2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Dates4 February 2024 (men's U20 mile held on 3 February)
Host cityBoston, Massachusetts, United States United States
VenueThe TRACK at New Balance
Level2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour
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The 2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix was the 29th edition of the annual indoor track and field meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Held on 4 February, it was the third leg of the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold series – the highest-level international indoor track and field circuit.

The men's under-20 mile was held the day before the rest of the program, on 3 February. In the race, Jojo Jourdon became the 21st American high school student to have run a four-minute mile by running 3:59.87.[1][2]

In the main program, Gabby Thomas, who attended high school and college in Boston, won the 300 metres event.[3] In the 1000 metres, Canadian Marco Arop bested the American field and ran a time of 2:14.74, a Canadian record and the second-fastest indoor performance of all time.[4][5] Defending 100 metres world champion Noah Lyles set a personal best and meeting record to win the 60 metres in 6.44 seconds – defeating 2022 world 100 m champion Fred Kerley in the process.[6]

  1. ^ "Olympus High's Jojo Jourdon breaks 4-minute mile". Deseret News. 2024-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. ^ "Olympus High's Jojo Jourdon breaks 4-minute mile". Yahoo News. 2024-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  3. ^ Greg Levinsky. "Gabby Thomas enjoys winning homecoming at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  4. ^ Majumder, Agnijeeta (2024-02-05). "4 Americans Stand Defeated by Canadian Track Star at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix". EssentiallySports. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. ^ Dickinson, Marley (2024-02-04). "Marco Arop smashes Canadian indoor 1,000m record at New Balance Grand Prix". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  6. ^ Ingle, Sean (2024-02-04). "Noah Lyles targets sprint gold rush in 2024 after setting 60m personal best". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-05.