Boston University Track and Tennis Center

Last updated February 04, 2025

The Boston University Track and Tennis Center houses a banked, 6 lane, 200m indoor track.^[1]

History

The Track and Tennis Center (TTC) was constructed in 2002 to house an indoor track and tennis courts. The first track meet at the TTC occurred on December 6, 2002. The first tennis match followed two months later on February 9, 2003. The TTC replaced the Commonwealth Armory, which served as home to the Boston University indoor track team from 1979 through 2002.

The track

The track is known in the running community as one of the fastest indoor tracks in the world due to its banked turns, wooden supports, and general atmosphere.^[2] In February of 2023, 52 men broke the 4 minute mile barrier in the same day at the facility setting the record for the most sub 4 minute miles at a single meet.^[3] On January 28, 2013, Olympic Medalist Galen Rupp ran a facility record of 3.50.92 in the mile.^[4] On February 9, 2018, Edward Cheserek improved that to 3:49.44, the #2 mark in history at the time.^[5] On March 3, 2019, Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia improved that to a new world indoor record of 3:47.01. Also during that same race, American Johnny Gregorek Jr. ran a 3:49.98, becoming the second American to break 3:50 in the mile, also marking the first time indoors that two people ran under 3:50 in the same race.^[6]

Records set on the BU indoor track

All times from World Athletics profiles.^[7] This is an incomplete list.

