Italian Victory in the 60 meters…
March 22, 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.
This piece is part of a continuing series on the 2020 NYRR Millrose Games Wanamaker milers. This time, it is...
This is part of Jeff Benjamin's continuing series of columns on milers who will do the Wanamaker Mile at the...
Charlie Grice has wheels. With 800m PB of 1:45.72, Mile of 3:52.64 and 1,500m PB of 3:30.62. His 1,500m of...
Morgan McDonald, photo by You Tube This is the second of Jeff Benjamins' Q & A's with Millrose Games Wanamaker...
Sam Prakel, photo by Paul Merca (check out Paul Merca blogspot.com ) This is a fun idea from our friend,...
Runblogrun's Jeff Benjamin, Mille Wolde, Track & Field Writer George Kochman, photo by Jeff Benjamin Olympic Gold Medalist Mille Wolde...
Frank Shorter, photo by NPR Jeff Benjamin wants to know when the next sport changing moment will happen. He hopes...
This piece was done last month on the Manhattan College Invite, by the one and only Jeff Benjamin. Manhattan Invite...
Jeff Benjamin did this piece on Richard Avery's The Five and Ten Book a few months ago. I found it...
Alan Webb is a new Assistant Coach at University of Arkansas/Little Rock I first met Alan Webb the weekend he...