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COREY BENTON &
JAMAL BROWN

Friends and competitors Cory Benton (left) and Jamal Brown (right) have faced similar challenges on and off the track. As a freshman liberal-arts student at Columbia, Benton was a member of a 4x400-meter relay team that set a new school record at NCAA Regionals and was part of an Ivy League championship–winning four-man 400-meter relay team. He came out the summer before his sophomore year, and his experience prompted him to organize an association for LGBT athletes at Columbia.

Jamal Brown's track career at Dartmouth was equally distinguished, with him medaling on several Ivy League championship relay teams. A recognized leader on Dartmouth's 100-plus-member track team, Brown also represented Dartmouth Athletics at the 2007 NCAA Leadership Conference. A recent graduate, Brown will be working as a legal assistant for the Boston-based Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders. He will continue to train and race with the Greater Boston Track Club, with an eye toward the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, Germany.

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