Date	Athlete / Team	Event	Record	Time
February 13, 2009	Mary Teresa Cullen	3000m	Irish Record	8:43.74
February 11, 2011	Megan Wright	5000m	Canadian Record	15:25.15
January 16, 2014	Galen Rupp		Area Record	13:01.26
	Cam Levins		Canadian Record	13:19.16
	Mary Cain	1000m	American Junior Record	2:39.25
January 24, 2014	Galen Rupp	2 mile	Area Record	8:07.41
January 24, 2014	Mary Cain	Mile	American U20 Record	4:24.11
March 2, 2014	David Torrence	1000m	Area Record	2:16.76
March 2, 2014	Nathan Brannen	1000m	Canadian Record	2:16.87
December 6, 2014	Gemma Acheampong	300m	Ghanaian Record	39.50
December 6, 2014	Sarah Disanza	5000m	American U20 Record	15:20.57
January 19, 2017	Gemma Acheampong	300m	Ghanaian Record	39.01
February 26, 2017	Mo Ahmed	5000m	Canadian Record	13:04.60
	Kemoy Campbell	5000m	Jamaican Record	13:14.45
	Sampson Laari	Mile	Ghanaian Record	3:58.75
January 26, 2018	Natalija Piliušina		Lithuanian Record	4:32.67
February 9, 2018	Edward Cheserek		Kenyan Record	3:49.44
February 25, 2018	Mobolade Ajomale	200m	NCAA DII Record	20.67
	Agnes Abu	800m	Ghanaian Record	2:02.30
	Josh Hoey	800m	American High School Record	1:47.67
	Sampson Laari	Mile	Ghanaian Record	3:58.65
	Hoka NJNYTC (Joe McAsey , Kyle Merber , Chris Giesting , Jesse Garn )	4x800m relay	World Record	7:11.30
December 1, 2018	Jessica Pascoe	5000m	Australian Record	15:34.76
February 8, 2019	Hygua Endo	5000m	Japanese Record	13:27.81
	Jenna Westaway	1000m	Canadian Record	2:37.04
	Riko Matsuzaki	3000m	Japanese Record	9:00.86
February 24, 2019	Jenna Westaway	800m	Canadian Record	1:59.87
March 3, 2019	Yomif Kejelcha	Mile	World Record	3:47.01
March 3, 2019	John Gregorek Jr.	Mile	Area Record	3:49.98
December 7, 2019	Carmela Cardama	5000m	Spanish Record	15:25.41
December 7, 2019	Joshua Desouza	5000m	Canadian U20 Record	14:09.03
January 24, 2020	Matt Baxter	5000m	New Zealand Record	13:27.61
January 24, 2020	Laura Galván	Mile	Mexican Record	4:31.89
February 1, 2020	Dom Scott	5000m	South African Record	15:20.84
February 1, 2020	Nicole Hutchinson	5000m	Canadian Record	15:25.11
February 14, 2020	Eglė Morenaitė	3000m	Lithuanian Record	9:12.58
February 15, 2020	Fernando Daniel Martínez	3000m	Mexican Record	7:44.31
February 27, 2020	Karissa Schweizer	3000m	American Record	8:25.70
	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	5000m	German Record	14:30.79
	Heidi See		Australian Record	15:25.59
	Eglė Morenaitė		Lithuanian Record	16:12.11
	Joshua Thompson	1500m	Area Record	3:34.77
February 28, 2020	Matthew Hughes	5000m	Canadian Record	13:13.38
	Justyn Knight	1500m	Canadian Record	3:36.13
	Melany Smart	3000m	Australian U20 Record	9:08.57
December 4, 2021	Olli Hoare	5000m	Area Record	13:09.96
	George Beamish		New Zealand Record	13:12.53
	George Kusche		South African Record	13:28.95
	Nico Young		American U20 Record	13:22.59
	Katelyn Tuohy	3000m	American U20 Record	8:54.18
January 28, 2022	Mikuni Yada	3000m	Japanese Record	9:06.63
February 11, 2022	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	5000m	Area Record	14:31.38
	Elise Cranny	5000m	American Record	14:33.17
	Roisin Willis	800m	American High School Record	2:00.06
	Alma Delia Cortes	Mile	Mexican Record	4:27.09
	Berenice Cleyet-Merle		French Record / NCAA DII Record	4:31.99
	Chloe Thomas		Canadian U20 Record	4:40.74
February 12, 2022	Grant Fisher	5000m	Area Record	12:53.73
	Mo Ahmed		Canadian Record	12:56.87
	Marc Scott		Area Record	12:57.08
	Adriaan Wildschutt		South African Record	13:09.30
	Jonas Raess		Swiss Record	13:07.95
	Alfredo Santana		Puerto Rican Record	13:53.80
	Yared Nuguse	3000m	Collegiate Record	7:38.13
February 27, 2022	Josh Kerr	Mile	British Record	3:48.87
	Cameron Proceviat	Mile	Canadian Record	3:52.54
	Mikuni Yada	5000m	Japanese Record	15:23.87
	Christian Noble	Mile	NCAA DII Record	3:56.10
	Christian Noble	3000m	NCAA DII Record	7:50.98
December 3, 2022	Amos Bartelsmeyer	5000m	German Record	13:17.71
	Brian Fay		Irish Record	13:16.77
	Zofia Dudek		Polish Record	15:40.41
	Hilda Chebet		Kenyan U20 Record	15:17.97
	Parker Wolfe		American U20 Record	13:19.73
January 27, 2023	Yared Nuguse	3000m	Area Record	7:28.24
	Sam Atkin		British Record	7:31.97
	Drew Bosley		Collegiate Record	7:36.42
	Yaseen Abdalla		Sudanese Record	7:42.23
	Woody Kincaid	5000m	Area Record	12:51.61
	Mike Foppen		Dutch Record	13:11.60
	Sam Parsons		German Record	13:12.78
January 28, 2023	Lucia Stafford	1000m	Area Record	2:33.75
February 3, 2023	University of Washington (Sophie O’Sullivan , Marlena Preigh , Carley Thomas , Anna Gibson )	DMR	Collegiate Record	10:46.62
February 4, 2023	Kazuto Iizawa	Mile	Japanese Record	3:56.01
	Alondra Negron	5000m	Puerto Rican Record	16:06.51
	Carolina Lozano	5000m	Argentinan Record	16:14.03
February 10, 2023	Nozomi Tanaka	3000m	Japanese Record	8:45.64
	Alondra Negron	Mile	Puerto Rican Record	4:38.44
	Brianna Robles		NCAA DII Record	15:47.88
February 11, 2023	Amos Bartelsmeyer		German Record	3:50.45
February 11, 2023	Robin Hendrix	5000m	Belgian Record	13:17.65
February 26, 2023	Rob Napolitano	Mile	Puerto Rican Record	3:54.29
December 2, 2023	Kieran Lumb	3000m	Canadian Record	7:38.39
	Parker Valby	5000m	Collegiate Record	14:56.11
	Fiona Smith		NCAA DIII Record	15:50.48
	Graham Blanks		Collegiate Record	13:03.78
	Habtom Samuel		Eritrean record	13:14.86
	Joseph O’Brien		British U20 Record	13:51.24
	Ky Robinson		Australian Record	13:06.42
	Romain Legendre		NCAA DII Record	13:24.09
January 26, 2024	George Beamish	5000m	New Zealand Record	13:04.33
	Nico Young		Collegiate Record	12:57.14
	Adriaan Wildschutt		South African Record	12:56.76
	John Haymans		Belgian Record	13:03.46
	Mike Foppen		Dutch Record	13:08.60
	Keita Satoh		Japanese Record	13:09.45
	Andrew Coscoran		Irish Record	13:12.56
	Noah Baltus	Mile	Dutch Record	3:54.81
January 27, 2024	Senayet Getachew	5000m	World U20 Record	14:42.94
January 27, 2024	Marta Garica Alons	5000m	Spanish Record	14:46.37
February 3, 2024	Charles Grethen	Mile	Luxembourgish Record	3:52.67
	Thomas Vanoppen		Belgian Record	3:53.98
	Noah Baltus		Dutch Record	3:54.28
February 9, 2024	Gracie Hyde	3000m	NCAA DII Record	8:58.33
February 10, 2024	Thomas Vanoppen	Mile	Belgian Record	3:52.66
	Rob Napolitano		Puerto Rican Record	3:54.12
	Ryoma Aoki		Japanese Record	3:54.84
	Parvej Khan		Indian Record	3:56.64
	Jack Anstey	1000m	Australian Record	2:16.95
February 16, 2024	Parvej Khan	Mile	Indian Record	3:55.41
February 16, 2024	University of Washington (Chloe Foerster , Anna Terrell , Marlena Preigh , Carley Thomas )	DMR	Collegiate Record	10:43.39
December 7, 2024	Ethan Strand	3000m	Collegiate Record	7:30.15
	Doris Lemngole	5000m	Collegiate Record	14:52.57
	Amy Bunnage	5000m	Australian Record	15:00.75
	Yaseen Abdalla	3000m	Sudanese Record	7:34.17
February 1, 2025	Ethan Strand	Mile	Collegiate Record	3:48.32
	Robert Farken	Mile	German Record	3:49.45
	Jimmy Gressier [[Jimmy Gressier\| ]]	5000m	French Record	13:00.54
	Romain Legendre [[Jimmy Gressier\| ]]		NCAA DII Record	13:02.08
	Habtom Samuel		Eritrean record	13:04.92
	Eduardo Herrera		Mexican Record	13:06.36

