Benedict CAYENNE

Ben Cayenne was primarily an 800-metre runner although he ran the 400 for Trinidad & Tobago in relays. His greatest international moment was winning a silver medal in the 800 at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, adding another silver with the 4×400 relay team. At the 1966 Central American & Caribbean Games Cayenne won a bronze in the 800 and a silver medal with the 4×400 relay. He competed at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games, placing sixth with the relay team in 1967 and winning a relay bronze medal in 1971, and placing seventh in the 800 in 1971. At the 1968 Olympics Cayenne made the 800 final, placing eighth, and was sixth with the 4×400 relay team.

Cayenne studied in the United States at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He later settled in the US, becoming an athletics coach at Swarthmore College and a CPA, working as a tax consultant. Prior to school in the United States, he had been a policeman in Trinidad.

Personal Bests: 400 – 46.3 (1967); 800 – 1:46.83 (1968).