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.

Editions

NameDateVenue
1996 Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
1997 Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
1998 New Balance InvitationalReggie Lewis Center
1999 New Balance InvitationalReggie Lewis Center
2000 New Balance InvitationalReggie Lewis Center
2001 New Balance InvitationalReggie Lewis Center
2002 adidas Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2003 adidas Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2004 adidas Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2005 Reebok Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2006 Reebok Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2007 Reebok Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2008 Reebok Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2009 Reebok Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2010 Reebok Boston Indoor GamesReggie Lewis Center
2011 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2012 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2013 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2014 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2015 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2016 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2017 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2018 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2019 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2020 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Center
2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
2022 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
2023 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixThe Track at New Balance
2024 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixThe Track at New Balance
2025 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixThe Track at New Balance
2026 New Balance Indoor Grand PrixThe 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. 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. The Boston Indoor Games has also featured numerous national records and United States all-comers records.
The competition has had a number of title sponsors over its history, including adidas in the early 2000s and Reebok from 2005 to 2010. New Balance became the current title sponsor in 2011. The rights to the event are owned by Global Athletics & Marketing and Mark Wetmore is the meeting director.
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.
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. 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.

World records

Over the course of its history, five world records and three world bests have been set at the event.
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
20007:13.94Global Athletics & Marketing:
Joey Woody
Karl Paranya
Rich Kenah
David Krummenacker		United StatesSort|5000|5000 mSortname|Tirunesh|Dibaba

Meet records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateVenue
60 m6.44Noah LylesUnited States

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateVenue
60 m7.02Aleia HobbsUnited States