Los Angeles Grand Prix

The USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix is an annual track and field meeting held at the Drake Stadium track in Los Angeles. Founded in 2023, the meeting was designed to attract international athletics talent to the city in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics. It is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meeting – the second-highest level of athletics meetings behind the Diamond League.^[1]

USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix
Dates	May
Host city	Los Angeles, California, United States
Venue	Drake Stadium, University of California, Los Angeles
Level	World Athletics Continental Tour Gold

The meeting is organized by USA Track and Field, and it ran concurrently with the USATF Legends Jam music festival. Its debut received mixed reception, hindered by the late withdrawal of several top athletes. USATF CEO Max Siegel noted that the meeting lost money, drawing a crowd of 4,500 to 7,249 people by different estimates.^[2]

At the inaugural edition, Ryan Crouser broke his shot put world record, throwing three of the six farthest marks of all time in his series.^[3]

Editions

Los Angeles Grand Prix editions

Ed.	Name	Date	Musical headliner	Ref.
1st	2023 Los Angeles Grand Prix	26–27 May 2023	Judith Hill	[4][5]
2nd	2024 Los Angeles Grand Prix	17–18 May 2024		[6]

Meeting records

Los Angeles Grand Prix meeting records

Event	Men				Women
	Athlete	Mark	Date	Ref.	Athlete	Mark	Date	Ref.
100 m	Ackeem Blake (JAM)	9.89 (+1.0 m/s)	27 May 2023		Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV)	10.88 sf2 (+1.3 m/s)	27 May 2023	[5]
200 m	Terrance Laird (USA)	20.06 (+0.7 m/s)	27 May 2023		Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)	22.07 (−0.3 m/s)	18 May 2024	[7]
400 m	Sean Bailey (JAM)	44.43	27 May 2023		Marileidy Paulino (DOM)	48.98	27 May 2023	[5]
800 m	Bryce Hoppel (USA)	1:43.68	18 May 2024	[8]	Halimah Nakaayi (UGA)	1:57.56	18 May 2024	[9]
1500 m	Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN)	3:31.47	27 May 2023		Diribe Welteji (ETH)	3:55.25	18 May 2024	[10]
5000 m	Selemon Barega (ETH)	12:51.60	17 May 2024	[11]	Elle Purrier St. Pierre (USA)	14:34.12	17 May 2024	[12]
100 m hurdles	—				Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR)	12.31 (−0.2 m/s)	27 May 2023	[5]
400 m hurdles	Rai Benjamin (USA)	46.64	18 May 2024	[13]	Anna Cockrell (USA)	53.75	18 May 2024	[14]
3000 m steeplechase	Jean-Simon Desagnés (CAN)	8:16.49	17 May 2024	[15]	Ceili McCabe (CAN)	9:20.58	17 May 2024	[16]
Pole vault	Mondo Duplantis (SWE)	5.91 m	27 May 2023		Sandi Morris (USA)	4.70 m	17 May 2024	[17]
Triple jump	—				Thea LaFond (DMA)	14.37 m (±0.0 m/s)	18 May 2024	[18]
Shot put	Ryan Crouser (USA)	23.56 m WR	27 May 2023		Maggie Ewen (USA)	20.45 m	27 May 2023	[5]
Discus throw	Traves Smikle (JAM)	67.07 m	26 May 2023		Valarie Allman (USA)	68.39 m	26 May 2023	[5]
Hammer throw	Mykhaylo Kokhan (UKR)	80.33 m	17 May 2024	[19]	Camryn Rogers (CAN)	78.62 m	26 May 2023	[5]
Javelin throw	Anderson Peters (GRN)	83.16 m	27 May 2023		Xiaomei Sun (CHN)	55.67 m	27 May 2023	[5]

References

1. "USA Track & Field | USATF, Bobby Kersee, and WebMD Unveil Details About First-ever LA Grand Prix Track Festival". usatf.org. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
2. "The Making Of The LA Grand Prix: Observations From USATF's First Try". CITIUS MAG. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
3. "Ryan Crouser breaks world record in shot put at Los Angeles Grand Prix". NBC Sports. May 27, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
4. Brisco, Bob (February 24, 2023). "Grammy winner Judith Hill to headline the Legends Jam". La Grand Prix. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
5. "2023 Results". results.usatf.org. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
6. "2024 Results". results.usatf.org. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
7. "200m Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
8. "800m Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
9. "800m Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
10. "1500m Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
11. "5000m Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
12. "5000m Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
13. Andrew Greif (May 19, 2024). "Benjamin and McLaughlin-Levrone impress in Los Angeles". World Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
14. "400m Hurdles Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
15. "3000m Steeplechase Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
16. Anne Francis (May 18, 2024). "Ceili McCabe breaks Canadian 3,000m steeplechase record at LA Grand Prix". runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
17. "Pole Vault Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
18. "Triple Jump Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
19. "Hammer Throw Results". Word Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

External links

• Official website