BOSTON, Massachusetts (Jan. 20) - Top athletes at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Jan. 29 could be in for a big payday. A World Record on the track will be worth a $25,000 bonus and an American Record will be good for an extra $10,000, meet organizers announced today.

Since the inaugural event in 1996, the meet has played host to three World Records, nine American Records and six other National Records. Several of those record-holders return for the 2005 event, including American indoor record-holder Tim Broe at 3000 meters going up against the World Record-holder at 5000 and 10,000 meters, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. David Krummenacker, who thrilled the crowd when he set the American record for 1000 meters here in 2002, is back to see what he can do three years later.

They join a star-studded lineup that includes 2004 Olympic medalists Kenenisa Bekele, Carolina Kluft, Jolanda Ceplak, Bernard Lagat, Melissa Morrison-Howard, DeeDee Trotter, Meseret Defar, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ejegayehu Dibaba, and Adam Nelson.

There's another bonus at stake, as well. As the initial stop in USA Track & Field's Visa Championship Series, the Reebok Boston Indoor Games will be the first chance for athletes to compete for the title of Visa Champion, which will go to the top performer of the four-event series.
The male and female Visa Champion will share a $50,000 jackpot, and each will receive a trip for two to a premiere Visa-sponsored event of their choice, including the Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, Kentucky Derby, Pebble Beach Weekend or Tony Awards.

The 10th-annual Reebok Boston Indoor Games will be held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College, 1350 Tremont St., from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 29, and will be broadcast on ESPN from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 30. Tickets are available on-line at Boston Indoor Games or by calling 1-866-GO-BIG05.