The USA Indoor Track and Field Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition in the sport of athletics currently organized by USA Track & Field. It serves as the national championships for the sport in the United States. The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis and sometimes indoor combined track and field events championships were held separately.
There was a track and field championship at Madison Square Garden staged by the Amateur Athletic Union in 1888, and in the following years there were demonstrations staged as part of other meets. However, sports historians today acknowledge the 1906 edition to be the first official men's national indoor championships. The men's and women's championships have been held jointly since 1965. Following professionalization of the sport, the running of the national championships was taken over by The Athletics Congress of the USA (TAC) since 1980. TAC rebranded as USA Track & Field (USATF) in 1993.
The national championships for outdoor track and field and other sport of athletics disciplines are held separately from the indoor competition.
Athletes with the most wins , not including relays:
Rank Athlete Wins Tim Seaman 17 Platt Adams 14 Harold Osborn 13 Pat McDonald Lance Deal 12 John Eller 10 Henry Laskau Henry Dreyer Loren Murchison 9 Joe McCluskey Mike Conley Sr. Parry O'Brien
List of winners Track 60 m (60 yards, 55 m)
400 m (440 yards, 300 m, 300 yards)
600 m (600 yards, 500 m)
800 m (1000 yards, 1000 m)
Mile (1500 m)
3000 m (2 miles, 5000 m, 3 miles)
60 m hurdles (70 yards hurdles, 65 m hurdles, 60 yards hurdles, 55 m hurdles)
Racewalking (mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 3 miles walk)
Field High jump (standing high jump)
Long jump (standing long jump)
Triple jump (standing triple jump)
Pole vault (pole vault for distance)
Shot put
Weight throw (weight throw for height)
Heptathlon
Discontinued events 75 yards In 1913, 1914, and 1915, the 75 yards was the only short sprint distance held. In other years, the 60 yards was held as a separate event in addition.
1906: Charles Seitz 1907: Charles Seitz 1908: Robert Cloughen 1909: William Keating 1910: Robert Cloughen 1911: Alvah Meyer 1913: Howard Drew 1914: Alvah Meyer 1915: Irvin Howe
150 yards 1906: Lawson Robertson 1907: , William Keating (2nd) 1908: John Eller 1909: John Eller 1910: , John Eller (2nd)
200 m 1994: Chris Nelloms 1995: Tod Long 1996: Kevin Little 1997: Rohsaan Griffin 1998: Ramon Clay 1999: Rohsaan Griffin 2000: Chris Chandler 2001: Coby Miller 2002: Shawn Crawford 2003: John Capel Jr. 2004: Jimmie Hackley
5 miles 1906: George Bonhag 1907: George Bonhag 1908: Tom Collins 1909: Tom Collins 1917: Heywood Holden 1918: Charles Pores
220 yards hurdles 1906: John Eller 1907: Forrest Smithson 1908: John Eller 1909: John Eller
440 yards hurdles (300 yards hurdles) 1906: Harry Hillman 1907: Harry Hillman 1908: John Eller 1909: John Hartranft 1910: William Robbins
3000 m steeplechase (2 miles steeplechase) Distance was 2 miles except for 1933-1939. All events were run 'dry' with no water jump.
1925: , Russell Payne (2nd) 1926: Emil Krogh 1927: , Russell Payne (2nd) 1928: William Spencer 1929: , Franklin Osgood (3rd) 1930: Hans Assert 1931: Hans Assert 1932: Joe McCluskey 1933: Joe McCluskey 1934: Joe McCluskey 1935: Joe McCluskey 1936: Joe McCluskey 1937: Tom Deckard 1938: Joe McCluskey 1939: Tom Deckard 1940: Joe McCluskey 1941: Joe McCluskey
Discus throw 1909: Wesley Coe
References
Winners from 1906–2006
Official list (Archived)