USA Track & Field Indoor Championships

The USA Track & Field Indoor Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition organized by USA Track & Field, which serves as the American national championships for the sport. In years which feature a World Indoor Championships in Athletics, the championships serve as a way of selecting the best athletes for those competitions.

USA Track & Field Indoor Championships

Current season, competition or edition: 2020 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships
Sport	track and field
Founded	1980
Country	United States
Official website	USA Indoor Track & Field Championships

Editions

USATF era

Edition	Venue	Stadium	Date
2020	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	February 14–15, 2020
2019	New York City, New York	Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex	February 22–24, 2019
2018	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	February 16–18, 2018
2017	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	March 3–5, 2017
2016	Portland, Oregon	Oregon Convention Center	March 11–12, 2016
2015	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 27 – March 1, 2015
2014	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	February 21–23, 2014
2013	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	March 2–3, 2013
2012	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	February 25–26, 2012
2011	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	February 26–27, 2011
2010	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Albuquerque Convention Center	February 27–28, 2010
2009	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 28 – March 1, 2009
2008	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 23–24, 2008
2007	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 24–25, 2007
2006	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 24–26, 2006
2005	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 25–27, 2005
2004	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 27–29, 2004
2003	Boston, Massachusetts	Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center	February 28 – March 2, 2003
2002	New York City, New York	Fort Washington Avenue Armory	March 1–2, 2002
2001	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	March 2–3, 2001
2000	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	March 3–4, 2000
1999	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	February 26–27, 1999
1998	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	February 27–28, 1998
1997	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	February 28 – March 1, 1997
1996	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	March 1–2, 1996
1995	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	March 3–4, 1995
1994	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Dome	March 4–5, 1994
1993	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 26, 1993

TAC era

Edition	Venue	Stadium	Date
1992	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 28, 1992
1991	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 22, 1991
1990	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 23, 1992
1989	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 24, 1989
1988	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 26, 1988
1987	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 27, 1987
1986	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 28, 1986
1985	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 22, 1985
1984	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 27, 1984
1983	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 25, 1983
1982	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 26, 1982
1981	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 27, 1981
1980	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 29, 1980

AAU combined gender era

Edition	Venue	Stadium	Date
1979	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 23, 1979
1978	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 24, 1978
1977	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 25, 1977
1976	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 27, 1976
1975	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 28, 1975
1974	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 22, 1974
1973	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 23, 1973
1972	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 25, 1972
1971	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 26, 1971
1970	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 27, 1970
1969	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Spectrum	March 1, 1969
1968	Oakland, California	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	February 23–24, 1968
1967	Oakland, California	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	March 3–4, 1967
1966	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Tingley Coliseum[1]	March 4–5, 1966
1965	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 19–20, 1965

AAU split gender era

Edition	Men's Venue	Men's Stadium	Men's Date	Women's Venue	Women's Stadium	Women's Date
1964	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 22, 1964	Akron, Ohio[2]	University of Akron Athletics Field House	April 11–12, 1964
1963	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 23, 1963	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State University French Field House	March 22–23, 1963
1962	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 24, 1962	Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall	February 17, 1962
1961	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 25, 1961	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio State University French Field House	March 11, 1961
1960	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 20, 1960	Chicago, Illinois		April 16, 1960
1959	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 21, 1959	Washington, DC	D.C. Armory	January 24, 1959
1958	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	February 22, 1958	Akron, Ohio	University of Akron Athletics Field House	March 22, 1958

Events

The following athletics events feature on the national championships' program:

• Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 300 m, 400 m
• Middle-distance track events: 600 m, 800 m, 1000 m, 1500m, Mile
• Long distance track events: 3000 m
• Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
• Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
• Throws: shot put, weight throw
• Combined events: heptathlon, pentathlon
• Walks: 3000 m walk, 2 mile walk, 5000 m walk

Championships Records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
60 m	6.34 A	Christian Coleman	United States	18 February 2018	2018 Championships	Albuquerque	[3]
200 m	20.31	Coby Miller	United States	3 March 2001		Atlanta
300 m	31.87	Noah Lyles	United States	4 March 2017	2017 Championships	Albuquerque	[4]
400 m	44.63	Michael Johnson	United States	4 March 1995		Atlanta
600 m	1:15.07	Erik Sowinski	United States	5 March 2017	2017 Championships	Albuquerque	[5]
800 m	1:46.60	Derrick Peterson	United States	2 March 2002		New York City
1000 m	2:18.60	Clayton Murphy	United States	5 March 2017	2017 Championships	Albuquerque	[6]
1500 m	3:40.80	Rob Myers	United States	28 February 2004
Mile	3:52.99	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	22 February 1991		New York City
3000 m	7:42.81	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	5 March 1994		Atlanta
Two miles	8:25.29	Drew Hunter	United States	23 February 2015	2019 Championships	Staten Island	[7]
60 m hurdles	7.37	Terrence Trammell	United States	1 March 2009		Boston
High jump	2.38 m	Matt Hemingway	United States	4 March 2000		Atlanta
Pole vault	5.96 m	Lawrence Johnson	United States	3 March 2001		Atlanta
Long jump	8.59 m	Miguel Pate	United States	2 March 2002		New York City
Triple jump	17.76 m	Mike Conley	United States	27 February 1987		New York City
Shot put	22.60 m A	Ryan Crouser	United States	15 February 2020	2020 Championships	Albuquerque	[8]
Weight throw	25.86 m	Lance Deal	United States	4 March 1995		Boston	[9]
Heptathlon	6273 pts	Jeremy Taiwo	United States	27–28 February 2015	2015 Championships	Boston	[10]
	7.09 (60 m), 7.39 m (long jump), 14.50 m (shot put), 2.16 m (high jump) / 7.87 (60 m hurdles), 4.80 m (pole vault), 2:34.26 (1000 m)
3000 m walk	11:36.27 A	Trevor Barron	United States	25 February 2012	2012 Championships	Albuquerque	[11][12]
5000 m walk	18:53.25	Guillaume LeBlanc	Canada	26 February 1988		New York City

