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.
Bill Rodgers, photo by PhotoRun.net In the golden age of American road running, there was Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers and...
Wendy Sly, Dr. David Martin, Seb Coe, and Seb's father, Peter Coe, photo from Wendy Sly Wendy Sly is the...
Dr. David Martin and Keith Brantly, 1998 Pittsburgh Marathon, U.S. Championships, photo courtesy of Keith Brantly Keith Brantly was one...
In 2016, Luvo Manyonga took the silver in the Olympics. Luvo Manyonga, photo by PhotoRun.net In 2017, Luvo Manyonga took...
Gerry Lindgren, Steve Prefontaine, Donal Walsh, 1969 NCAA Cross Country, credit NCAA Ian Brookes (announcer), Gerry Lindgren, Jeff Benjamin, March...
RunBlogRun opines: At the age of 88, Sir Roger Bannister died, on March 4, 2018. The news resonated around the...
York HS Running Rival and Sub 4 Minute Miler Ken Popejoy Eulogizes Joe Newton, photo by Jeff Benjamin RunBlogRun...
Alan Webb is one of the finest milers and middle distance runners ever produced from this country. The amazing thing...
This story is a long time coming. The Inaugural class of the National High School Track & Field Hall of...
Donavan Brazier, his race be won, photo by PhotoRun.net Donavan Brazier had an excellent weekend in Albuquerque. In the semi...