Team GB Day 1 round-up in Torun
March 21, 2026
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.
Deena Kastor takes Olympic bronze in the Athens Olympic marathon, photo by USOC Jeff Benjamin with Deena Kastor, photo by...
This interview arrived this evening! Special thanks to Galen Rupp and Ricky Simms for making this interview happen. Special thanks...
Seb Coe en route to his WR 1000m, photo via newspaper, credit Bob Sly Coe Vs Theriot 1981 AAA 800...
The 1969 NCAA XC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park with (L-R) Steve Prefontaine & Champ Gerry Lindgren Hey NBC! You...
This piece was done during the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, in June 2021. Bill Dellinger is an iconic coach and...
Tara Davis, second place, LJ, and her Mom, at Wild Duck Cafe, with senior writer Jeff Benjamin The unique Rod...
So, at about 10 pm on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, our East senior writer, Jeff Benjamin, sends me a piece...
The Empire Track Club is an NYC-based elite track club coached by John Traumann and Tom Nohilly! Jeff Benjamin did...
Coach John McDonnell, photo courtesy of Nwahomepage.com We asked Jeff Benjamin to reach out to some Arkansas stars to speak...
Seb Coe, photo by Getty Images / British Athletics The President of World Athletics was an iconic runner. The only...