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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.
Eliud Kipchoge, photo by PhotoRun.net The @Breaking2 event on May 6, 2017 was more popular than many imagined. It went...
The 1975 World Cross Country championships was on a horse racing course in Rabat, Morocco. Ian Stewart, the eventual winner...
Norb Sander died unexpectedly on Friday, March 17, 2017. His funeral was yesterday, March 21, 2017 in Yonkers. I flew...
The above page is from the Alberto Salazar section of the RunnerProgram.com, aka Runners Universe. The site has an amazing...
Kevin Jermyn, CARA, photo courtesy of CARA Jeff Benjamin wrote this piece on his friend, Kevin Jermyn, who has moved...
The first Ocean Breeze AC Grand Prix was a success, and thanks to press officer Jeff Benjamin, we have this...
I remember watching Jenny Simpson in the semi-final in Daegu. On the last lap, just around the last turn, Jenny...
Robbie Andrews, photo by PhotoRun.net This is a busy weekend of track & field. On Saturday, February 18, 2017, the...
Bob Kennedy, leadingthe 5000 meter final, Atlanta 1996, photo by PhotoRun.net Bob Kennedy, Atlanta 1996, 5000m final, photo by PhotoRun.net...
This interview was done by Jeff Benjamin with Jordan Hasay, right after her fine 68:40 half marathon at the Aramco...