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.
Jeff Benjamin sent this piece off to us this morning, and emphasized that t was time sensative. So, here is...
1952 Olympic steeple final, Horace Ashenfelter, courtesy of Ashenfelter Classic 8k Originally posted August 22, 2012 Reposted January 7, 2018...
Carl Lewis and Jeff Benjamin, photo from Wayne Baker Jeff Benjamin interviews Carl Lewis on his new training program, "...
Joe Newton was a man of some complexity. That is the highest honor I can give a man, or a...
Photo of Jeff Benjamin, Roger Robinson and Katherine Switzer, photo courtesy of Jeff Benjamin, Photo of Michael Schnall, Jason Simpson,...
The battle of five boroughs, photo by PhotoRun.net Jeff Benjamin reached out to 4 time NYC champ Bill Rodgers on...
Jeff Benjamin wrote this piece on the very moving Hall of Fame entries for 2017. It was a wonderful afternoon:...
Steve Scott started out as a basebal player. His mom got Steve into running, encouraging him to join her morning...
Jeff Benjamin did this review of the Virgin Territory, a book on Craig Virgin by Randy Sharer. Craig Virgin was...
This is a nice piece on father Matt Centrowitz and his son, Matthew. On October 13, at Van Cortlandt Park,...