GBTC Remembers 1975!
April 22, 2025
Jeff Benjamin has written for 30 years for American Track and Field along with RunBlogRun. The Former President of the Staten Island AC & Chair of the Staten Island Running Association was the 5th man scorer for his 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 currently serves as the LDR Chairman for USATF NY. A passionate (or fanatical) follower of the Sport, some of Jeff's subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Emma Coburn, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Jim Spivey, Galen Rupp, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Ajee’ Wilson, Bill Rodgers, Allan Webb, Abel Kiviat, Jordan Hassay, Marty Liquori, Caster Semenya, Rod Dixon, Carl Lewis and Jim Ryun as well as Book Reviews and articles covering meets and races in the Northeast U.S.
Jeff Benjamin wrote this piece on one of our favorite scribes, Toni Reavis. Toni just won the George Hirsh Award...
In mid-October, the New York Road Runners announced that the late Art Hall, the finest road runner in Staten Island...
Updated October 22, 2022 Friday, October 21, was the 43rd anniversary of this incredible race and the very last time...
This is one of my favorite all-time pieces by Jeff Benjamin. It is about his friend, Rod Dixon, 1972 Olympic...
This is the 4th in a series by Jeff Benjamin on the 50th Anniversary of the Munich Olympics. In this...
This is the third story in a series on the Munich 1972 Olympics. In this piece, Jeff Benjamin writes about...
This is Jeff Benjamin's piece on WC gold medalist Jake Wightman, who is always open to an interview and is...
This is the second in a series of articles on the Munich Olympics, which happened fifty years ago this week....
This is the second in the series on the 50th anniversary of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race from senior writer...
This is the first in a series from senior writer Jeff Benjamin, concerning the 50th anniversary of the Munich 1972...
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