New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

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New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
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Shalane Flanagan and Sentayehu Ejigu at the 2009 edition
DateJanuary or February
Location Roxbury, Boston, United States Flag of the United States.svg
Event type Track and field
Established1996
Official site New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Athletics current event.svg 2024 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]

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Editions

History

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

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

World records & bests set at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
YearEventRecordAthleteNationalityRef.
2000 4 × 800 m relay 7:13.94Global Athletics & Marketing:
Joey Woody
Karl Paranya
Rich Kenah
David Krummenacker 		Flag of the United States.svg United States
2005 5000 m 14:32.93 Tirunesh Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2007 5000 m 14:27.42 Tirunesh Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2008 Two miles 9:10.50 Meseret Defar Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia [49]
2014 4 × 800 m relay 7:13.11USA All Stars:
Richard Jones 1:51.01
David Torrence 1:47.46
Duane Solomon 1:47.99
Eric Sowinski 1:46.67		Flag of the United States.svg United States
2015 Distance medley relay 10:42.57 [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)		Flag of the United States.svg United States [50]
2017 Distance medley relay 10:40.31 [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)		Flag of the United States.svg United States [51]
2023 500 m 1:05.63 [WB] Femke Bol Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands [52]

Meet records

Men

Women

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