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
Humanitarian — Sponsored by Alaska Airlines
2004 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/06 10:08:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/12 09:08:00 | 15 | 3/12 17:08:00 | 14 | 8h 0m | 143h 0m |  |
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| Willow | 3/13 00:13:00 | 14 | 3/13 03:53:00 | 14 | 3h 40m | 7h 5m | 4.38 | |
|
31 | |
| Yentna | 3/13 10:18:00 | 14 | 3/13 16:57:00 | 14 | 6h 39m | 6h 25m | 2.65 | |
|
17 | |
| Skwentna | 3/13 21:37:00 | 14 | 3/14 01:36:00 | 14 | 3h 59m | 4h 40m | 7.29 | |
|
34 | |
| Finger Lake | 3/14 16:25:00 | 14 | 3/14 21:54:00 | 14 | 5h 29m | 14h 49m | 3.04 | |
|
45 | |
| Rainy Pass | 3/15 03:32:00 | 14 | 3/15 08:46:00 | 14 | 5h 14m | 5h 38m | 5.33 | |
|
30 | |
| Rohn | 3/15 15:20:00 | 14 | 3/15 21:20:00 | 14 | 6h 0m | 6h 34m | 7.31 | |
|
48 | |
| Nikolai | 3/16 03:58:00 | 14 | 3/16 04:03:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 6h 38m | 14.02 | |
|
93 | |
| McGrath | 3/16 10:40:00 | 14 | 3/16 18:46:00 | 14 | 8h 6m | 6h 37m | 7.25 | |
|
48 | |
| Takotna | 3/17 01:40:00 | 14 | 3/17 01:43:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 6h 54m | 3.33 | |
|
23 | |
| Ophir | 3/11 15:40:00 | 3/11 23:32:00 | 15 | 7h 52m | -131h -3m | -0.29 | |
38 | |||
| Cripple | 3/11 02:33:00 | 15 | 3/11 06:23:00 | 15 | 3h 50m | -21h -59m | -2.73 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/06 11:05:00 | -116h -18m | -0.96 | 112 | |||||||
| Galena | 3/07 10:06:00 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||
| Nulato | 3/07 13:39:00 | 16 | 3/07 13:43:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 3h 33m | 14.65 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag | 3/07 16:42:00 | 16 | 16 | 2h 59m | 14.08 | 42 | |||||
| Unalakleet | 3/08 02:50:00 | 16 | 3/08 02:52:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 90 | |||||
| Shaktoolik | 3/08 06:35:00 | 16 | 3/08 13:45:00 | 15 | 7h 10m | 3h 43m | 10.76 | 40 | |||
| Koyuk | 3/08 17:31:00 | 15 | 3/09 20:19:00 | 15 | 26h 48m | 3h 46m | 15.40 | |
58 | ||
| Elim | 3/10 04:22:00 | 15 | 3/10 10:43:00 | 15 | 6h 21m | 8h 3m | 5.96 | |
48 | ||
| White Mountain | 3/10 15:53:00 | 15 | 3/10 22:00:00 | 15 | 6h 7m | 5h 10m | 8.90 | |
46 | ||
| Safety | 3/10 23:59:00 | 15 | 3/11 00:02:00 | 15 | 0h 3m | 1h 59m | 27.73 | |
55 | ||
| Nome | 3/17 04:59:32 | 148h 57m | 0.15 | |
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22 | |||||
