Rai Benjamin

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Rai Benjamin
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Personal information
Nationality American[1][2]
Born (1997-07-27) July 27, 1997 (age 27)
Mount Vernon, New York
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Weight 77 kg (170 lb)[3]
Sport
Country United States[1][2]
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Hurdling, sprinting
College team USC Trojans (2018)
UCLA Bruins (2016, 2017)
Team Nike[4]
Turned pro 2018[4]
Coached by Joanna Hayes[2]
Quincy Watts[2]
Caryl Smith Gilbert[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m hurdles: 46.83 (2021)
  • 400 m: 44.31 (2019)[5]
  • 200 m: 19.99 (2018)[6][7]
  • 100 m: 10.03 (2020)
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles
Representing  Antigua and Barbuda
CARIFTA Games (U-20)
Silver medal – second place 2015 Basseterre 400 m

Rai Benjamin (born July 27, 1997) is an American professional hurdler and sprinter specializing in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles. He is the third fastest man in history in the 400 m hurdles with a personal best time of 46.83 s. He won a silver medal at his first World Championships in 2019 in the men's 400 m hurdles, and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the same competition.

In college Benjamin ran for the UCLA Bruins and then the USC Trojans, where in early 2018 he was part of the team that set the world best time in the indoor 4 × 400 m relay with a time of 3:00.77. At the time, his relay split time of 44.35 s was the fastest ever recorded in an indoor race. In June of the same year he also helped set the NCAA record in the same event but outdoors, and ran what was at the time the second fastest 400 m hurdles race of all-time in 47.02 s.

Early life and career

Rai Benjamin, from Mount Vernon High School (New York), was the fastest 2015 prep time in the United States in the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.97, fastest 400 m indoor time in the country with a 46.59 and the third fastest outdoor time 46.19.

Benjamin won the 2015 New York Indoor State meet with a national leading time of 33.17 in the 300 meters. He was a three-time New York State Public High School Athletic Association champion in the 400m hurdles.

He was the 2015 New Balance 400 meters National Champion and the 2015 New Balance Outdoor 400-meter hurdles National Champion.[8]

Just after completing his second year, he represented Antigua and Barbuda at the 2013 World Youth Championships. Just after graduating, he won a silver medal in the 400 meters at the 2015 CARIFTA Games.

Benjamin wanted to run for the USA, since he was born in New York,[9] but at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics, he represented Antigua in the 400 m hurdles.[10]

In 2017, the IAAF suspended all transfers of allegiance, meaning Benjamin could not represent the United States until transfers were reinstated in summer 2018.[11] In October 2018, Benjamin's transfer request was approved, allowing him to represent the United States abroad and compete in USATF Championship events.[1]

At the 2018 Meeting Areva in Paris, he ran 19.99 in the 200 meters to take .65 of a second off his previous personal best.[6][7][12] He became the 72nd person to break 20 seconds,[13] in what is perhaps his third best event on the track.

At the 2019 Mt. SAC Relays, that year at El Camino College in Torrance, California, Benjamin joined his training partner and previous college teammate, Michael Norman running the 400 meters. Benjamin ran his personal best of 44.31, the 50th best time in history[14] behind Norman's 43.45, which turned out to be the fastest 400 run in the 2019 season and tied him as the 4th fastest of all time.[15]

College career

Benjamin is a 3-time NCAA Division I track champion; Benjamin earned 8 NCAA Division I All-America honors , 3 Pac-12 Conference titles and 1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title as a college student-athlete.

Benjamin earned two NCAA Division I All-America honors after his 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships where he placed 1st in the 400 meters hurdles in a college record time of 47.02 while being a part of a team that ran 2:59.00 to win the 4x400 m. The 47.02, at the time, equalled Edwin Moses for the #2 time in history.

Benjamin earned two NCAA Division I All-America honors after his 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships where he placed 3rd in the 200 m in a time of 20.34 while being a part of a team that ran 3:00.77 to win the 4x400 m in a college indoor track record time.

Benjamin earned two NCAA Division I All-America honors after his 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships where he placed 2nd in the 400 m hurdles in a time of 48.33 while being a part of a team that ran 39.89 in the 4x100 m.
Benjamin earned one NCAA Division I All-America honor after his 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships where he placed 6th in the 400 meters hurdles in a time of 49.82.

