Biography
David Sawatzky, 59, was born and raised in Minnesota. He moved to Montana in 1981 and from there to Alaska in 1983 for a job. He recently retired from his job as an equipment operator, which he’d done for 25 years. David began running dogs in 1985 and ran the Yukon Quest a few times before first running the Iditarod. David is married to Jeanne and they have two adult children, Nikalus and Sara.
2013 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 11:48:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/03 15:48:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 19:38:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:44:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 3h 50m | 10.96 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 22:40:00 | 16 | 3/04 03:59:00 | 16 | 5h 19m | 2h 56m | 10.23 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 08:27:00 | 16 | 3/04 13:31:00 | 16 | 5h 4m | 4h 28m | 8.96 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 17:19:00 | 16 | 3/05 17:41:00 | 14 | 24h 22m | 3h 48m | 7.89 |  |
30 | ||
| Rohn | 3/05 21:39:00 | 14 | 3/06 01:47:00 | 13 | 4h 8m | 3h 58m | 8.82 | |
35 | ||
| Nikolai | 3/06 14:11:00 | 13 | 3/06 21:15:00 | 13 | 7h 4m | 12h 24m | 6.05 | |
75 | ||
| McGrath | 3/07 02:49:00 | 13 | 5h 34m | 8.62 | |
Scratched | 48 | ||||
