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
Date	January or February
Location	Roxbury, Boston, United States
Event type	Track and field
Established	1996
Official site	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Editions

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix editions

Ed.	Name	Date	Venue	Ref.
1st	1996 Boston Indoor Games	26 Jan 1996	Reggie Lewis Center	[2]
2nd	1997 Boston Indoor Games	30 Jan 1997	Reggie Lewis Center	[3][4]
3rd	1998 New Balance Invitational	19 Feb 1998	Reggie Lewis Center	[5][6]
4th	1999 New Balance Invitational	7 Feb 1999	Reggie Lewis Center	[7][8]
5th	2000 New Balance Invitational	6 Feb 2000	Reggie Lewis Center	[9][10]
6th	2001 New Balance Invitational	4 Feb 2001	Reggie Lewis Center	[11][12]
7th	2002 adidas Boston Indoor Games	27 Jan 2002	Reggie Lewis Center	[13][14]
8th	2003 adidas Boston Indoor Games	31 Jan 2003	Reggie Lewis Center	[15][16]
9th	2004 adidas Boston Indoor Games	30 Jan 2004	Reggie Lewis Center	[17]
10th	2005 Reebok Boston Indoor Games	28 Jan 2005	Reggie Lewis Center	[18][19][20]
11th	2006 Reebok Boston Indoor Games	27 Jan 2006	Reggie Lewis Center	[21]
12th	2007 Reebok Boston Indoor Games	26 Jan 2007	Reggie Lewis Center	[22]
13th	2008 Reebok Boston Indoor Games	25 Jan 2008	Reggie Lewis Center	[23]
14th	2009 Reebok Boston Indoor Games	7 Feb 2009	Reggie Lewis Center	[24][25]
15th	2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games	5 Feb 2010	Reggie Lewis Center	[26]
16th	2011 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	4 Feb 2011	Reggie Lewis Center	[27]
17th	2012 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	3 Feb 2012	Reggie Lewis Center	[28]
18th	2013 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	1 Feb 2013	Reggie Lewis Center	[29]
19th	2014 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	7 Feb 2014	Reggie Lewis Center	[30]
20th	2015 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	6 Feb 2015	Reggie Lewis Center	[31]
21st	2016 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	13 Feb 2016	Reggie Lewis Center	[32]
22nd	2017 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	27 Jan 2017	Reggie Lewis Center	[33]
23rd	2018 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	9 Feb 2018	Reggie Lewis Center	[34]
24th	2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	25 Jan 2019	Reggie Lewis Center	[35]
25th	2020 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	24 Jan 2020	Reggie Lewis Center	[36]
26th	2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	13 Feb 2021	Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex [d]	[37]
27th	2022 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	6 Feb 2022	Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex [d]	[38]
28th	2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	4 Feb 2023	The Track at New Balance	[39]
29th	2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	4 Feb 2024	The Track at New Balance

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

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Ref.
2000	4 × 800 m relay	7:13.94	Global Athletics & Marketing: Joey Woody Karl Paranya Rich Kenah David Krummenacker	United States
2005	5000 m	14:32.93	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia
2007	5000 m	14:27.42	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia
2008	Two miles	9:10.50	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	[49]
2014	4 × 800 m relay	7:13.11	USA All Stars: Richard Jones 1:51.01 David Torrence 1:47.46 Duane Solomon 1:47.99 Eric Sowinski 1:46.67	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)	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)	United States	[51]
2023	500 m	1:05.63 [WB]	Femke Bol	Netherlands	[52]

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Venue	Ref.
60 m	6.44	Noah Lyles	United States	4 February 2024	Boston	[53]
200 m	20.64	Trayvon Bromell	United States	6 February 2022	Staten Island	[54]
300 m	32.10	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	10 February 2018	Boston	[55]
400 m	45.34	Michael Norman	United States	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[56]
500 m	1:01.84	Jarrin Solomon	Trinidad and Tobago	8 February 2014	Boston	[57]
600 m	1:14.39	Donavan Brazier	United States	25 January 2020	Boston	[58]
800 m	1:44.21	Donavan Brazier	United States	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[59]
1000 m	2:14.74	Marco Arop	Canada	4 February 2024	Boston	[60]
1500 m	3:32.35	Olli Hoare	Australia	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[61]
Mile	3:51.61	Nick Willis	New Zealand	7 February 2015	Boston	[62]
3000 m	7:29.09	Lamecha Girma	Ethiopia	4 February 2024	Boston	[63]
Two miles	8:13.92	Justyn Knight	Canada	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[64]
5000 m	13:11.50	Bernard Lagat	United States	6 February 2010	Boston	[65]
60 m hurdles	7.35	Grant Holloway	United States	4 February 2024	Boston	[66]
High jump	2.33 m	Trey Culver	United States	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[67]
Pole vault	6.06 m	Steven Hooker	Australia	7 February 2009	Boston
Long jump	8.20 m	Carey McLeod	Jamaica	4 February 2024	Boston	[68]
Triple jump	16.93 m	LaMark Carter	United States	20 February 1998	Boston
Shot put	21.66 m	Adam Nelson	United States	29 January 2005	Boston
4 × 400 m relay	3:05.66	Team Nike	United States	27 January 2002	Boston
4 × 800 m relay	7:13.11	US All Stars: Richard Jones 1:51.01 David Torrence 1:47.46 Duane Solomon 1:47.99 Eric Sowinski 1:46.67	United States	8 February 2014	Boston	[69]

Women

Women's meeting records of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Venue	Ref.
60 m	7.02	Aleia Hobbs	United States	4 February 2023	Boston	[70]
200 m	22.99	Muna Lee	United States	29 January 2005	Boston
300 m	35.73	Gabby Thomas	United States	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[71]
400 m	50.21	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[72]
500 m	1:05.63	Femke Bol	Netherlands	4 February 2023	Boston	[73]
600 m	1:27.31	Raevyn Rogers	United States	26 January 2019	Boston	[74]
800 m	1:57.79	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	27 January 2002	Boston
1000 m	2:35.29	Regina Jacobs	United States	6 February 2000	Boston
1500 m	3:58.11	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	4 February 2024	Boston	[75]
Mile	4:23.42	Heather MacLean	United States	4 February 2023	Boston	[76]
2000 m	5:35.46	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	7 February 2015	Boston	[77]
3000 m	8:24.93	Jessica Hull	Australia	4 February 2024	Boston	[78]
Two miles	9:10.28	Elinor Purrier	United States	13 February 2021	Staten Island	[79]
5000 m	14:27.42	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	27 January 2007	Boston
60 m hurdles	7.72	Tia Jones	United States	4 February 2024	Boston	[80]
High jump	1.95 m	Chaunte Howard	United States	21 January 2006	Boston
Pole vault	4.88 m	Jennifer Suhr	United States	4 February 2012	Boston	[81][82]
				14 February 2016	Boston	[83]
Long jump	6.86 m	Tara Davis-Woodhall	United States	4 February 2024	Boston	[78]
Triple jump	14.01 m	Patrícia Mamona	Portugal	28 January 2017	Boston	[84]
Shot put	19.28 m	Magdalyn Ewen	United States	26 January 2019	Boston	[85]
Distance medley relay	10:40.31	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	28 January 2017	Boston	[86]

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External links

• Official website
• Boston Indoor Games Records