Biography
Lev Shvarts was born in the Ukraine and is now a proud US citizen. He grew up in the Boston area, got a BS in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. He went back to work in Massachusetts, but while sitting in an air-conditioned office, he decided to leave a perfectly good career in engineering to pursue dog mushing. He moved to Willow, Alaska in 2011. “I am now a self-employed contractor and operate a short-run manufacturing and light fabrication / machine shop.” Lev is married to Melissa. His hobbies include tinkering, tools, and tattoos.
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2015 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/07 11:23:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Fairbanks | 3/09 11:16:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Nenana | 3/09 17:12:00 | 16 | 3/09 23:28:00 | 16 | 6h 16m | 5h 56m | 10.11 | 60 | |||
| Manley Hot Springs | 3/10 14:05:00 | 16 | 3/10 19:27:00 | 14 | 5h 22m | 14h 37m | 6.16 | 90 | |||
| Tanana | 3/11 08:25:00 | 14 | 3/11 13:39:00 | 12 | 5h 14m | 12h 58m | 5.09 | 66 | |||
| Ruby | 3/12 14:37:00 | 12 | 3/12 19:35:00 | 12 | 4h 58m | 24h 58m | 4.77 | 119 | |||
| Galena | 3/13 02:52:00 | 12 | 3/14 04:10:00 | 12 | 25h 18m | 7h 17m | 6.86 |  |
50 | ||
| Huslia | 3/14 20:24:00 | 12 | 3/15 05:35:00 | 11 | 9h 11m | 16h 14m | 5.05 | |
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82 | |
| Koyukuk | 3/15 22:15:00 | 11 | 3/16 04:20:00 | 11 | 6h 5m | 16h 40m | 5.16 | |
|
86 | |
| Nulato | 3/16 06:59:00 | 11 | 3/16 09:30:00 | 11 | 2h 31m | 2h 39m | 8.30 | |
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22 | |
| Kaltag | 3/16 15:02:00 | 11 | 3/17 03:56:00 | 11 | 12h 54m | 5h 32m | 8.49 | |
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47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/17 22:20:00 | 11 | 3/18 05:00:00 | 10 | 6h 40m | 18h 24m | 4.62 | |
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85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/18 11:47:00 | 10 | 3/19 09:28:00 | 10 | 21h 41m | 6h 47m | 5.90 | |
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40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/19 18:29:00 | 10 | 3/20 02:13:00 | 9 | 7h 44m | 9h 1m | 5.55 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/20 09:21:00 | 9 | 3/20 14:56:00 | 9 | 5h 35m | 7h 8m | 6.73 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/20 22:07:00 | 9 | 3/21 06:07:00 | 9 | 8h 0m | 7h 11m | 6.40 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/21 12:52:00 | 9 | 3/21 13:01:00 | 9 | 0h 9m | 6h 45m | 8.15 | |
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55 | |
| Nome | 3/21 16:03:39 | 9 | 3h 2m | 7.25 | |
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22 | ||||
