Team New Balance Boston

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Team New Balance Boston
Short nameTNBB
Sport Athletics
Founded2014
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Head coach Mark Coogan
Main sponsor New Balance

Team New Balance Boston (TNBB) is a training group of professional distance runners sponsored by New Balance and based out of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The team is coached by Mark Coogan and was founded in 2014. [1]

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Notable successes

At the 2020 United States Olympic trials, TNBB teammates Elle Purrier St. Pierre and Heather MacLean finished in gold and bronze position, with the silver medal going to former teammate Cory McGee. All three ran a new personal best, and Purrier set a new meet record. [2]

Purrier has set four national records while representing TNBB by running the indoor mile in 4:16.85 on February 8, 2020, and then lowering that time to 4:16.41 on February 11, 2024. She broke the indoor two mile record by running 9:10.28 on February 13, 2021. She also holds the American indoor 3000m record by running 8:20.87 on March 2, 2024.

On April 15, 2022, TNBB teammates MacLean and Purrier ran alongside Kendall Ellis and Roisin Willis setting a distance medley relay world record with a time of 10:33.85 at the grand opening of the TRACK at New Balance. [3]

At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Purrier won the 3000m by running 8:20.87, making her the not only the American record holder, but also claiming the 3rd fastest time ever. [4] The following day, Emily Mackay earned bronze in the 1500m by running 4:02.69. [5]

Roster

Men

Women

Former Members

References

  1. ↑ "Teams: Bring Back the Mile". BringBackTheMile. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Results". USATF. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (April 15, 2022). "New Balance All-Stars (and HSer Roisin Willis) Crush DMR World Record As The TRACK Opens in Boston". LetsRun. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ "USA's Elle St. Pierre Wins 3000m World Indoor Gold in Huge Upset Over Gudaf Tsegay". LetsRun.com. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2024 World Indoors W1500: Freweyni Hailu Wins Gold As Americans Hiltz & Mackay Go 2-3". LetsRun.com. March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Benjamin, Jeff (January 3, 2023). "Going Into 2023 With Coach Mark Coogan And Team New Balance Boston!". RunBlogRun. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Gault, Jonathan (June 3, 2025). "Heather MacLean Leaves New Balance Boston, Will Train With Juli Benson Moving Forward". LetsRun. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "So excited to welcome Coogan to the team" . Retrieved March 3, 2023. [self-published]
  9. 1 2 "New Balance Newbies with Millie Palladino and Drew Piazza". Citius Mag. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  10. ↑ "My first race as a pro in the book" . Retrieved March 3, 2023. [self-published]
  11. ↑ Chavez, Chris (October 17, 2024). "Parker Valby, U.S. Olympian and 6x NCAA Champion, Signs With New Balance, Joins Team New Balance Boston". CitiusMag. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Introducing Kemroy". January 20, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2023. [self-published]
  13. ↑ "I was so excited knowing that I was about to be apart of[sic] Reebok". February 22, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2023. [self-published]
  14. ↑ "Meet Abbey Cooper". Running with heart. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  15. ↑ Strout, Erin (July 22, 2019). "Abbey Cooper is Answering Her Calling at the 2019 U.S. Outdoor Championships". Womens Running. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  16. ↑ Adams, Bruce (July 5, 2016). "GIRLS TRACK AND FIELDConestoga grad Liz Costello has memorable run at 2016 Olympic Trials". Prep Life. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  17. ↑ Ator, Jen (June 22, 2021). "For Cory McGee, It's the Team that Makes the Dream". Womens Running. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  18. ↑ Kastoff, Mitch (Mar 24, 2014). "Natosha Rogers to New Balance". FloTrack. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  19. ↑ Robinson, Adam (May 7, 2020). "Emily Durgin's Journey from Cheverus to the Pros". MainTrackXC. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  20. ↑ Hass, Trevor (July 6, 2021). "'A blue-collar kid': How Peabody's Heather MacLean blossomed into UMass Amherst women's track and field's first Olympian". Boston.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  21. ↑ Sheil, Bláithín (January 2, 2020). "Síofra Cléirigh Büttner on lessons from America". Fast Running. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  22. ↑ Barden, Katy (January 8, 2022). "Sarah McDonald looks for fresh start in Boston". Athletics weekly.
  23. ↑ "Julie-Anne Staehli talks world indoor, joining New Balance Boston after 2022 NBIGP". LetsRun. February 6, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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