World-class field on tap for adidas Boston Indoor Games 
Jan. 27
BOSTON - At least 20 Olympic or World Championship 
medalists will be in 
town Jan. 27 for the adidas Boston Indoor Games, the first 
stop on the 2002 
Indoor USA Track & Field Golden Spike Tour. The 
meet, formerly known as the New Balance Invitational, will 
begin at 4 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis Track & 
Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont St., Boston.

Led by Nick Hysong, 2000 gold medalist in the pole 
vault, the event 
will feature four-time Olympics qualifier and world silver 
medalist Regina 
Jacobs, who broke the American indoor 1000-meter 
record here in 2000; Adam 
Goucher, 5000-meter Olympic finalist; Terrence 
Trammell, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in the 
110-meter hurdles; and two-time Olympic high jumper 
Amy 
Acuff.

"In the seven years we've been putting on this meet, we've 
always 
prided ourselves in attracting many of the best indoor-track 
athletes from 
all over the world," said meet director Mark 
Wetmore of Global Athletics and 
Marketing. "Being in Boston, we're also lucky that some of 
the best live 
right in our backyard."

Among those with Boston-area ties expected to compete 
are Jonathon 
Riley, the reigning NCAA 5000-meter outdoor champion 
from Stanford 
(Brookline); Andy Powell, who will be part of 
Stanford's distance medley 
relay; (Easton);  Jen Toomey, a US team member 
at 800 meters for last year's 
World Indoor Championship (Salem); and Calvin 
Davis, the surprise 1996 
Olympic bronze medalist in the 400-meter hurdles 
(Dorchester).

Besides a chance to see the kickoff of the Golden Spike 
Tour, a 
four-meet series that will culminate in the 2002 US Indoor 
Track & Field 
Championships in New York City on March 1-2, one lucky 
ticket-holder will 
also win a three-night stay in the Bahamas 
plus two round-trip air tickets from Boston, courtesy of 
USAirways.

For tickets and more information, see 
www.globalathletics.com