Adidas Boost Boston Games
Boston Common, where the street meet portion of the meeting is held
DateLate May
LocationBoston, Massachusetts United States
Event typeTrack and field
Established2016[1]
Official site[1]

The Adidas Boost Boston Games (stylized as adidas BOOST Boston Games) was an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was announced on the same day the Adidas Grand Prix meet in New York was removed from the Diamond League schedule in 2016.[1][2] The traditional track events were held in the Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while the street meet portion was held on an elevated straight track constructed between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden.[3] The city games format ended 2021 and has been rebranded in 2023 as the adidas Atlanta City Games staged in Atlanta, Georgia.

The event has hosted several Olympic track and field athletes, including 400 m world record holder and Rio gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk in 2017.[4]

Event records

Men

Track portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
400 m 44.28 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 2017 [4]
800 m 1:45.18 Brandon McBride  Canada 20 May 2018 [5]
1500 m 3:35.82 Collins Cheboi  Kenya 2017 [4]
Mile 3:56.72 Drew Hunter  United States 20 May 2018 [6]
3000 m 7:45.64 Cyrus Rutto  Kenya 20 May 2018 [7]
5000 m 12:59.89 Dejen Gebremeskel  Ethiopia 2017 [4]
400 m hurdles 48.69 Michael Stigler  United States 2016 [8]

Street portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
100 m 9.92 (+1.1 m/s) Akani Simbine  South Africa 16 June 2019 [9]
150 m (straight) 14.69 (-0.2 m/s) Noah Lyles  United States 16 June 2019 [9]
200 m (straight) 19.84 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 2016 [8]
600 m 1:15 Marco Arop  Canada 23 May 2021 [10]
Mile 4:01 Clayton Murphy  United States 23 May 2021 [11]
110 m hurdles 13.20 (0.0 m/s) Grant Holloway  United States 23 May 2021 [12]
200 m hurdles (straight) 22.12 (-0.6 m/s) [a] Alison dos Santos  Brazil 23 May 2021 [13]
Long jump 8.06 m Jarrion Lawson  United States 2016 [8]

Women

Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

Track portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
800 m 1:59.27 Ajeé Wilson  United States 20 May 2018 [14]
1500 m 4:04.65 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 20 May 2018 [15]
5000 m 15:55.24 Caroline Kipkirui  Kenya 20 May 2018 [6]

Street portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
100 m 11.05 (+0.1 m/s) Tori Bowie  United States 20 May 2018 [16]
11.05 (+0.5 m/s) Aleia Hobbs  United States 23 May 2021 [17]
150 m (straight) 16.23 (-0.7 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 20 May 2018 [18]
200 m (straight) 21.76 (+0.5 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 4 June 2017 [19]
600 m 1:24 Natoya Goule  Jamaica 23 May 2021 [20]
Mile 4:31 Nikki Hiltz  United States 23 May 2021 [21]
100 m hurdles 12.49 (-0.9 m/s) Kendra Harrison  United States 23 May 2021 [22]
200 m hurdles (straight) 24.86 (+0.1 m/s) Shiann Salmon  Jamaica 23 May 2021 [23]
Long jump 6.78 m (+1.1 m/s) Kate Hall  United States 16 June 2019 [9]

Notes

  1. ^ by official result source, 22.11 by World Athletics source

References

  1. ^ a b "Global Athletics & Marketing to Recast adidas Grand Prix".
  2. ^ "IAAF Diamond League Expands Into a Fourth Continent: Africa".
  3. ^ "Meet Info".
  4. ^ a b c d "adidas Boost Boston Games 2017 Results".
  5. ^ "800m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Mile Run Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "3000m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Adidas Boost Boston Games 2016 Results".
  9. ^ a b c Roy Conrad (16 June 2019). "adidas Boost Boston Games — Splashing In The Streets". trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  10. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  11. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  12. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  14. ^ Kevin Sully (21 May 2018). "Miller-Uibo & Hunter Shine In Boston, Centro Doubles, Wilson PRs; Pro Recap". flotrack.org. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  15. ^ "1500m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  16. ^ "100m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  17. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  18. ^ "150m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  19. ^ "South Africa's Van Niekerk wins 200m dash in Boston". Yahoo! News. AFP. 5 June 2017.
  20. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  21. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  22. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  23. ^ Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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