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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
MIAA, New Balance ink five-year deal to host major championships at The Track at New Balance
Advertisement The Track at New Balance, opened in the developing Boston Landing area in 2022, has quickly earned a reputation as one of the premier indoor track venues in the country. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up As well as professional meets such as the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, the Track has become the annual host of the New Balance Indoor Nationals, the most prestigious indoor high school meet on the calendar. The facility also staged the 2024 NCAA Division 1 track and field championships. Along with its hydraulically banked, six-lane track with stands accommodating 5,000 spectators, the Track includes a dedicated throwing and field event area, basketball and volleyball courts, 24,000 square feet of warm-up area — crucial when thousands of high schoolers pour into the building for major championships — and more off-track amenities. Advertisement The result is a facility that continues to pick up the biggest events on the indoor track schedule at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. 'You want to make it so that when an athlete comes here, he or she feels comfortable,' said Jim Davis, New Balance chairman, when the Track opened in 2022, 'they've got everything they need — and the track is designed to be quick.' Amin Touri can be reached at
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
News 8 Primetime 585 Elite Awards: Girls track
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Here are the News 8 Primetime 585 Elite Award winners for girls track: This senior was invited to a pair of prestigious national indoor events, competing in both the Nike Indoor Nationals at the New York Armory and the New Balance Indoor Nationals in Boston. She set school records in the 55-meter dash, the 200 and the long jump. At sectionals, she earned the 55-meter title for the second year in a row and her time of 7.11 was the fastest of any sprinter. She also helped her relay team to a 4 x 400 sectional championship and earned a spot in the 55-meter state final where she finished 7th. She is a high honor roll student, a black scholar, and while she was doing all this, she also found time to play on the basketball team. The large school girls track award winner is Jayda Solomon of Spencerport. Our small school winner is another senior sprinter who impressed on and off the track. She also ran in the Nike Indoor Nationals and the New Balance Indoor Nationals. She won a section title in the 55-meter dash and helped her 4 x 200 relay team to a second-place sectional finish. She also set school records this year in the 55 meters and 60 meters. Her season concluded with a 10th place finish at the state finals, where large and small class runners compete together. Beyond athletics, she is an Honor Roll student, Principal's Club member, and an Urban League of Rochester Black Scholar, Next year she will run on a scholarship at Niagara University. She is the Small School Elite Award winner — Dallis Jones from Aquinas. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
