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.
Awards
Sportsmanship — Sponsored by Fred Meyer
2002 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 10:44:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Eagle River | 3/02 13:45:00 | 12 | 3h 1m | ||||||||
| Wasilla | 3/03 10:44:00 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
| Knik | 3/03 11:56:00 | 16 | 3/03 11:59:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 1h 12m | 11.67 | 14 | |||
| Yentna Station | 3/03 18:54:00 | 16 | 3/03 18:56:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 6h 55m | 7.52 | 52 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 21:53:00 | 16 | 2h 57m | 11.53 | 34 | ||||||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 08:52:00 | 16 | 3/04 08:57:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 18:27:00 | 16 | 3/04 18:32:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 9h 30m | 3.16 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 22:33:00 | 16 | 3/05 05:30:00 | 16 | 6h 57m | 4h 1m | 11.95 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 14:05:00 | 16 | 3/05 20:04:00 | 14 | 5h 59m | 8h 35m | 10.83 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 01:35:00 | 14 | 3/06 01:42:00 | 13 | 0h 7m | 5h 31m | 8.70 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 04:02:00 | 13 | 3/07 05:48:00 | 12 | 25h 46m | 2h 20m | 9.86 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 07:59:00 | 12 | 3/07 08:40:00 | 12 | 0h 41m | 2h 11m | 17.40 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/07 23:25:00 | 12 | 3/08 06:36:00 | 12 | 7h 11m | 14h 45m | 4.07 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/08 20:02:00 | 12 | 3/09 00:09:00 | 11 | 4h 7m | 13h 26m | 8.34 | |
112 | ||
| Galena | 3/09 06:13:00 | 11 | 3/09 14:37:00 | 10 | 8h 24m | 6h 4m | 8.57 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/09 20:07:00 | 10 | 3/10 01:05:00 | 10 | 4h 58m | 5h 30m | 9.45 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/10 05:40:00 | 10 | 3/10 11:07:00 | 10 | 5h 27m | 4h 35m | 9.16 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 22:09:00 | 10 | 3/11 04:01:00 | 10 | 5h 52m | 11h 2m | 8.16 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/11 09:52:00 | 10 | 3/11 18:13:00 | 9 | 8h 21m | 5h 51m | 6.84 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/12 00:08:00 | 9 | 3/12 00:28:00 | 9 | 0h 20m | 5h 55m | 9.80 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/12 06:39:00 | 9 | 3/12 09:22:00 | 8 | 2h 43m | 6h 11m | 7.76 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/12 15:28:00 | 8 | 3/12 23:44:00 | 8 | 8h 16m | 6h 6m | 7.54 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/13 06:36:00 | 8 | 3/13 06:38:00 | 8 | 0h 2m | 6h 52m | 8.01 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/13 09:41:11 | 8 | 3h 3m | 7.21 | |
|
22 | ||||
