Iditarod rookie Chad Stoddard (bib #18) of Anchorage, Alaska, won Rookie of the Year when he and his race team finished in 23rd place. He becomes the rookie with the best time in 2021, finishing in 9 days, 4 hours, 3 minutes and 10 seconds with 13 dogs in harness. After graduating from Western Washington University, Stoddard moved back …
Travis Beals placed 25th in his 8th running of Iditarod. Beals is 8 for 8 in his Iditarod career with 3 top 10 finishes and a personal best of 5th place. In 2015 he was honored as the Most Improved Musher raising his previous finish of 37th to 11th place. Travis was born and raised …
Matthew Failor of 17th Dog Kennel has finished his ninth Iditarod in 21st place. Failor was one of the three mushers, including Tom Knolmeyer and Sean Underwood, who encountered serious overflow near Safety Checkpoint in the 2020 race and deemed it necessary to scratch. Failor’s personal best finish is 13th. Beginning with the 21st musher, …
Ryne Olson has taken a giant leap from a previous best finish of 31st to making the un-burled arch in 18th place on Tuesday. Ryne is 3 for 3 with Iditarod finishes. She moved to Alaska from Durango, Colorado to pursue dog mushing with Aliy Zirkle and Allen Moore at SP Kennels. During her …
Jessie Holmes, Dan Kaduce and Lev Shvarts made the finish at Deshka Landing in 15th, 16th and 17th place respectively. Fourteen minutes separated their finish times. All are veterans of the race. Dan and Lev recorded personal best races advancing upward from past years into the top 20 teams. Holmes has finished twice in the …
For Jeff Deeter mushing is about, “experiencing the trail with my dogs and living the unique dream. The Iditarod is unlike any other event, and running this trail with my four-legged friends is truly amazing.” Deeter earned his Iditarod finisher’s belt buckle in 2008 placing 59th. He took ten years off to build his kennel …
Watching the tracker for the past couple of days, it looked like Michelle Phillips might break into the top 10. But there was pressure from behind as Ramey Smyth and Richie Diehl put the pedal to the metal and gradually gained time on Phillips. She’s knocking on the door of the top 10 and …
Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Richie Diehl and Ramey Smyth arrived in Deshka Landing late Monday afternoon rounding out the top 10 finishers of Iditarod XLIX. All of these guys have placed in the top 10 in previous races. Capturing 8th place is Joar Leifseth Ulsom. He is the 2018 Iditarod Champion. This is his ninth start …
Nicolas Petit is the 6th musher to finish Iditarod XLIX. He covered the 67 miles from Skwentna Checkpoint to Deshka Landing in 9 hours and 19 minutes traveling at 7.19 mph. Of the 7 teams who have finished so far today, Nic is one of 4 who’ve been in the 7 mph range. Others have …
Traffic at Deshka Landing is picking up pace on Monday afternoon after the top three teams arrive very early this morning. Wade Marrs has arrived in 4th place followed by Mille Porsild in 5th place. Wade has held a position in the top 10 since Iditarod Checkpoint. Mille took her long rest in Iditarod and …
