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Coach Matt Centrowitz Sr of Manhattan College Jaspers is putting together a Coaches Conversations on 24 April, featuring Friday, April 24 – Matt Centrowitz & Kerri Gallagher, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Track & Field. Check out the note from Matt below. Thanks to Jeff Benjamin, Senior writer for @runblogrun on Staten Island.
Dear alumni, family and friends,
We are excited to announce a series over the next couple of weeks called Coaches Conversations. These are live zoom conversations moderated by Pat O’Keefe of News12. You can submit questions ahead of time or during the event via the chat feature on Zoom. Kerri and I will be on next Friday, April 24th. We hope you’ll join the conversation! Here is a link to the announcement of the series:
Wishing you and your families good health and safety.
Go Jaspers!
Matt
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Senior Writer Jeff Benjamin has written for almost 40 years for RunBlogRun! The Former President of the Staten Island AC & was the 5th man scorer for his 1982 Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the College of Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff is also a retired NYC DOE history teacher. Some of Jeff's subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Billy Mills, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Bill Rodgers, Abel Kiviat, Frank Shorter, Rod Dixon and Carl Lewis as well as Book Reviews and articles covering track meets and races primarily in the Northeast U.S. and beyond.
Jeff has also covered Track & Field events at the 1996, 2016 & 2024 Olympic Games as well as the 2022 World T&F Championships in Eugene, Oregon. A noted T&F historian and chronicler of the athletic achievements of Jim Thorpe, Jeff helped with the restoration of Thorpe to the official IOC 1912 Record Books.
In 2023 Jeff was honored with the awarded the prestigious James Dunaway memorial award for excellence in Track and Field journalism by the Track and Field Writers Association.
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