Series / challenge
The Backyard Satellite Championships are the national-race format of Big’s World Team Championship. Countries race simultaneously on home courses, and every runner’s completed yards contribute to the country’s combined score.
6 TUM reports · Published coverage below
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The U.S. won the 2026 backyard team championship with 1,120 cumulative yards, ahead of Australia’s 1,069 and Belgium’s 1,058; those totals are separate from individual records and national race winners.
TUM previewed the October 17, 7 a.m. CDT World Team Championship start, hourly 4.167-mile loops, team scoring and the planned worldwide broadcast.
TUM reported Gore’s decision not to race and Jason Rantall taking his place. The decision belongs to the dated announcement.
The 2024 report recorded the Belgian trio’s shared 110 yards and Megan Eckert’s women’s 87-yard mark, separate from the earlier live snapshot and later editions.
Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: October 29, 2024
At the October 22 publication snapshot, 19 runners from Belgium, the United States, Australia, Japan and France remained at hour 82. This is not a final result.
TUM provided a live leaderboard, livestream, updates and social links for following the then-ongoing backyard championship. These are dated following resources, not a later result or proof that a live service is still available.
The most-viewed module repeated the backyard team-worlds tracker; the new result account is a separate editorial item.
Race plan
Person in this dated decision not to race in the september 22 report · 2026-09-22
SourceRace plan
Person in this dated named replacement in the september 22 report · 2026-09-22
SourceShared-record effort in Belgium
TUM reported Geerts and Steyaert stopping together at 124 yards: a shared record, with no Belgian race winner. The U.S. took the cumulative team title; Dowdle won its race at 107 yards, with Noll’s 106-yard assist. Individual loops, team totals and the prior Gore benchmark are separate.
SourceShared-record effort in Belgium
TUM reported Geerts and Steyaert stopping together at 124 yards: a shared record, with no Belgian race winner. The U.S. took the cumulative team title; Dowdle won its race at 107 yards, with Noll’s 106-yard assist. Individual loops, team totals and the prior Gore benchmark are separate.
SourcePublication dates distinguish reporting from event dates.
Reported 2026-10-23
The U.S. won the 2026 backyard team championship with 1,120 cumulative yards, ahead of Australia’s 1,069 and Belgium’s 1,058; those totals are separate from individual records and national race winners.
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2020
The organizer’s championship history identifies 2020 as the inaugural satellite edition.
Big's Backyard Ultra Undated public page; inspected October 18, 2026
This is a limited background snapshot, checked October 18, 2026. Source publication dates and event dates are shown separately.
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