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References

↑ "Track & Tennis Center Reservations ‹ Fitness & Recreation Center ‹ Boston University". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
↑ Chalufour, Marc (March 1, 2023). "The Mystery Behind BU's Record Breaking Indoror Track". BU Today. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
↑ Dickinson, Marley (February 16, 2023). "Should sub-four be no more?". Canadian Running. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
↑ "M Mile H01 (Elite, Rupp 3:50.92 American Record Attempt - 2013 BU Terrier) | 2013 BU Terrier Invitational - Flotrack". Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
↑ "Edward Cheserek Runs the Second-Fastest Mile in World History at BU - FloTrack".
↑ "Yomif Kejelcha Blasts 3:47.01 Mile World Record, Gregorek Goes 3:49 - FloTrack". www.flotrack.org. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
↑ "World Athletics Stat Zone". World Athletics. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

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[1] "Track & Tennis Center Reservations ‹ Fitness & Recreation Center ‹ Boston University". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-09.

[2] Chalufour, Marc (March 1, 2023). "The Mystery Behind BU's Record Breaking Indoror Track". BU Today. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

[3] Dickinson, Marley (February 16, 2023). "Should sub-four be no more?". Canadian Running. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

[4] "M Mile H01 (Elite, Rupp 3:50.92 American Record Attempt - 2013 BU Terrier) | 2013 BU Terrier Invitational - Flotrack". Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-13.

[5] "Edward Cheserek Runs the Second-Fastest Mile in World History at BU - FloTrack".

[6] "Yomif Kejelcha Blasts 3:47.01 Mile World Record, Gregorek Goes 3:49 - FloTrack". www.flotrack.org. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

[7] "World Athletics Stat Zone". World Athletics. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

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