2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
# 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place from February 27 to March 1 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States.

It marked a return to the Reggie Lewis Track as host, after the Albuquerque Convention Center had hosted the four previous editions. The USA Indoor Combined Events Championships was held in conjunction, taking place in the first two days. All events in the first day were part of the combined events competitions. A total of thirty championship events were contested The championships was broadcast live on television in the United States via NBCSN and also broadcast live on the internet by the governing body's "USATF.TV".

As a result of it being a non-IAAF World Indoor Championships year, some non-standard track events were added to the programme. The traditional 400-meter dash and 800-meter run were replaced by a 300-meter dash and 600-meter run. The distance schedule was changed from the usual 1500-meter run and 3000-meter run to a 1000-meter run, mile run and two-mile run. The walks were also contested over a distance of two miles. New championship records were set in all these events, bar the women's two miles for which Lynn Jennings 1986 time (a former world record) remained. Casimir Loxsom's winning time of 1:15.33 minutes in the 1000 m was an American indoor record and Panamerican indoor record. Two championship records were set in the heats of these races: Robby Andrews ran a time of 2:19.85 minutes for the 1000 metres before winning the title, while Ajee' Wilson set a best of 1:26.56 minutes in the 600 m heats but finished last in the final.

Jeremy Taiwo set a championships record in the men's heptathlon with a total score of 6273 points. Reigning women's pentathlon champion Sharon Day-Monroe had her fourth straight win at the meet (a new high for the meet), but was slightly short of her record score of 2014. As a three-time winner of the heptathlon at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Day-Monroe's victory made her the most successful combined events athlete in American national championships history. Shannon Rowbury managed a double in the mile and two miles, being the only athlete to win twice at the event in Boston.

Three non-championship exhibition events were also part of the programme. A mixed-gender youth 4×200-meter relay between local teams was won by Metropolis Track Club. There were also two masters events: a men's 1500 m was won by John Trautmann in a time of 3:59.47 minutes, and a women's 300 m won by Kathryn McManus in 42.27 seconds. The men's event also saw Anselm LeBourne break the over-55's indoor record with a run of 4:13.77 minutes.

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 meters | Marvin Bracy | 6.55 | Joseph Morris | 6.57 | Clayton Vaughn | 6.60 |
| 300 meters | Manteo Mitchell | 32.86 CR | Clayton Parros | 33.00 | William Shell | 33.09 |
| 600 meters | Casimir Loxsom | 1:15.33 CR NR | Mark Wieczorek | 1:16.07 | Je'von Hutchison | 1:16.32 |
| 1000 meters | Robby Andrews | 2:21.91 CR | Kyle Merber | 2:22.39 | Michael Rutt | 2:22.44 |
| One mile | Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. | 4:01.40 | Ben Blankenship | 4:02.14 | Pat Casey | 4:02.85 |
| Two miles | Ryan Hill | 8:26.72 CR | Ben Blankenship | 8:27.31 | Evan Jager | 8:27.44 |
| 60 meters hurdles | Aleec Harris | 7.51 | Jarret Eaton | 7.59 | Jeff Porter | 7.66 |
| Two mile walk | Nick Christie | 12:42.12 | John Nunn | 12:44.43 | Jonathan Hallman | 13:34.69 |
| High jump | Erik Kynard | 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) | Ricky Robertson | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Jesse Williams | 2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Pole vault | Sam Kendricks | 5.76 m (18 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Chris Pillow | 5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Jeffrey Coover | 5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Long jump | Will Claye | 7.93 m (26 ft 0 in) | Ted Hooper | 7.58 m (24 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Chris Benard | 7.48 m (24 ft 6+1⁄4 in) |
| Triple jump | Omar Craddock | 16.84 m (55 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Chris Benard | 16.57 m (54 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Chris Carter | 16.51 m (54 ft 2 in) |
| Shot put | Christian Cantwell | 20.41 m (66 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Bobby Grace | 19.19 m (62 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Nate Hunter | 19.07 m (62 ft 6+3⁄4 in) |
| Weight throw | A. G. Kruger | 23.41 m (76 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | James Lambert | 23.35 m (76 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Andy Fryman | 22.74 m (74 ft 7+1⁄4 in) |
| Heptathlon | Jeremy Taiwo | 6273 pts CR | Austin Bahner | 5526 pts | Thomas Hopkins | 5513 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 meters | Tianna Bartoletta | 7.08 | Jessica Young | 7.16 | Tiffany Townsend | 7.23 |
| 300 meters | Natasha Hastings | 36.52 CR | Jessica Beard | 36.65 | Shapri Romero | 37.44 |
| 600 meters | Alysia Montaño | 1:26.59 | Phoebe Wright | 1:28.00 | Megan Malasarte | 1:28.98 |
| 1000 meters | Lauren Wallace | 2:40.42 CR | Treniere Moser | 2:40.62 | Stephanie Brown | 2:40.62 |
| One mile | Shannon Rowbury | 4:34.40 | Katherine Mackey | 4:34.83 | Rachel Schneider | 4:35.85 |
| Two miles | Shannon Rowbury | 9:43.94 | Jordan Hasay | 9:44.69 | Brie Felnagle | 9:47.73 |
| 60 meters hurdles | Jasmin Stowers | 7.84 | Tenaya Jones | 8.03 | Tiffani McReynolds | 8.06 |
| Two mile walk | Maria Michta-Coffey | 13:37.02 | Miranda Melville | 13:45.05 | Erin Gray | 14:24.50 |
| High jump | Chaunté Lowe | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Amy Acuff | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Elizabeth Evans | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄4 in) |
| Pole vault | Demi Payne | 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) | Mary Saxer | 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in) | Katie Nageotte | 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Long jump | Funmi Jimoh | 6.37 m (20 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Julienne McKee | 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) | Jessie Gaines | 6.23 m (20 ft 5+1⁄4 in) |
| Triple jump | Amanda Smock | 13.28 m (43 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Kenna Wolter | 13.16 m (43 ft 2 in) | Blessing Ufodiama | 13.16 m (43 ft 2 in) |
| Shot put | Michelle Carter | 19.45 m (63 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Becky O'Brien | 18.34 m (60 ft 2 in) | Jeneva Stevens | 18.04 m (59 ft 2 in) |
| Weight throw | Felisha Johnson | 23.45 m (76 ft 11 in) | Jeneva Stevens | 23.43 m (76 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Amber Campbell | 22.48 m (73 ft 9 in) |
| Pentathlon | Sharon Day-Monroe | 4654 pts | Barbara Nwaba | 4389 pts | Kaylon Eppinger | 4317 pts |
