Video: Rai Benjamin On 44.31 Flat 400 & Hurdles Season Ahead

History’s equal-third-fastest 400 hurdler talks fast flat 400 opener and the hurdles campaign about to start.

Long a fixture on the SoCal track scene, Brian Russell won the Arcadia Invitational 2-lapper in ’76, was the national Junior 1500 runner-up the next year and went on to set a UCLA record in the event at 3:42.10. These days he’s frequently involved on the production side of major track telecasts.