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Recap of the best results at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.
The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix lived up to the hype, as several top athletes produced impressive performances to kick start their season, while others continued with the brilliant momentum with which they started the season.
In the men's 60m final, Noah Lyles stunned former World Indoor Champion Travon Brommel to win the event.
Lyles, who is more of a 200m specialist, initially clocked Season's Best (SB) of 6.56s in his qualifying heat before lowering it to a massive Personal Best (PB) of 6.51s in the final, holding off his US compatriot by just 0.002 with a performance that got him the PB he had been craving.
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“I’ve been waiting on this PR for a long time,” Lyles said. “Now I’ve got a PR that is that close to 6.40, next meet I feel like I can definitely get below that."
In the women's category, a major upset occurred as World 100m silver medallist Shericka Jackson failed to qualify for the final. She finished fifth in her qualifying heat, running 7.34s which was not enough to see her through.
However, world leader Aleia Hobbs didn't leave room for any mistakes. Having begun her season with a world-leading 6.98s in Fayetteville last week, the US 26-year-old carried that form to Boston, breaking the meeting record with a 7.02s run in the final – the second-fastest 60m performance of her career.
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Hobbs finished ahead of World indoor silver medallist Mikiah Brisco, who ran 7.10s, and Celera Barnes third in 7.21s.
“It didn’t feel fast but my as coach said, if it feels easy then that’s when you know you’re running fast,” said Hobbs in her post-race interview.
“We had different blocks here, so I was a little nervous about that, but I was able to make it work.”
Moving to the 60m Hurdles, Grant Holloway marked his season's debut with a world-leading time of 7.39s to win his qualifying heat and improved on it clocking a new world-leading time of 7.38s to win the final.
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Daniel Roberts came second in 7.46s, while Freddie Crittenden was third in 7.55s.
Devyne Charlton made it a big win in the women's 60m Hurdles final. The Bahamian sped to an SB of 7.87s ahead of Sharika Nelvis in 7.93s, while Celeste Mucci finished third in a PB of 7.95s.
The men’s 400m was almost as close as the 60m, USA’s Noah Williams finding space on the inside to edge past Trinidad and Tobago’s world indoor champion Jereem Richards and take the win by four-thousandths of a second, both athletes recording 45.88s.
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Gabby Thomas clocked a world lead of 36.31s to win the women's 300m ahead of Anna Kielbasinska, with a PB of 36.41s, and Lynna Irby in 36.62s.
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