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2019 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships
Dates February 22–24
Host city Staten Island, New York, United States
Venue Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Level Senior
Type Indoor
Events 30 (men: 15; women: 15)
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The 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were a big sports event. They happened at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York. This competition was organized by USA Track and Field (USATF). It lasted for three days, from February 22 to February 24. These championships are the most important national indoor track and field event for the United States.

Event Schedule

This section shows when each event happened during the championships.

H Heats ½ Semi-finals F Final
M = morning session, A = afternoon session
  • Heats are the first races. Athletes compete to see who moves on.
  • Semi-finals are the next round. The best athletes from the heats compete again.
  • Finals are the last races. The winners are decided here.

Male Medalists

Here are the top three male athletes who won medals in each event.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 meters Demek Kemp 6.55 Cordero Gray 6.59 Sean McLean 6.63
300 meters Dontavius Wright 32.89 s Manteo Mitchell 33.54 s Brycen Spratling 33.59 s
600 meters Donavan Brazier 1:13.77 WB Sam Ellison 1:15.20 Kameron Jones 1:15.32
1000 meters Clayton Murphy 2:20.36 Abraham Alvarado 2:21.08 Brannon Kidder 2:21.23
Mile Craig Engels 3:59.69 Henry Wynne 4:00.20 John Gregorek Jr. 4:00.26
2 Mile Drew Hunter 8:25.29 Eric Avila 8:32.41 Tripp Hurt 8:32.72
3000 metres race walk Nick Christie 11:35.34 Emmanuel Corvera 11:49.25 John Cody Risch 11:57.26
60 m hurdles Devon Allen 7.60 Aaron Mallett 7.64 Joshua Thompson 7.69
High Jump Jeron Robinson 2.24 m (7 ft 4.06397638 in) Avion Jones 2.21 m (7 ft 2.88287402 in) Kristopher Kornegay-Gober 2.18 m (7 ft 1.70177166 in)
Pole Vault Andrew Irwin 5.80 m (19 ft 0.22145670 in) Scott Houston 5.61 m (18 ft 4.74114174 in) Max Babits 5.51 m (18 ft 0.80413386 in)
Long Jump Jordan Downs 7.73 m (25 ft 4.20570867 in) Malik Moffett 7.69 m (25 ft 2.63090552 in) Josh Colley 7.53 m (24 ft 8.33169292 in)
Triple Jump Donald Scott 16.85 m (55 ft 3.26082678 in) Chris Carter 16.66 m (54 ft 7.78051181 in) KeAndre Bates 16.38 m (53 ft 8.75688977 in)
Shot Put Ryan Crouser 22.22 m (72 ft 10.67814961 in) Joe Kovacs 21.40 m (70 ft 2.39468504 in) Josh Awotunde 20.63 m (67 ft 8.07972441 in)
Weight Throw Daniel Haugh 24.12 m (79 ft 1.48129922 in) Conor McCullough 23.98 m (78 ft 7.96948819 in) Alex Young 23.67 m (77 ft 7.76476378 in)
Heptathlon Tim Ehrhardt 5868 points Solomon Simmons 5766 points Jack Flood 5701 points

Female Medalists

These are the top three female athletes who won medals in each event.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 meters Shania Collins 7.16 Kate Hall 7.23 Sharika Nelvis 7.32
300 meters Brittany Brown 35.95 s Gabby Thomas 35.98 s Kayla Davis 37.46 s
600 meters Athing Mu 1:23.57 AR WL Raevyn Rogers 1:24.88 Olivia Baker 1:26.93
1000 meters Ajee' Wilson 2:34.71 MR WL Hanna Green 2:35.40 Ce'Aira Brown 2:35.62
Mile Colleen Quigley 4:29.47 Shelby Houlihan 4:29.92 Cory McGee 4:30.14
2 Mile Shelby Houlihan 9:31.38 WL Katie Mackey 9:33.70 Elinor Purrier 9:34.65
3000 metres race walk Miranda Melville 12:57.58 Katie Burnett 13:14.09 Kayla Shapiro 14:11.84
60 m hurdles Sharika Nelvis 7.85 WL Evonne Britton 7.86 Amber Hughes 8.06
High Jump Vashti Cunningham 1.96 m (6 ft 5.04035433 in) Ty Butts 1.88 m (6 ft 1.89074804 in) Amina Smith 1.88 m (6 ft 1.89074804 in)
Pole Vault Katie Nageotte 4.81 m (15 ft 9.24507874 in) Annie Rhodes 4.56 m (14 ft 11.40255906 in) Kristen Leland 4.56 m (14 ft 11.40255906 in)
Long Jump Kate Hall 6.51 m (21 ft 4.17421260 in) Quanesha Burks 6.39 m (20 ft 11.44980315 in) Kenyattia Hackworth 6.39 m (20 ft 11.44980315 in)
Triple Jump Keturah Orji 14.55 m (47 ft 8.70964567 in) Tori Franklin 14.45 m (47 ft 4.77263780 in) Lynnika Pitts 13.66 m (44 ft 9.67027559 in)
Shot Put Chase Ealey 18.62 m (61 ft 0.94586615 in) Magdalyn Ewen 18.45 m (60 ft 6.25295276 in) Jessica Ramsey 18.37 m (60 ft 3.10334646 in)
Weight Throw Janeah Stewart 24.80 m (81 ft 4.25295276 in) DeAnna Price 24.52 m (80 ft 5.22933071 in) Kaitlyn Long 23.19 m (76 ft 0.86712599 in)
Pentathlon Kendell Williams 4496 points Emilyn Dearman 4356 points Anna Hall 4302 points

How Athletes Qualify for International Events

The 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships helped athletes qualify for bigger international competitions. One of these was the 2020 IAAF World Indoor Championships. To join the US team for these world championships, athletes needed to:

  • Reach a special "qualifying standard mark" (a certain level of performance).
  • Finish in the top 2 in their event at the championships.
  • Be among the top 12 athletes in the world for their event.

The USATF team could also bring a backup athlete. This was in case one of the main team members could not compete.

Some athletes got a special "bye" into the 2020 World Championships. This means they automatically qualified. These were the winners of the 2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour and the World Champions from the year before.

World Champions from 2018

These athletes won their events at the 2018 World Indoor Championships:

World Tour Winners from 2019

These athletes won the overall 2019 World Indoor Tour in their events:

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