| 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 27–March 1 |
| Host city | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Venue | Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Indoor |
| Events | 30 (men: 15; women: 15) |
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The2015USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at theReggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center inBoston, Massachusetts. Organised byUSA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place from February 27 to March 1 and served as thenational championships intrack and field for theUnited States.
It marked a return to the Reggie Lewis Track as host, after theAlbuquerque Convention Center had hosted the four previous editions.[1] The USA Indoor Combined Events Championships was held in conjunction, taking place in the first two days. All events in the first day were part of the combined events competitions.[2] A total of thirty championship events were contested The championships was broadcast live on television in the United States viaNBCSN and also broadcast live on the internet by the governing body's "USATF.TV".[3]
As a result of it being a non-IAAF World Indoor Championships year, some non-standard track events were added to the programme. The traditional400-meter dash and800-meter run were replaced by a300-meter dash and600-meter run. The distance schedule was changed from the usual1500-meter run and3000-meter run to a1000-meter run,mile run andtwo-mile run. The walks were also contested over a distance of two miles.[2] New championship records were set in all these events, bar the women's two miles for whichLynn Jennings 1986 time (a former world record) remained.[4]Casimir Loxsom's winning time of 1:15.33 minutes in the 1000 m was anAmerican indoor record andPanamerican indoor record.[5][6] Two championship records were set in the heats of these races:Robby Andrews ran a time of 2:19.85 minutes for the 1000 metres before winning the title, whileAjee' Wilson set a best of 1:26.56 minutes in the 600 m heats but finished last in the final.[7][8]
Jeremy Taiwo set a championships record in themen's heptathlon with a total score of 6273 points. Reigningwomen's pentathlon championSharon Day-Monroe had her fourth straight win at the meet (a new high for the meet), but was slightly short of her record score of 2014.[9] As a three-time winner of theheptathlon at theUSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Day-Monroe's victory made her the most successful combined events athlete in American national championships history.[10]Shannon Rowbury managed a double in the mile and two miles, being the only athlete to win twice at the event in Boston.
Three non-championship exhibition events were also part of the programme. A mixed-gender youth4×200-meter relay between local teams was won byMetropolis Track Club.[11] There were also twomasters events: a men's 1500 m was won byJohn Trautmann in a time of 3:59.47 minutes, and[12] a women's 300 m won byKathryn McManus in 42.27 seconds.[13] The men's event also sawAnselm LeBourne break the over-55's indoor record with a run of 4:13.77 minutes.[14]