Biography
Musher and dog breeder, Doug Swingley, 53, was born in Montana. He began mushing in 1989. His brother, Greg, sparked his interest in the Iditarod and he has been hooked ever since. He is a four-time Iditarod champion. He says he continues to run the Iditarod because “I love traveling with my dogs.” Doug is a member of the Montana Mountain Mushers, Mush with P.R.I.D.E. and the ITC. Doug is married to Melanie Shirilla, also a musher. Doug has two adult children, Heidi and Wes. He lists his hobbies as dogs, Melanie and airplanes.
2002 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/02 10:15:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Eagle River | 3/02 13:06:00 | 12 | 2h 51m | ||||||||
| Wasilla | 3/03 10:15:00 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
| Knik | 3/03 11:20:00 | 16 | 3/03 11:22:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 1h 5m | 12.92 | 14 | |||
| Yentna Station | 3/03 20:15:00 | 16 | 3/03 21:57:00 | 16 | 1h 42m | 8h 53m | 5.85 | 52 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 00:33:00 | 16 | 3/04 08:26:00 | 16 | 7h 53m | 2h 36m | 13.08 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 12:17:00 | 16 | 3/05 05:12:00 | 16 | 16h 55m | 3h 51m | 11.69 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 07:57:00 | 16 | 3/05 16:00:00 | 16 | 8h 3m | 2h 45m | 10.91 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 18:59:00 | 16 | 3/06 07:37:00 | 16 | 12h 38m | 2h 59m | 16.09 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 23:05:00 | 16 | 3/07 06:55:00 | 16 | 7h 50m | 15h 28m | 6.01 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 11:07:00 | 16 | 3/08 13:12:00 | 16 | 26h 5m | 4h 12m | 11.43 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/08 14:53:00 | 16 | 3/08 20:09:00 | 16 | 5h 16m | 1h 41m | 13.66 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 22:10:00 | 16 | 3/09 06:18:00 | 15 | 8h 8m | 2h 1m | 18.84 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/09 19:55:00 | 15 | 3/10 09:07:00 | 15 | 13h 12m | 13h 37m | 4.41 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/10 20:27:00 | 15 | 3/11 08:11:00 | 15 | 11h 44m | 11h 20m | 9.88 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/11 13:17:00 | 15 | 3/11 19:23:00 | 15 | 6h 6m | 5h 6m | 10.20 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/11 23:50:00 | 15 | 3/12 08:09:00 | 15 | 8h 19m | 4h 27m | 11.69 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/12 11:15:00 | 15 | 3/12 18:32:00 | 14 | 7h 17m | 3h 6m | 13.55 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 11:21:00 | 14 | 3/13 17:49:00 | 14 | 6h 28m | 16h 49m | 5.35 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/13 22:00:00 | 14 | 3/14 09:39:00 | 14 | 11h 39m | 4h 11m | 9.56 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 13:47:00 | 14 | 3/14 19:56:00 | 14 | 6h 9m | 4h 8m | 14.03 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 00:19:00 | 14 | 3/15 08:25:00 | 14 | 8h 6m | 4h 23m | 10.95 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 12:54:00 | 14 | 3/16 08:06:00 | 14 | 19h 12m | 4h 29m | 10.26 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 13:15:00 | 14 | 3/16 13:23:00 | 14 | 0h 8m | 5h 9m | 10.68 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 15:24:05 | 14 | 2h 1m | 10.91 | |
|
22 | ||||
