001 New Balance Invitational4 Feb 2001Reggie Lewis Center[11][12]
7th2002 adidas Boston Indoor Games27 Jan 2002Reggie Lewis Center[13][14]
8th2003 adidas Boston Indoor Games31 Jan 2003Reggie Lewis Center[15][16]
9th2004 adidas Boston Indoor Games30 Jan 2004Reggie Lewis Center[17]
10th2005 Reebok Boston Indoor Games28 Jan 2005Reggie Lewis Center[18][19][20]
11th2006 Reebok Boston Indoor Games27 Jan 2006Reggie Lewis Center[21]
12th2007 Reebok Boston Indoor Games26 Jan 2007Reggie Lewis Center[22]
13th2008 Reebok Boston Indoor Games25 Jan 2008Reggie Lewis Center[23]
14th2009 Reebok Boston Indoor Games7 Feb 2009Reggie Lewis Center[24][25]
15th2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games5 Feb 2010Reggie Lewis Center[26]
16th2011 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix4 Feb 2011Reggie Lewis Center[27]
17th2012 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix3 Feb 2012Reggie Lewis Center[28]
18th2013 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix1 Feb 2013Reggie Lewis Center[29]
19th2014 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix7 Feb 2014Reggie Lewis Center[30]
20th2015 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix6 Feb 2015Reggie Lewis Center[31]
21st2016 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix13 Feb 2016Reggie Lewis Center[32]
22nd2017 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix27 Jan 2017Reggie Lewis Center[33]
23rd2018 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix9 Feb 2018Reggie Lewis Center[34]
24th2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix25 Jan 2019Reggie Lewis Center[35]
25th2020 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix24 Jan 2020Reggie Lewis Center[36]
26th2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix13 Feb 2021Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex [d][37]
27th2022 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix6 Feb 2022Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex [d][38]
28th2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix4 Feb 2023The Track at New Balance[39]
29th2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix4 Feb 2024The Track at New Balance

History

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The competition is part of USA Track and Field's Visa Championship Series and attracts high-caliber athletes, including Olympic and World medalists. The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour.

Since its inception, a total of six world records have been set at the event.[1] Among them are performances by Ethiopian runner Tirunesh Dibaba, who set a world indoor record over 5000 metres in 2005 and improved that mark in 2007.[40] The Boston Indoor Games has also featured numerous national records and United States all-comers records (the best performances recorded on US soil).[41]

The competition has had a number of title sponsors over its history, including adidas in the early 2000s and Reebok from 2005 to 2010.[42][43][44] New Balance became the current title sponsor in 2011.[1] The rights to the event are owned by Global Athletics & Marketing and Mark Wetmore is the meeting director.[45]

At the 2012 meeting, Jenn Suhr broke her own American record in the pole vault, clearing 4.88 m to become the second-highest vaulter of all time.[46]

In 2021, the event was relocated to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York as due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Boston venue was serving as a mass vaccination site.[47] The 2023 edition moved to the TRACK at New Balance, a new state-of-the-art indoor track and field facility located in Brighton, Boston.[48]

World records

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Over the course of its history, five world records and three world bests have been set at the event.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationalityRef.
2023500 m1:05.63 [WB]Femke Bol  Netherlands[49]
2017Distance medley relay10:40.31 [WB]USA A
Emma Coburn 3:18.40 (1200m)
Sydney McLaughlin 52.32 (400m)
Brenda Martinez 2:01.92 (800m)
Jenny Simpson 4:27.66 (1600 m)
 United States[50]
2015Distance medley relay10:42.57 [WB]NB - USA
Sarah Brown 3:15.54 (1200m)
Mahagony Jones 53.59 (400m)
Megan Krumpoch 2:05.68 (800m)
Brenda Martinez 4:27.77 (1600 m)
 United States[51]
20144×800 m relay7:13.11USA All Stars
Richard Jones 1:51.01
David Torrence 1:47.46
Duane Solomon 1:47.99
Eric Sowinski 1:46.67
 United States
2008Two miles9:10.50Meseret Defar  Ethiopia[52]
20075000 m14:27.42Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
20055000 m14:32.93Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
20004×800 m relay7:13.94Global Athletics & Marketing
Joey Woody
Karl Paranya
Rich Kenah
David Krummenacker
 United States

