Track and Field Championships head to ABQ

THINK HE'S PROBABLY IN MEXICO. NEW MEXICO WILL BE HOME TO THE NATIONAL INDOOR TRACK AND FIE...  More »

THINK HE'S PROBABLY IN MEXICO. NEW MEXICO WILL BE HOME TO THE NATIONAL INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME TODAY AS AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED FOR THE ANNUAL EVENT TO BE HELD IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. CRIS ORNELAS WAS THERE FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT... HE'S HERE WITH THE DETAILS. USA TRACK AND FIELD MADE THE ANNOUNCMENT AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTIONS CENTER THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONALLY TELEVISED EVENT WILL BE HELD INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER STARTING NEXT FEBRUARY AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING 6-8 HUNDRED ATHLETES HERE EACH YEAR. THE HEAD OF USA TRACK AND FIELD SAYS SEVERAL THINGS WENT INTO CHOOSING THE DUKE CITY. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN INDOOR EVENT... THEY SAY ALBUQUERQUE'S WEATHER IS MUCH NICER THAN BOSTON'S... WHERE THE EVENT WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD. THEY ALSO FOUND THE CITY'S STATE- OF-THE-ART PORTABLE INDOOR TRACK PRETTY ATTRACTIVE. GOVERNOR RICHARDSON SAYS THIS IS ONE BIGGEST SPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE. 'having the usa indoor track and field championships sends a message that new mexico and albuquerque are becoming major sports towns and entities' AND IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING... USA TRACK AND FIELD SAYS THE INSIDE OF OUR CONVENTION CENTER IS BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL THE RUNNING JUMPING AND THROWING THEY  « Less