The Minnesota running community lost one of it's most active and enthusiastic members this week as Cindy Brochman passed away after figh...

Happy Holidays everyone! On behalf of the humble little operation known as Down the Backstretch , let me wish all of you a happy, healthy, a...

USA Track & Field held its final two national championships of 2009 last weekend-- the National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championshi...

The Minnesota Association of USA Track & Field announced its Athletes of the Month for November and December yesterday: Maria Hauger and...

As one Minnesota superstar arrives, another has departed. Team USA Minnesota has added the most decorated Minnesota collegiate middle distan...

Tickets for the 2010 Big Ten Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships to be held at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse on Febru...

In a surprising change, registration for the 2010 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon will open on February 2, 2010, race officials announced yes...

For the second year in a row, Minnesota will host USA Track and Field's North Region Open Outdoor Track & Field Championships as wel...

You know you're fairly famous when you have a cross country meet named after you. You know you're really famous when someone makes ...

Hamline University senior all-American Ian Bauer, who led the Pipers to an MIAC team title and trip to the NCAA Division III Cross Country C...

The close battles between the top two boys' teams in the state -- Class AA champions Eden Prairie and Class AA runners-up Wayzata, the s...

The Minnesota high school cross country season ends tomorrow morning in Portland, Oregon. There, on the Portland Meadows cross country cours...

While it might seem as though the 2009 running season is winding down, there's also ample evidence that the 2010 season is winding up .....

Just as Santa has eight reindeer powering his sleigh each Christmas Eve -- foggy nights and Rudolph notwithstanding -- so too will Team USA ...

MSHSL Class AA girls' individual champion Maria Hauger was the top Minnesota finisher in the seeded races of last weekend's Footlo...

In another strong run in his budding road racing career, Team USA Minnesota's Patrick Smyth finished second at the Manchester Road Race ...

Make a bit more room on your plate for Mashed Potatoes! The starchy side-dish out-polled two-time defending champion Stuffing in DtB's ...

Gobble gobble, track and cross country fans! It time again for us to shutter the DtB office for a few days to celebrate the Thanksgiving ho...

Team USA Minnesota's Meghan Armstrong and former Golden Gopher star Andrew Carlson propelled the USA team to a 5th-place finish at the I...

Hear Gopher women's coach Gary Wilson talk about his 10th place team here ... From left, Stephanie Price, Kayla Wagner, Elizabeth Yetz...