INDIANAPOLIS – The Toyota USATF Indoor Championships will return to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2020, USATF announced on Tuesday. The Championships will be held February 14-15, 2020, and will serve as Team USATF selection for the 2020 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. The two-day competition will feature the country’s best track & field athletes vying for national titles in events from 60 to 3,000 meters, all field events, and the 3,000m race walks. The heptathlon and pentathlon will be held separately with the time and location to be announced later. The 2020 meet venue, Albuquerque Convention Center, was also the site of the 2018 USATF Indoor Championships where Christian Coleman crushed the world record in the Nike men’s 60 meters, Sharika Nelvis broke the American record in the 60m hurdles, and Erik Kynard won his fifth consecutive USATF indoor title in the high jump, setting a record for consecutive wins in the event. “Albuquerque is honored to see this prestigious sporting event return to our city,” said Tania Armenta, President & CEO of Visit Albuquerque. “We have a long history and a great relationship with USATF, and look forward to welcoming back these world-class athletes, as well as their coaches, families and friends, to Albuquerque this February.” The concluding indoor event of the nationally televised USATF Championship Series, the Toyota USATF Indoor Championships will be the premier event of the indoor season and available for viewing on NBC numerous properties and USATF.tv+. More information will be available in coming months, including ticket prices, broadcast details, and competition schedules.
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running, and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the country's No. 1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org.
Visit Albuquerque is an accredited destination marketing organization (DMO), and a private, not-for-profit organization [501(c)(6)]. The mission of Visit Albuquerque is to stimulate economic growth by marketing Albuquerque as a convention and visitor destination, as well as a premier sports destination through the efforts of the Albuquerque Sports Commission (a division of Visit Albuquerque). For more information, go to www.VisitABQ.org.