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.
Matt Centrowitz, Sr. plaque, Manhattan College, photo by Jeff Benjamin, August 22, 2018 Matt Centrowitz, Sr., Director T&F/Cross county coach,...
Jeff Benjamin with Jacob Thomson, photo by Jeff Benjamin Jacob Thomson ran his first sub 4 minute at the Sub...
Johnny Gray, Racing at Millrose Games, photo by Getty Images/IAAF Jeff Benjamin did this interview with Johnny Gray, AR holder...
Charlene Lipsey before Saturday fun run with the pros, photo by Jeff Benjamin, August 4, 2018 After electric races and...
Lopez Lomong and Charlene Lipsey, winners at Sir Walter Raleigh Mile, August 3, 2018, photo by Jeff Benjamin This is...
The night before the Sir Walter Raleigh Mile dinner, at Runologie, August 2, 2018, photo by Jeff Benjamin The Sir...
Emily Lipari, after 2017 HOKA ONE ONE Long Island Mile, photo by Jeff Benjamin This is a fun interview with...
Mary Decker-Slaney, with a youngish Jeff Benjamin, from the Benjamin photo collection Mary Decker-Slaney, 1982, in a year when she...
RunBlogRun opines: Craig Virgin is one of the most iconic of America distance runners. He comes from the heartland of...
Look, we liked the Athletics World Cup, recently hosted in London. The next weekend, they even had good crowds in...