# @lohudsports on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-09-06T18:44:03.000+00:00
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Rai Benjamin, who graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 2015 and became an All-American at UCLA and then at nearby USC, is now not just a two-time Olympian but a three-time Olympic gold medalist. 

Last month, he netted two of those gold medals. He anchored, as he did in the Tokyo Olympics three years earlier, the U.S. men’s 4x400 relay team to a win, and he won the men’s 400 hurdles final, beating world record-holder Karsten Warholm of Norway, who’d won gold to Benjamin’s silver in that event at the Tokyo Games.

Now, Mount Vernon will do its best to make sure no one forgets either Benjamin’s name or the fact the city is where Benjamin got his start in track.

Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 9:15 a.m., Benjamin will join other athletic greats, as well as famed actors, authors, scientists and more in the high school’s Hall of Fame.

At 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, the school district will name the high school track after the 27-year-old, who’s expected to again pursue gold at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

After that, via motorcade, Benjamin is scheduled to visit Mount Vernon’s other 15 public schools and the rest of its more than 7,000 students. 

Tuesday’s celebration is slated to conclude about 12:20 p.m. at city-owned Memorial Stadium, the refurbished track and all-purpose field complex on Garden Avenue that’s expected to eventually host everything from high school football championships to big track events.

Just as she was in Paris, Benjamin’s mother, Jeanette Mason, who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, will be there and at the other venues, cheering for her son, as will Benjamin’s high school track coach, Marcus Green.

“I will be there with the whole family and village in tow — his sister, grandmother, great aunts, uncles, cousins. Even his kindergarten teacher will be in attendance,” Mason said.

🔗 Read more of the story at our link in bio.

📸: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
✍: Nancy Haggerty @nancyhaggertysportsreporter

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