Welcome to the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals

For the second year we will have the opportunity to hold our indoor championships at the New York City 168th Street Armory. We are are thankful to our new title sponsor, New Balance, and to Dr. Norbert Sander, Executive Director of the Armory Foundation for helping to make it all happen.

The 2011 event was historic for a number of reasons, not the least of which was that, once again, there was one national indoor meet. Not since 1997 was that the case.

And when you get ALL of the best athletes in place, great things happen.

2012 quickstart

More meet info

Valid USATF cards are required.

What’s new for 2012?

New events

We have added two new events for 2012: Emerging Elite 1600m Medley and the Freshman 60m. See the Entry Guidelines and Schedule of Events sections for details. Note that 7th and 8th graders are welcome to compete in the Emerging Elite events as long as entry guidelines are met. 

Emerging Elite vs Championship

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, this year, 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.

Spectacular Performances from 2011

Here are the stats:

(USL — US leader; HSR — National HS Record; A-T — all-time)

Boys

200Ronald DarbyPotomac Oxon, Hill, MD21.24USL
800Zavon WatkinsLiverpool, NY1:50.84USL
2 MileLucas VerzbicasSandburg, Orland Park, IL8:40.70USL
5000Lucas VerzbicasSandburg, Orland Park, IL14:06.78HSR
4x400De Matha CatholicHyattsville, MD3:15.23USL
4xMileCBALincroft, NJ17:37.01USL
SMRMansfieldMansfield, MA3:38.99USL
DMRWarwick ValleyWarwick, NY10:02.74USL, #3 A-T
4x55mHCBALincroft, NJ30.37USL
PentGunnar NixonSanta Fe, OK4307HSR

Girls

(' = en route)

55'Myasia JacobsCatholic, Paramus, NJ6.82USL
200Cierra WhiteEngineering + Science, Philadelphia, PA23.95USL
400Kendell BaisenDetroit Country Day, Bloomfield Hills, MI54.21USL
800Ajee WilsonNeptune, NJ2:06.17USL
MileHannah MeierSouth, Grosse Pointe ,MI4:58.50USL
2 MileAisling CuffeCornwall9:56.85USL, #2 A-T
5000Waverly NeerCulver Academy, Culver, IN16:35.15HSR
55h'Kendra HarrisonClayton, NC7.83USL
Melia CoxPoly, Long Beach CA7.83USL
Kendall WilliamsKell, Marietta, GA7.83USL
4x400Medgar EversBrooklyn, NY3:42.67USL
4x800Red Bank Catholic RedBank, NJ8:56.94USL, #3 A-T
4xmileSaratoga SpringsSaratoga, NY20:58.04USL
DMRFayetteville-ManliusManlius, NY11:39.58USL, #4 A-T
4x55hWestern BranchChesapeake, VA32.73USL
HJTaylor BurkeMedina, OH5-10.75USL
PVMorgann LeleuxCatholic, New Iberia, LA13-8.25USL
WTShelby AshePius X, Atlanta, GA68-2.5HSR
PentKendall WilliamsKell, Marietta, GA3792USL, #3 A-T
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