Women

Event	Athlete	Record	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref	Video
60 m	6.99	Gail Devers	United States	26 February 1993		New York City
200 m	22.33	Gwen Torrence	United States	2 March 1996		Atlanta
300 m	35.95	Brittany Brown	United States	23 February 2015	2019 Championships	Staten Island	[13]
400 m	50.71 A	Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	26 February 2012	2012 Championships	Albuquerque	[14]
600 m	1:23.57	Athing Mu	United States	24 February 2019	2019 Championships	Staten Island	[15]
800 m	1:58.41	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	4 March 1995		Atlanta
1000 m	2:34.71	Ajeé Wilson	United States	24 February 2019	2019 Championships	Staten Island	[16]
1500 m	4:03.08	Mary Slaney	United States	4 March 1997
Mile	4:25.92	Regina Jacobs	United States	4 March 2000		Atlanta
3000 m	8:40.45	Lynn Jennings	United States	23 February 1990		New York City
Two miles	9:28.15	Lynn Jennings	United States	1986
60 m hurdles	7.70	Sharika Nelvis	United States	18 February 2018	2018 Championships	Albuquerque	[17]
High jump	2.02 m A	Chaunté Lowe	United States	26 February 2012	2012 Championships	Albuquerque	[18]
Pole vault	5.02 m A	Jenn Suhr	United States	2 March 2013	2013 Championships	Albuquerque	[19]
Long jump	7.32 m	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	27 February 1987		New York City
Triple jump	14.64 m	Tori Franklin	United States	14 February 2020	2020 Championships	Albuquerque	[20]
Shot put	20.23 m	Ilona Briesenick	East Germany	27 February 1987		Princeton
Weight throw	25.60 m A	Gwen Berry	United States	4 March 2017	2017 Championships	Albuquerque	[21]
Pentathlon	4805 pts A	Sharon Day-Monroe	United States	21 February 2014	2014 Championships	Albuquerque	[22]
	8.44 (60 m hurdles), 1.88 m (high jump), 15.59 m (shot put), 6.09 m (long jump), 2:13.19 (800 m)
3000 m walk	12:28.32	Michelle Rohl	United States	3 March 2001		Atlanta
2 Miles walk	13:55.27	Maria Michta-Coffey	United States	5 March 2017	2017 Championships	Albuquerque	[23]

A = affected by altitude

See also

• USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
• USA Marathon Championships
• USA Half Marathon Championships
• USA Cross Country Championships

References

1. https://www.si.com/vault/1966/03/14/607881/soaring-above-snafus#
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/usawi.htm
3. Jon Hendershott (18 February 2018). "Coleman breaks world indoor 60m record at US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque". IAAF. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
4. Jon Hendershott (5 March 2017). "Lyles clocks world indoor 300m best in Albuquerque". IAAF. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
5. "Merritt among Olympic stars to win in US". supersport.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
6. "Merritt among Olympic stars to win in US". supersport.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
7. Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (24 February 2019). "Indoor round-up: Duplantis vaults 5.92m in Fayetteville". IAAF. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
8. "Indoor round-up: world-leading marks from Crouser and Coleman in Albuquerque, Mihambo in Berlin and Holloway in Clemson". World Athletics. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
9. "Weight Throw Results Results". USATF. 2005-02-26. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
10. Cathal Dennehy (28 February 2015). "Taiwo breaks heptathlon meeting record at US Indoor Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
11. Kirby Lee (26 February 2012). "Claye triples 17.63m in Albuquerque - USA indoor champs, day 1". IAAF. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
12. "Weight Throw Results". www.flashresults.com. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
13. Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (24 February 2019). "Indoor round-up: Duplantis vaults 5.92m in Fayetteville". IAAF. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
14. "400m Dash Results". www.flashresults.com. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
15. Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (25 February 2019). "Brazier clocks 600m world best in New York, Lisek and Kendricks clear 5.93m world lead in Clermont Ferrand: Weekend indoor round-up". IAAF. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
16. Jon Mulkeen; Bob Ramsak (25 February 2019). "Brazier clocks 600m world best in New York, Lisek and Kendricks clear 5.93m world lead in Clermont Ferrand: Weekend indoor round-up". IAAF. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
17. Jon Hendershott (18 February 2018). "Coleman breaks world indoor 60m record at US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque". IAAF. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
18. "High Jump Results". www.flashresults.com. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
19. "Pole Vault Results". USATF. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
20. "Indoor round-up: world-leading marks from Crouser and Coleman in Albuquerque, Mihambo in Berlin and Holloway in Clemson". World Athletics. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
21. Jon Hendershott (5 March 2017). "Lyles clocks world indoor 300m best in Albuquerque". IAAF. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
22. Jon Mulkeen (21 February 2014). "Day-Monroe breaks American pentathlon record at US Indoors". IAAF. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
23. "Merritt among Olympic stars to win in US". supersport.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

External links

• Official website from USATF
• USA Indoor Track & Field Championships Records USATF (2006-01-01)
• Past champions USATF (2006-01-01)