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2010 IDITAROD MUSHER SIGN UPS DRAW A FIELD OF 60 ON THE FIRST DAY
by staff
(Wasilla, AK. June 27, 2009) The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first day sign ups began at 9:30 am Alaska time at the Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters. By the end of the first draw deadline (3:30 pm Alaska Time) sixty mushers had signed up. Four time Iditarod Champions Jeff King and Martin Buser joined three time Iditarod Champion (2007,2008,2009) Lance Mackey along with a number of top ten Iditarod Finishers at today's sign ups. So far 19 rookies have signed up for the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
More than 500 volunteers and mushers gathered at the Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters. They were served a barbeque luncheon by the Millennium Alaska Hotel (The Official Hotel of the Iditarod trail Sled Dog Race). Jeff King (Denali Alaska) and Robert Nelson (Kotzebue Alaska) won their $4,000 entry fees back in a final drawing that marked the end of the 2009 Volunteer Appreciation Picnic.
Below is a listing of mushers (in order of their draw):
| Position | Status | First | Last | City | State | Country |
|
1 | Matt | Hayashida | Willow | AK | ||
| 2 | R | Kurt | Reich | Divide | CO | |
| 3 | Ken | Anderson | Fairbanks | AK | ||
| 4 | Ryan | Redington | Wasilla | AK | ||
| 5 | R | Jane | Faulkner | Kasilof | AK | |
| 6 | Lance | Mackey | Fairbanks | AK | ||
| 7 | Karin | Hendrickson | Chugiak | AK | ||
| 8 | R | Nancy | Yoshida | Thompson | ND | |
| 9 | Jessie | Royer | Fairbanks | AK | ||
| 10 | R | Newton | Marshall | St. Anne | Jamaica | |
| 11 | R | Quinn | Iten | Kotzebue | AK | |
| 12 | Sue | Allen | Wasilla | AK | ||
| 13 | Lynda | Plettner | Houston | AK | ||
| 14 | Cindy | Gallea | Seeley Lake | MT | Canada | |
| 15 | Jeff | Deeter | Wasilla | AK | ||
| 16 | Jim | Lanier | Chugiak | AK | ||
| 17 | Robert | Nelson | Anchorage | AK | ||
| 18 | Cim | Smyth | Big Lake | AK | ||
| 19 | Jeff | King | Denali | AK | ||
| 20 | Sven | Haltmann | Willow | AK | ||
| 21 | Terry | Adkins | Sand Coulee | MT | ||
| 22 | Ramey | Smyth | Willow | AK | ||
| 23 | Michael | Suprenant | Chugiak | AK | ||
| 24 | Hans | Gatt | Whitehorse | YK | Canada | |
| 25 | Sonny | Lindner | Two Rivers | AK | ||
| 26 | R | Emil | Churchin | Anchorage | AK | |
| 27 | Kirk | Barnum | Seeley Lake | MT | ||
| 28 | R | Kim | Darst | Blairstown | NJ | |
| 29 | R | Justin | Savidis | Willow | AK | |
| 30 | R | Kathleen | Frederick | Willow | AK | |
| 31 | R | Hank | Debruin | Haliburton | Ontario | Canada |
| 32 | Ross | Adam | Grande Prairie | Alberta | Canada | |
| 33 | Linwood | Fiedler | Willow | AK | ||
| 34 | Martin | Buser | Big Lake | AK | ||
| 35 | Allen | Moore | Two Rivers | AK | ||
| 36 | Mitch | Seavey | Seward | AK | ||
| 37 | R | Tamara | Rose | Fairbanks | AK | |
| 38 | Gerald | Sousa | Two Rivers | AK | ||
| 39 | William | Pinkham | Glenwood Spring | CO | ||
| 40 | R | Scott | White | Woodinville | WA | |
| 41 | Dallas | Seavey. | Seward | AK | ||
| 42 | Zack | Steer | Sheep Mtn. | AK | ||
| 43 | R | William | Johnson | Unalakleet | AK | |
| 44 | R | Pat | Moon | Chicago | IL | |
| 45 | Sebastian | Schnuelle | Whitehorse | YT | Canada | |
| 46 | Blake | Frekking | Finland | MN | ||
| 47 | Fabrizio | Lovati | Brenua | Italy | ||
| 48 | R | Dave | DeCaro | Denali Park | AK | |
| 49 | R | Michelle | Phillips | Tagish | YT | Canada |
| 50 | Zoya | DeNure | Gakona | AK | ||
| 51 | Aliy | Zirkle | Two Rivers | AK | ||
| 52 | Dee Dee | Jonrowe | Willow | AK | ||
| 53 | Paul | Gebhardt | Kasilof | AK | ||
| 54 | R | Wattie | McDonald | Stonehaven | Scotland | UK |
| 55 | Karen | Ramstead | Perryvale | AB | Canada | |
| 56 | R | Chris | Adkins | Sand Coulee | AK | |
| 57 | Ray | Redington Jr. | Wasilla | AK | ||
| 58 | John | Baker | Kotzebue | AK | ||
| 59 | R | Kristy | Berrington | Kasilof | AK | |
| 60 | Warren | Palfrey | Quesnel | BC | Canada |
