The USA Track and Field Indoor Championships recently held in Boston will be moving to Albuquerque the next three years. Video from youtube user KRQE
USA Indoor Track & Field Championships
Release from USATF.org below
USA Indoor Championships head to Albuquerque
07-14-2009
Contact:
Vicky Oddi
Communications Coordinator
USA Track & Field
317-713-4670
INDIANAPOLIS
- Doug Logan, CEO, USA Track & Field announced today at a press
conference in Albuquerque, N.M., that the 2010, 2011 and 2012 USA
Indoor Track & Field Championships, the final event of the Indoor
Visa Championship Series, will be held in Albuquerque, N.M.
Dates
for the Championships will be February 27-28, 2010, February 26-28,
2011 and February 25-26, 2012. The Albuquerque Convention and Visitors
Bureau, along with the New Mexico Sports Authority, the University of
New Mexico and USATF New Mexico, is the official host for the three
championship meets.
"All of us at USA Track & Field are
excited that Albuquerque will play host to our USA Indoor Track &
Field Championships the next three years," said USATF CEO Doug Logan.
"We look forward to working with the Convention and Visitors Bureau,
along with their partners and sponsors, in hosting what promises to be
three great events in Albuquerque. We expect the 2010, 2011 and 2012
USA Indoor Championships to be among the finest ever."
In
addition to competing for a total prize purse of $117,000 each year,
U.S. athletes will have the opportunity to qualify for Team USA events,
including the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar and
2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
The USA
Indoor Championships had been in Boston at the Reggie Lewis Center from
2003-2009 and were last in Albuquerque in 1966 when the meet fell under
the guise of the AAU. And in 1968, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the
marathon and race-walking events were held on the streets of Alamosa,
located at 7,544 feet above sea level, comparable to the elevation of
1968 Olympic host Mexico City.
"Albuquerque is thrilled to host
the Indoor Championships beginning in 2010. We look forward to working
with USATF and our local partners to put on three years of outstanding
events and showcase our area to the track and field community from
across the country," said Dale Lockett, President/CEO of the
Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Albuquerque's
portable indoor track features a red and white Mondo surface that is
state-of-the-art with 6-36" 200-meter lanes on the 60-degree banked
oval, 8- 42" 60-meter straightaway lanes running the entire length of
the infield which are also the surface for the high jump. This includes
two jumping runways and pits, areas for shot put, weight throw, pole
vault, and high jump events. The track is stored in a warehouse when
not in use.
For more information on the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, visit www.usatf.org.
