Delayed in JFK with Ollan Cassell
Delayed at JFK (L-to-R: Josh Gulotta, Jeff Benjamin, Ollan Cassell, Tony Gulotta) Photo by Emma Uible Ollan Cassell was a...
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.
Delayed at JFK (L-to-R: Josh Gulotta, Jeff Benjamin, Ollan Cassell, Tony Gulotta) Photo by Emma Uible Ollan Cassell was a...
Jeff Benjamin with Tom FitzSimons and friends! Photo by Josh Gulotta If you have read American Athletics, American Track &...
Steeplechase, photo by PhotoRun.net As I walked briskly through Rio last night, about midnight, trying to get to a secret...
Crowd photo, from PhotoRun.net Jeff Benjamin did the review below on the new film, 'Free to Run.' Jeff will be...
The Olympic Trials were televised on several platforms from July 1-10. I was able to watch the Trials most nights,...
And they run, Men's 10,000 meters, photo by PhotoRun.net Last night, on a Runnerspace.com program, "Fireside Chat", I was fortunate...
Sam Bell, design and photo courtesy of USTFCCCA.org Sam Bell was a giant among track coaches. A track & field...
Finish line cameras, photo by PhotoRun.net We asked Jeff Benjamin to review the coverage fo the last day of the...
Ed Cheserek, photo by Cheryl Treworgy/Pretty Sporty RunBlogRun opines: This is the review we asked Jeff Benjamin to do regarding...
Geoff Smith, Litchfield First Selectman Leo Paul, Jr., Rod Dixon, photo by Jeff Benjamin This is Jeff Benjamin's story of...