New balance indoor nationals 2022 qualifying standards

The Championship races are for those who have made the qualifying standards for those events. The Emerging Elite is for those who have not quite made those standards. The Emerging Elite Division is open to any high school athlete who has made the Emerging Elite standards, whether they be Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors.

The idea is that, eventually, an Emerging Elite athlete will join the elite ranks, but has not yet attained that status. We have had this division in place for several years now in the outdoor version of this meet. A prime example is that of Kyle Merber. He won the Emerging Elite mile as a junior in 2007 in 4:15.95 (The championship mile was won in 4:03.33). The next year he was New York State 1600m Champion. And in his Sophomore year at Columbia U, he ran 3:58.62 for a mile! Similarly, Megan Goethals was the Emerging Elite mile champion in 2008 in 4:59.26. In 2009, she became the Foot Locker National Champion in cross-country.

The Track at New Balance had its official opening last spring and has already seen a world record performance on the lighting fast track. A team comprising of New Balance stars Heather MacLean, Kendall Ellis and Elle Purrier, joined by then high school senior, the 2022 New Balance Nationals Indoor 800m champion and soon to be world junior 800m champion Roisin Willis, smashed the world distance medley relay record by over 6 seconds. The time of 10:33.85 shattered the previous record of 10:39.91.

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New Balance Nationals Indoor has proven to be the pinnacle HS track and field event, hosting over 3,500 athletes annually, and just last year, the Championships featured the three fastest high school only races in history (Men’s 800m, Men’s mile, and Women’s mile). The 2023 event will give the future world record holders and world champions the opportunity to compete for national titles on a new, state-of-the-art track. Highlights from the 2022 New Balance Nationals Indoor can be found on the New Balance Running Instagram page, and on the New Balance Nationals website.

“The TRACK at New Balance is an incredible venue to compete in and we are really looking forward to hosting the best athletes from around the country this winter,” said Tom Carleo, Vice President of Performance Running at New Balance. “With one record already set within this facility we can’t wait to watch the future greats of Track & Field set more records on this incredibly fast track. This event is all about running fast and then celebrating that hard work and we are excited to host this event this year.”

The TRACK at New Balance includes a 200m hydraulically banked indoor track, a dedicated throwing area, over 24,000sf athlete warm up area, a sophisticated Sports Research Lab, Broken Records Beer Hall and the Roadrunner music venue operated by Bowery Presents. Located across from New Balance’s global headquarters at Boston Landing, The TRACK at New Balance joins the Auerbach Center — the official practice facility for the Boston Celtics, the Warrior Ice Arena — the official practice facility for the Boston Bruins, and the Boston Landing MBTA commuter rail stop as the premier destination for sports in New England.

Registration for this event will go live on the New Balance Nationals page in November. For any questions or further details, please check out the same New Balance Nationals site.

About New Balance

New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA, has the following purpose: Independent since 1906, we empower people through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. Manufactured in the U.S. for more than 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance MADE U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 7,000 associates around the globe, and in 2021 reported worldwide sales of $4.4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

About Boston Landing:

Boston Landing is a mixed-use development encompassing approximately 15 acres of land along the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood.  Located along Guest Street, the property is a former industrial area that once served as the region’s largest stockyard. The revitalization of this development will turn the area into a vibrant 21st century destination for like-minded companies, with a focus on work/life balance. Boston Landing’s vision is to create a state-of-the-art development that complements the existing neighborhood fabric through the creation of new office space, retail stores, restaurants, and sports-related uses. Boston Landing is currently home to the New Balance World Headquarters, the TRACK at new balance, Roadrunner, the Boston Bruins Practice and Training Facility, The Celtics Practice and Training Facility located at the Auerbach Center and companies such as Bose, Roche Diagnostics, Proteostasis and SmartLabs.

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