Benjamin earned one NCAA Division I All-America honor after his 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships where the team placed 7th that ran 9:34.39 in the Distance medley relay.

Representing University of Southern California
Year Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Indoor track and field		 NCAA
Indoor		 Pac-12 Conference
Outdoor		 NCAA Division I
Outdoor track and field
2018 200 m 3rd
20.34		 400 m hurdles 1st
48.46		 400 m hurdles 1st
47.02 CR
400 m 1st
45.94		 4x400 m 1st
3:00.77 CR		 4x100 m 1st
39.38		 4x400 m 1st
2:59.00
Representing University of California Los Angeles
2017 4x400 m 5th
3:12.50		 4x400 4th
3:09.39		 4x100 22nd
39.89
400 6th
47.06		 400 m hurdles 1st
49.52		 400 m hurdles 2nd
48.33
200 m 3rd
21.09
2016 400 m 7th
47.57		 400 m hurdles
52.21		 400 m hurdles 6th
49.82
DMR 7th
9:34.39		 4x100 m 4th
40.22

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Personal life

Benjamin is the son of international Antiguan cricketer Winston Benjamin.[9][20]

Statistics

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[21]

Personal bests

Surface Event Time Venue Date Notes
Outdoor 400 m hurdles 46.83 Eugene, USA June 26, 2021 #3 all-time
400 m 44.31 Torrance, California, U.S. April 20, 2019
200 m 19.99 Paris, France June 30, 2018 −0.6 m/s wind
100 m 10.03 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. July 20, 2020 +1.6 m/s wind
4×400 m relay 2:56.69 Doha, Qatar October 6, 2019 2019 world lead
Indoor 400 m 45.39 New York, New York, U.S. February 13, 2021
300 m 32.35 New York, New York, U.S. February 8, 2020
200 m 20.34 College Station, Texas, U.S. March 10, 2018
4×400 m relay 3:00.77 College Station, Texas, U.S. March 10, 2018 World best[note 1]

International championship results

Representing  Antigua and Barbuda (2013–2015) and the  United States (2019)
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 15th 400 m hurdles 52.36 PB
2015 CARIFTA Games (U20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2nd 400 m 46.19 PB
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas DNF (semi 1) 4×200  m relay —
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 400 m hurdles 47.66
1st 4×400  m relay 2:56.69 WL, PB

Circuit wins

National championship results

Representing the UCLA Bruins (2016–2017), the USC Trojans (2018), and Nike (2019–2021)
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2016 NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 6th 400 m hurdles 49.82 PB
2017 NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd 400 m hurdles 48.33 PB
22nd 4×100 m relay 39.89
2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 3rd 200 m 20.34 PB
1st 4×400 m relay 3:00.77 WB[note 1]
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 1st 400 m hurdles 47.02 WL, CR, PB[9]
1st 4×400 m relay 2:59.00 CR, PB
2019 U.S. Championships Des Moines, Iowa 1st 400 m hurdles 47.23
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 1st 400 m hurdles 46.83 WL, MR, PB, #3 all-time
  • NCAA results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.[23][24]

Seasonal bests

Year 400 m hurdles 400 m 200 m
2013 53.95 49.55 22.38
2014 51.86 47.17 20.88
2015 49.97 46.19 21.09
2016 49.82 47.57 21.17
2017 48.33 45.72 20.64
2018 47.02 44.74 19.99
2019 46.98 44.31 —
2021 46.83 44.97 —

Notes

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External links

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  • Rai Benjamin bio at USC Trojans
  • Rai Benjamin bio at UCLA Bruins

Videos

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  14. ↑ https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/400-metres/outdoor/men/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2019-05-01
  15. ↑ https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/400-metres/outdoor/men/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2020-03-07
  16. ↑ Rai Benjamin UCLA track results TFRRS. June 30, 2018
  17. ↑ Rai Benjamin USC track results TFRRS. June 30, 2018
  18. ↑ Rai Benjamin USC profile University of Southern California. June 30, 2018
  19. ↑ Rai Benjamin UCLA profile University of California Los Angeles. June 30, 2018
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