Biography
Rick Swenson, 61, was born in Minnesota. He moved to Alaska in 1973 to mush dogs. He is the only five-time winner of the Iditarod. He belongs to Mush with P.R.I.D.E., the Iditarod where he serves on the Board of Directors, and the Alaska Miners. Rick is the father of three, Kristen, Andy and Kevin.
2001 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/03 11:32:00 | 10 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 12:24:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/04 15:56:00 | 16 | 3/04 18:44:00 | 16 | 2h 48m | 3h 32m | 12.74 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 21:38:00 | 16 | 3/04 21:48:00 | 16 | 0h 10m | 2h 54m | 11.72 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 07:51:00 | 16 | 3/05 07:55:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 10h 3m | 4.48 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 11:18:00 | 16 | 3/05 16:56:00 | 16 | 5h 38m | 3h 23m | 8.87 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 20:51:00 | 16 | 3/05 21:03:00 | 16 | 0h 12m | 3h 55m | 12.26 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 10:58:00 | 16 | 3/06 17:17:00 | 16 | 6h 19m | 13h 55m | 6.68 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 22:50:00 | 16 | 3/06 22:55:00 | 15 | 0h 5m | 5h 33m | 8.65 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/07 01:09:00 | 15 | 3/08 02:16:00 | 15 | 25h 7m | 2h 14m | 10.30 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 04:38:00 | 15 | 3/08 04:40:00 | 15 | 0h 2m | 2h 22m | 16.06 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/08 22:32:00 | 15 | 3/09 04:50:00 | 15 | 6h 18m | 17h 52m | 5.04 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/09 12:41:00 | 15 | 3/09 16:16:00 | 13 | 3h 35m | 7h 51m | 8.28 | |
65 | ||
| Anvik | 3/09 19:52:00 | 13 | 3/09 19:55:00 | 13 | 0h 3m | 3h 36m | -18.06 | |
-65 | ||
| Grayling | 3/09 22:55:00 | 13 | 3/10 07:35:00 | 13 | 8h 40m | 3h 0m | 36.00 | |
|
108 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/10 16:08:00 | 13 | 3/10 23:20:00 | 12 | 7h 12m | 8h 33m | 7.02 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 10:30:00 | 12 | 3/11 18:20:00 | 12 | 7h 50m | 11h 10m | 6.27 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 05:25:00 | 12 | 3/12 11:25:00 | 12 | 6h 0m | 11h 5m | 8.12 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 17:20:00 | 12 | 3/12 23:30:00 | 12 | 6h 10m | 5h 55m | 6.76 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 06:35:00 | 12 | 3/13 11:50:00 | 12 | 5h 15m | 7h 5m | 8.19 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/13 19:32:00 | 12 | 3/14 01:16:00 | 11 | 5h 44m | 7h 42m | 6.23 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 07:36:00 | 11 | 3/14 15:48:00 | 11 | 8h 12m | 6h 20m | 7.26 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 23:32:00 | 11 | 3/14 23:34:00 | 11 | 0h 2m | 7h 44m | 7.11 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 02:57:28 | 11 | 3h 23m | 6.50 | |
|
22 | ||||
