Sydney McLaughlin Has a New Coach, Donavan Brazier Loves the Treadmill & More from the NBIGP Press Conference
February 12, 2021
The biggest meet of the 2021 US indoor track season is less than 24 hours away, and stars from around the globe have assembled in Staten Island for Saturday’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. If you haven’t read our full meet preview, you need to do so now as the fields are incredible:
Trayvon Bromell and middle-distance standout
Bryce Hoppel, have already proven their fitness in 2021, the NBIGP will serve as the season opener for several big names. 800-meter world champion
Donavan Brazier, who missed his planned season opener two weeks ago due to close contact with a COVID positive, will race in his specialty event for the first time in almost six months.
NBIGP Preview: The Best US Indoor Meet of 2021 Season Is Saturday
February 12, 2021
While the Millrose Games and USATF Indoor Championships have both fallen by the wayside in 2021, the third mainstay of the US professional indoor circuit, the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, has endured. Despite a move to Staten Island’s Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (the meet’s usual venue, the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, is being used as a mass vaccination site), NBIGP will be back for its 26th edition on Saturday.
And thank goodness for that, because this meet is
stacked. There are sprint stars (
Trayvon Bromell,