Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
He currently holds the mile record at Stanford University and has held the record for 29 years. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South of Korea and came in tenth place in the 1500m race. He tried to make a comeback at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but did not get past the Olympic Trials.
Atkinson currently holds coaching positions in both cross country and track and field at Palos Verdes High School and Mira Costa High School in Palos Verdes Estates and Manhattan Beach, California. At Mira Costa, Jeff worked with the head coach of Cross Country Roberto Calderon starting in 2015.
Jeff, along with fellow head coach Brian Shapiro, coached both the boys" and girls" cross country program at Photovoltaics to much success in 2007, when both varsity teams competed in both the Division III CIF Southern Section Finals and State Championships. Ranked 1st as the fastest American in 1500m in 1989
Ranked 3rd in 1500m in 1988
3:55.16 Mile, 1986
3:38.12 1500m, 1989 (record was broken by Bernard Lagat in 2005 Indoor American Record
800m 1:48
1500m 3:35.15
Mile 3:52.80
5K Road 14:01
10K Road 29:56
Marathon 2:46.