Meet records

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EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateVenueRef.
60 m6.44Noah Lyles  United States4 February 2024Boston[53]
200 m20.64Trayvon Bromell  United States6 February 2022Staten Island[54]
300 m32.10Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago10 February 2018Boston[55]
400 m45.34Michael Norman  United States13 February 2021Staten Island[56]
500 m1:01.84Jarrin Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago8 February 2014Boston[57]
600 m1:14.39Donavan Brazier  United States25 January 2020Boston[58]
800 m1:44.21Donavan Brazier  United States13 February 2021Staten Island[59]
1000 m2:14.74Marco Arop  Canada4 February 2024Boston[60]
1500 m3:32.35Ollie Hoare  Australia13 February 2021Staten Island[61]
Mile3:51.61Nick Willis  New Zealand7 February 2015Boston[62]
3000 m7:29.09Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia4 February 2024Boston[63]
Two miles8:13.92Justyn Knight  Canada13 February 2021Staten Island[64]
5000 m13:11.50Bernard Lagat  United States6 February 2010Boston[65]
60 m hurdles7.35Grant Holloway  United States4 February 2024Boston[66]
High jump2.33 mTrey Culver  United States13 February 2021Staten Island[67]
Pole vault6.06 mSteven Hooker  Australia7 February 2009Boston
Long jump8.20 mCarey McLeod  Jamaica4 February 2024Boston[68]
Triple jump16.93 mLaMark Carter  United States20 February 1998Boston
Shot put21.66 mAdam Nelson  United States29 January 2005Boston
4×400 m relay3:05.66Team Nike  United States27 January 2002Boston
4×800 m relay7:13.11US All Stars
Richard Jones 1:51.01
David Torrence 1:47.46
Duane Solomon 1:47.99
Eric Sowinski 1:46.67
 United States8 February 2014Boston[69]

Women

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EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateVenueRef.
60 m7.02Aleia Hobbs  United States4 February 2023Boston[70]
200 m22.99Muna Lee  United States29 January 2005Boston
300 m35.73Gabby Thomas  United States13 February 2021Staten Island[71]
400 m50.21Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas13 February 2021Staten Island[72]
500 m1:05.63Femke Bol  Netherlands4 February 2023Boston[73]
600 m1:27.31Raevyn Rogers  United States26 January 2019Boston[74]
800 m1:57.79Jolanda Čeplak  Slovenia27 January 2002Boston
1000 m2:35.29Regina Jacobs  United States6 February 2000Boston
1500 m3:58.11Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia4 February 2024Boston[75]
Mile4:23.42Heather MacLean  United States4 February 2023Boston[76]
2000 m5:35.46Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia7 February 2015Boston[77]
3000 m8:24.93Jessica Hull  Australia4 February 2024Boston[78]
Two miles9:10.28Elinor Purrier  United States13 February 2021Staten Island[79]
5000 m14:27.42Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia27 January 2007Boston
60 m hurdles7.72Tia Jones  United States4 February 2024Boston[80]
High jump1.95 mChaunte Howard  United States21 January 2006Boston
Pole vault4.88 mJennifer Suhr  United States4 February 2012Boston[81][82]
14 February 2016Boston[83]
Long jump6.86 mTara Davis-Woodhall  United States4 February 2024Boston[78]
Triple jump14.01 mPatrícia Mamona  Portugal28 January 2017Boston[84]
Shot put19.28 mMagdalyn Ewen  United States26 January 2019Boston[85]
Distance medley relay10:40.31Emma Coburn 3:18.40 (1200m)
Sydney McLaughlin 52.32 (400m)
Brenda Martinez 2:01.92 (800m)
Jenny Simpson 4:27.66 (1600 m)
 United States28 January 2017Boston[86]

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