BOSTON — Saturday's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix was the first U.S. stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold, and if the performances are any kind of indicator 2023 is setting up to be another record-breaking year. Led by some of Team USATF's reigning world champions, Americans won nine events on the track and in the field and produced blowout wins and some tantalizingly close finishes. World champion indoors and outdoors in 2022, Grant Holloway won his 52nd straight 60m hurdles race in a skein that dates back to 2017 with a world-leading 7.38, and it was never really close. Zipping to a .05 lead by the first barrier, Holloway stretched his lead through the third hurdle and went on to beat Daniel Roberts by .08, with Freddie Crittenden third in 7.55. Holloway showed no signs of rust in the heats, zipping to a world-leading 7.39 in his season opener to win by .2 seconds over previous world leader Crittenden. Closing with the same burst of speed that carried him to a World Championships gold and American record in the men's 200m last summer, Noah Lyles made up a step on 2016 World Indoor champion Trayvon Bromell to win the 60m by only .002 (6.507-6.509) in a lifetime best 6.51. Bromell, always a good starter, had the early lead and the duo were side-by-side for 59.99 meters before Lyles' lean secured the win. That time clipped .04 off Lyles' previous PB. Track truth – you don't want to get into a kicker's race with Woody Kincaid. Kincaid, who last week shattered the American indoor record in the 5,000m, settled for racing through the first 14 laps in the men's 3,000m before turning on the afterburners and ripping a 25.79 final circuit to win in 7:40.71, a lifetime best indoors. Ireland's Brian Fay, who runs collegiately for Washington, had the lead with 400m to go before a herd of runners went past him over the closing two laps, and Kincaid was the fastest of all in 54.31. Christian Noble, a star for NCAA Division II Lee University in Tennessee, pushed through to take second in a PB 7:42.55 and Morgan Beadlescomb was fourth in 7:42.90. Using the same kick that won her last year's World Indoor Championships gold in the 800m, American indoor record holder Ajee' Wilson maintained an undefeated indoor streak that stretches back to 2018 with a 2:00.45, the fastest time by an American woman this year. Wilson was more than a second adrift of Kaela Edwards through 400m but made up ground steadily and went to the front off the last bend as Edwards held on to score a lifetime indoor best of 2:01.09 in second. Winner of last year's USATF Indoors 1,500m gold, Heather MacLean held the lead in the women's mile after the pacemaker dropped out, going past the halfway point in 2:11.59 with Canada's Lucia Stafford on her heels and Spain's Esther Guerrero third. MacLean controlled the pace over the next quarter-mile, hitting 3:18.67 with two laps to go, but Stafford made a huge move going into the final curve and took over the lead. Digging deep down the stretch, MacLean regained lost ground and eased past Stafford to win in 4:23.42 and move to No. 8 on the all-time U.S. performer list. Her 4:06.07 en route time at 1,500m is a U.S. leader for 2023. Emily Mackey set a lifetime best of 4:26.09 in fourth, and Dani Jones also notched a PB of 4:26.75 in fifth. Already at the top of the world indoor list in the 60m with a 6.98 last week, Aleia Hobbs powered from the blocks and pulled away from the field to win in 7.02, ahead of the 7.10 by her training partner, 2022 World Indoor Championships silver medalist Mikiah Brisco. It was the second-fastest time of Hobbs' career. Hobbs was the fastest overall in the prelims with a 7.08 to win the first heat, and Brisco took the second section in 7.15. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the world record holder in the 400m hurdles, dropped down in distance and ran 7.33 in her debut at the distance. Climbing to No. 7 on the all-time U.S. indoor performer list, Bridget Williams won the women's pole vault with a clearance at 4.77m/15-7.75, the best by an American in this young indoor season. Gabriela Leon, who was on Team USATF for last summer's World Championships in Eugene, went over a lifetime best 4.55m/14-11 in second, with reigning World Indoor champion Katie Moon fourth at 4.45m/14-7.25. Olympic 200m bronze medalist Gabby Thomas didn't get the AR in the women's 300m, but her blazing 23.08 through the first 200m set her up for a victory in 36.31, the fastest time in the world this year. Lynna Irby had a speedy finish to take third in 36.62. Noah Williams sneaked through on the inside to outlean Jereem Richards of Trinidad and win the men's 400m by .004 in 45.88. Williams, the 2021 NCAA indoor champion, was fourth coming into the final lap as Richards led through 200m in 21.17 with Vernon Norwood just off his shoulder in 21.22. Richards fought off Norwood off the final bend but didn't see Williams on his left. Norwood took third with a season best of 45.92. In the women's 60mH, Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas came away with the win in 7.87, but Sharika Nelvis had her first sub-8.00 clocking since 2019 with a 7.93 in the runner-up position. Nelvis is the second-fastest woman in U.S. history and won the 2019 USATF Indoor Championships Olympian Isaiah Jewett had a lot of real estate to make up in the men's 800m as Spain's Mariano Garcia, the 2022 World Indoor champion, blasted by the 400m mark in 50.59 and still held a half-second lead at 600m in 1:17.71. Jewett closed well but couldn't catch Garcia, who won in 1:45.26, with Jewett second in a lifetime best and U.S.-leading 1:45.75. Bryce Hoppel, who took bronze behind Garcia at the World Indoors, was fourth in 1:46.58. Britain's Neil Gourley stretched his torso just past New Zealand's Sam Tanner to take the men's mile title by .01 in 3:52.84. Sam Prakel was the top American in third with a 3:53.58, and Johnny Gregorek placed fifth in 3:53.99. In other events, Femke Bol of the Netherlands set a world indoor best in the seldom-run women's 500m with a 65.63, beating the previous WB of 66.31 that was set in 2006. Britain's Laura Muir was an easy winner in the women's 3,000m in 8:40.34, and former Kansas State star Tejaswin Shankar of India won the men's high jump with a 2.26m/7-5 effort. The next stop on the World Indoor Tour - Gold is February 8 in ToruĊ, Poland followed by another stateside visit at The Armory for the always-energetic Millrose Games on February 11. Full results can be found here. Join the conversation with USATF on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook using the hashtag #USATF.