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Jessie Royer

Bib Number: 27
Hometown: Seeley Lake, MT
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Biography

Jessie Royer, 46, was born in Idaho. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Montana where she lived for 21 years. She worked on ranches as a horse wrangler and horse teamster. She says she got her first sled dogs when she was 15. She started learning about dogs from Doug Swingley whom she worked with for a couple of years. She had dogs in Montana seven years before moving to Alaska in the spring on 1998. She won Montana’s Race to the Sky when she was only 17, and she was the winner of the invitational La Grande Odyssée in France in 2005. She says her hobbies are horses, hunting and mounted shooting.

Awards

Fastest Time from Safety to Nome — Sponsored by Nome Kennel Club

2014 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/01 10:55:00 12
Willow 3/02 14:50:00 16
Yentna Station 3/02 18:44:00 16 3/02 18:52:00 16 0h 8m 3h 54m 10.77 42
Skwentna 3/03 01:55:00 16 3/03 02:00:00 16 0h 5m 7h 3m 4.26 30
Finger Lake 3/03 06:35:00 16 3/03 10:27:00 16 3h 52m 4h 35m 8.73 40
Rainy Pass 3/03 13:45:00 16 3/03 17:52:00 16 4h 7m 3h 18m 9.09 30
Rohn 3/03 21:38:00 16 3/03 22:10:00 16 0h 32m 3h 46m 9.29 35
Nikolai 3/04 12:55:00 16 3/04 17:11:00 16 4h 16m 14h 45m 5.08 75
McGrath 3/04 22:34:00 16 3/04 22:35:00 16 0h 1m 5h 23m 8.92 48
Takotna 3/05 00:53:00 16 3/06 02:19:00 16 25h 26m 2h 18m 7.83 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/06 04:28:00 16 3/06 04:35:00 16 0h 7m 2h 9m 10.70 ✔ 23
Cripple 3/06 17:39:00 16 3/06 17:54:00 16 0h 15m 13h 4m 5.59 ✔ 73
Ruby 3/07 07:34:00 16 3/07 15:34:00 15 8h 0m 13h 40m 5.12 ✔ ✔ 70
Galena 3/07 21:20:00 15 3/08 01:18:00 15 3h 58m 5h 46m 8.67 ✔ ✔ 50
Nulato 3/08 06:55:00 15 3/08 11:05:00 15 4h 10m 5h 37m 6.59 ✔ ✔ 37
Kaltag 3/08 14:30:00 15 3/08 15:04:00 14 0h 34m 3h 25m 13.76 ✔ ✔ 47
Unalakleet 3/09 06:32:00 14 3/09 11:13:00 13 4h 41m 14h 28m 5.88 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/09 16:39:00 13 3/09 18:41:00 13 2h 2m 5h 26m 7.36 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/10 02:30:00 13 3/10 07:04:00 12 4h 34m 7h 49m 6.40 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/10 12:48:00 12 3/10 13:39:00 11 0h 51m 5h 44m 8.37 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/10 21:12:00 11 3/11 10:15:00 10 13h 3m 7h 33m 6.09 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/11 16:35:00 10 3/11 16:39:00 10 0h 4m 6h 20m 8.68 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/11 19:03:25 10 2h 24m 9.17 ✔ ✔ 22