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2026 Indoor Champion Featured Event Prize Money

USATF New England

2026 Indoor Track and Field Championship
Featured Events Prize Money Guidelines

Prize Money

For the 2026 USATF New England Indoor Championships only, USATF New England will pay prize money to the first through third place finishers in each of the featured events

Women’s Featured Events	Men’s Featured Events
800m	Mile
Shot Put	Shot Put
60m	60m

The prize structure is as follows:

1st - $750
2nd - $350
3rd - $150

PERFORMANCE BONUS

In addition to the prize structure, we are offering a $500 bonus for the winning performance in each Featured Event that exceeds the following marks:

Women’s Featured Events - Bonus Marks	Men’s Featured Events - Bonus Marks
800m 2:00	Mile - 4:00.00 (Open Section)
Shot Put 17.00m	Shot Put - 19.30m
60m 7.30 (In the final)	60m 6.65 (In the final)

NOTES

Please make sure your contact information (email address and phone number) is up to date under your USATF Connect profile. We will use entry information as a backup
Winners will need to complete and W-9 or W8-BEN and ACH form that will arrive via email from the USATF New England bookkeeper
Only USATF members and members of foreign federations are eligible for prize money
Prize Money will go to Top 3 finishers only in the Open Sections
College/University: Athletes with remaining collegiate eligibility must check with their respective university compliance departments to determine if they are eligible to receive prize money according to NCAA rules (i.e. actual and necessary, Enhanced Operation Gold). If an athlete with collegiate eligibility is approved to receive prize money, the university compliance representative must provide approval/documentation to USATF New England via email (treasurer@usatfne.org). The deadline to provide this approval/documentation from your university/college compliance department is May 31, 2026, to be eligible to receive this prize money.
High School: High school athletes must check with their High School Association to confirm if it is permissible to accept the funds and continue to compete for their high school team. The deadline to provide this approval documentation from the High School Association is May 31, 2026, to be eligible to receive this prize money. Please email treasurer@usatfne.org
Athletes are eligible to receive prize money in more than one event.
Athlete's with other unique payment requirements should send a detailed email to treasurer@usatf.org

Please be aware prize money payments will be reported to the IRS as reportable income and are subject to federal, state, and local income tax. Since no taxes are being withheld by USATF New England, you may have a tax liability at the time you file your tax return, and you may want to consider setting aside some funds for this purpose. If the amount of reportable income including all stipends, prize money, etc. is $600 or more cumulative during a tax year, USATF New England will issue a 1099 NEC. USATF New England is not offering tax advice, but recipients of USATF New England funding and benefits are advised to retain their own tax professionals to receive guidance regarding tax implications.