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.
2003 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 11:41:00 | 8 | |||||||||
| Campbel Airstrip (BLM) | 3/01 12:40:00 | 8 | 0h 59m | ||||||||
| Ruby | 3/03 11:30:00 | 16 | 317 | ||||||||
| Galena | 3/03 16:00:00 | 16 | 3/03 16:00:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 4h 30m | 11.56 | 52 | |||
| Nulato | 3/04 03:25:00 | 16 | 3/04 09:30:00 | 16 | 6h 5m | 11h 25m | 4.55 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag 1 | 3/04 16:40:00 | 16 | 3/04 23:50:00 | 16 | 7h 10m | 7h 10m | 5.86 | 42 | |||
| Eagle Island 1 | 3/05 19:38:00 | 16 | 3/06 02:00:00 | 16 | 6h 22m | 19h 48m | 3.54 | 70 | |||
| Grayling 1 | 3/06 07:46:00 | 16 | 3/06 07:54:00 | 16 | 0h 8m | 5h 46m | 10.40 | 60 | |||
| Anvik | 3/06 19:18:00 | 16 | 3/06 19:18:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 11h 24m | 1.58 | 18 | |||
| Grayling 2 | 3/06 23:04:00 | 16 | 3/07 07:11:00 | 16 | 8h 7m | 3h 46m | 4.78 |  |
18 | ||
| Eagle Island 2 | 3/07 20:24:00 | 16 | 3/08 21:04:00 | 14 | 24h 40m | 13h 13m | 4.54 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag 2 | 3/09 03:00:00 | 14 | 3/09 07:21:00 | 14 | 4h 21m | 5h 56m | 11.80 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/09 09:27:00 | 14 | 3/09 09:28:00 | 14 | 0h 1m | 2h 6m | 42.86 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/09 11:55:00 | 14 | 3/09 18:08:00 | 14 | 6h 13m | 2h 27m | 17.14 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/10 01:04:00 | 14 | 3/10 07:23:00 | 14 | 6h 19m | 6h 56m | 6.92 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/10 15:25:00 | 14 | 3/10 23:25:00 | 13 | 8h 0m | 8h 2m | 5.98 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/11 09:25:00 | 13 | 3/11 15:39:00 | 11 | 6h 14m | 10h 0m | 4.60 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/11 21:32:00 | 11 | 3/12 04:00:00 | 10 | 6h 28m | 5h 53m | 9.35 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/12 09:56:00 | 10 | 3/12 15:44:00 | 10 | 5h 48m | 5h 56m | 3.71 | |
|
22 | |
