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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.
Updated Monday, October 23, 2023, on the 40th anniversary of Rod Dixon's huge win at the NYC Marathon! It was...
This is Jeff Benjamin's interview with Seb Coe on the late Steve Prefontaine and Wonders of Hayward Field. Sebastian Coe...
This is a review of Mark Coogan and Scott Douglas's publication of Personal Best Running. I have known both for...
The Worlds on NBC – thoughts, interviews from TV on days 5–7! By Jeff Benjamin Being the Budapest 2023 champs'...
The Worlds On NBC - Thoughts & Views From TV On Day 2-4 By Jeff Benjamin Oh! The thrill of...
Jeff Benjamin is covering the event remotely for RunBlogRun, but do not worry, as he will be covering the Paris...
Cordell Tinch came on the scene with some quick hurdling, having run the 12.96, a world leader in 2023. At...
This is Jeff Benjamin's interview with Donald Scott, TJ champion, competing in Budapest on Day 1, at 19:37 local time,...
Clayton Murphy is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist for the 800 meters. In the cold of Rio de Janeiro, Clayton...
Sean McGorty finished in the top three of both the 10,000m and 5,000m at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Champs. Immediately...