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WHAT A RACE FOR 4TH, 5TH, & 6th !!!

by STAFF

03/19/2009

In the early morning hours of Thursday morning three lamps appeared on the Nome sea ice.  All three looked like a small convoy heading for their final destination.  The convoy contained  2004 Iditarod Champion Mitch Seavey (Bib #21), Cim Smyth (Bib #37), and Dallas Seavey (Bib #62). The three had traveled together up the coast and weathered a torrent of windswept bone chilling trail conditions to make it in to Nome at 4:18 am, 4:27 am and 4:49 am respectively.  There were plenty of race fans along in the chute to greet all three. Mitch Seavey finished 4^th, Cim Smyth finished 5^th, and Dallas Seavey finished 6^th.

For Mitch and Dallas Seavey the finish was very special.  Dallas (at twenty-one) and Mitch (at forty-nine), their travel together as father and son exemplified the synergy that is a big part of the 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.  There's new blood at the top of the leader board!