Some of track and field’s biggest stars will descend on Boston this weekend, as the professional indoor season kicks into gear with Saturday’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.

The Track at New Balance in Brighton will host the event — founded as the Boston Indoor Games in 1996 — for the fourth time.

The headliners include reigning Olympic 100-meter champion Noah Lyles, one of the sport’s biggest stars, as well as 2025 world champions Cordell Tinch

 

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Lyles will race the men’s 300 meters Saturday, stepping up in distance from his 100 and 200 specialties. The strong field will also feature Trinidadian sprinter Jereem Richards, the 400 silver medalist at least year’s world championships, as well as American Trayvon Bromell, the 2016 world indoor 60m champion and two-time 100m world bronze medalist.

 

“That’s what I love. That’s exactly what I want,” Lyles said at Friday’s news conference. “I want the best race, I want the best people, the biggest crowd … that’s what moments are made of, and we’re here to make fun, entertaining moments.”

Lyles has dominated in previous appearances at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, winning the 60 on four consecutive occasions.

Hall also will compete in the women’s long jump. Tinch will line up among a strong field in the men’s 60 hurdles, which will include Daniel Roberts of Atlanta, the 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and Trey Cunningham, of Winfield, Ala., who won silver at the 2022 worlds.

Outside of the sprints and jumps, there’s plenty of star power in the middle-distance races.

The men’s 600 will feature a showdown between Americans Donavan Brazier of Grand Rapids, Mich., the 2019 World Championships gold medalist in the 800, and Bryce Hoppel, of Midland, Texas, who finished fourth in the 800 (and surpassed Brazier’s American record) at the 2024 Olympics in 1:41.67.

 

Josh Hoey, the reigning 800 indoor world champion, is expected to take a crack at the indoor world record (1:42.67) set by Wilson Kipketer in 1997.

“It’s a tremendously impressive record. I’ve seen the race quite a few times,” said Hoey. “We’ll pace it out for that tomorrow. So I’m excited to take a shot at it.”

The men’s 2,000 features a trio of stars: Great Britain’s Jake Wightman, the 2022 world champion and 2025 world silver medalist in the 1,500; Grant Fisher, of Grand Blanc, Mich., who won bronze medals at the 2024 Olympics in the 5,000 and 10,000; and Hobbs Kessler, of Ann Arbor, Mich., who won bronze in the 1,500 at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.

The women’s 3,000 will be headlined by Vermont’s Elle Purrier St. Pierre, a UNH graduate and 2024 world indoor champion. She will run as a member of Team New Balance Boston and line up alongside Australian Jessica Hull, the 1,500 silver medalist at the 2024 Olympics.

Kenya’s Dorcus Ewoi, the 2025 world silver medalist in the women’s 1,500, will race alongside Sinclaire Johnson, of Indianapolis, the American record holder in the outdoor mile.

Harvard’s Graham Blanks, of Athens, Ga., a two-time NCAA champion and an Olympian in 2024, will race the men’s 3,000.

Here’s the full schedule for Saturday’s meet, which will be broadcast live on NBC from 2:30-4:30 p.m.:

12:15 p.m.: Men’s Triple Jump

1:00 p.m.: Women’s Masters Mile

1:20 p.m.: Youth 4x200m Relay

1:30 p.m.: Men’s Masters Mile

1:40 p.m.: Women’s 800m

1:50 p.m.: Junior Girls’ International Mile

1:55 p.m.: Women’s Long Jump

2:00 p.m.: Junior Boys’ International Mile

2:12 p.m.: Men’s 3000m

2:33 p.m.: Women’s 60m Hurdles

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2:41 p.m.: Men’s 60m Hurdles

2:49 p.m.: Men’s 600m

2:59 p.m.: Women’s 1500m

3:13 p.m.: Men’s 400m

3:20 p.m.: Women’s 60m

3:28 p.m.: Men’s 60m

3:37 p.m.: Women’s 400m

3:45 p.m.: Men’s 2000m

3:57 p.m.: Women’s 3000m

4:13 p.m.: Men’s 800m

4:23 p.m.: Men’s 300m