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Thursday, May 03, 2007

Team Circuit Standings All Tied Up

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There's a knot at the top of the USATF Minnesota Open Men's and Women's Team Circuit Standings following the suddenly controve...

Rosendahl Likes $100,000 Guarantee

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Distance runner Marty Rosendahl knows he'll make $100,000 a year ... ... if he runs sub-28:00 for 10,000 meters or sub-2:11 for the mara...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Watson, Costescu Headline TC 1 Mile Field

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Former Stillwater High School and Notre Dame University star Luke Watson will attempt a three-peat and Michigan-based Romanian Denisa Costes...

McGregor Notches Olympic "A" Qualifier at Stanford

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Team USA Minnesota's Katie McGregor took care of some important business in clocking a 3rd place, 31:37.82 10,000 meters at the the Pay...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Grandma's Announces New Drug Policy

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It wasn't until yesterday that we even had a "Drugs" tag on Down the Backstretch . Now we've got two posts under the head...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Get In Gear Champ Sports Checkered Past

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Get in Gear 10K men's winner Alena Reta has a competitive past that includes a drug suspension in 2001 and disqualification from the 20...

Deatherage Wins Drake Relays 1500; Gopher Women Sweep Long Relays

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again ... That might well have been the mantra for Team USA Minnesota's Jenelle Deatherage ,...
Sunday, April 29, 2007

Race Photos: Get In Gear

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You can read about the 2007 Get in Gear in the Star Tribune and you can get the full results at the race site. But you can see the picture...
Saturday, April 28, 2007

The Short-Cut: Weekend Results for April 27-29

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There's a ton of running and track going on this weekend; here are our links to the important action: Friday : Drake Relays: Results Upd...
Friday, April 27, 2007

WDTB: Live at the Hamline Elite Meet

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That completes the action on the track here at the Hamline Elite-Meet. On behalf of my partner Chris Marshall, I'm Charlie Mahler signin...
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Star-Tribune: How Hamline Elite-Meet Director Lynden Reder Got His Coaching Job

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As the WDTB production truck rumbles up I-35 toward the Hamline Elite-Meet ... We thought you might want to read the Star-Tribune's inte...

Local Stars, International Talent Vie for Cash and Glory at 30th Annual Get in Gear 10K

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Local stars Joey Keillor and Amy Lyons will each wear bib #1 tomorrow at the 30 th annual Get in Gear 10K . The race will make its traditi...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Collegiate Athletes of the Week

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The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference named its Athletes of the Week recently. Gustavus Adolphus College senior Tanner Miest ,...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Hamline Elite Meet Entrants Announced

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The final competitors list for the Hamline Elite Meet (Presented by Nike) has been announced on the event's web-site . All the events lo...

Gopher 4 x 800 Eyes Drake Record

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The Star-Tribune's Michael Rand just wrote a nice profile of the Gopher women's 4 x 800 meter squad. The Gopher foursome of Heather...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Dunn 4th at Pan American Cup Walk

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Carleton College alum and two-time Olympian Philip Dunn placed 4th in the 50K event at the Pan American Race Walking Cup in Balneario Cambo...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Star-Tribune Profiles Sade Pollard

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A day after we noticed that the Duluth paper had profiled defending MSHSL Class AA 100m champ Garrett Cora of Duluth East, we see that the...

Grandma's Marathon Finally Reaches Capacity

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It took longer than usual , but Grandma's Marathon finally reached its 9500 entrant capacity, according to race officials . The marathon...

Patrick Reusse Attends a Track Meet!

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Sometimes the news is the news ... Minneapolis Star-Tribune sports columnist Patrick Reusse -- better known for scrutinizing the activitie...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

Sunday Mass at the Boston Marathon

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Twin Cities Marathon Elite Recruiter Rick Trueman -- a fellow I had the pleasure of coaching at St. John's back in the late-1980s -- des...
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