Biography
Musher and dog breeder, Doug Swingley, 53, was born in Montana. He began mushing in 1989. His brother, Greg, sparked his interest in the Iditarod and he has been hooked ever since. He is a four-time Iditarod champion. He says he continues to run the Iditarod because “I love traveling with my dogs.” Doug is a member of the Montana Mountain Mushers, Mush with P.R.I.D.E. and the ITC. Doug is married to Melanie Shirilla, also a musher. Doug has two adult children, Heidi and Wes. He lists his hobbies as dogs, Melanie and airplanes.
2005 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 10:00:00 | 12 | 3/05 11:39:00 | 12 | 1h 39m | ||||||
| Campbell Airstrip | 3/05 12:30:00 | 12 | 0h 51m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 14:00:00 | 16 | 3/06 15:28:00 | 16 | 1h 28m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/06 18:53:00 | 16 | 3/06 21:06:00 | 16 | 2h 13m | 3h 25m | 13.17 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 00:22:00 | 16 | 3/07 00:27:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 3h 16m | 10.41 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 11:06:00 | 16 | 3/07 11:07:00 | 16 | 0h 1m | 10h 39m | 4.23 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 14:25:00 | 16 | 3/07 20:04:00 | 16 | 5h 39m | 3h 18m | 9.09 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 00:30:00 | 16 | 3/08 00:50:00 | 15 | 0h 20m | 4h 26m | 10.83 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 15:05:00 | 15 | 3/08 21:46:00 | 15 | 6h 41m | 14h 15m | 6.53 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/09 04:07:00 | 15 | 3/09 04:12:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 6h 21m | 7.56 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/09 06:19:00 | 14 | 3/10 07:27:00 | 13 | 25h 8m | 2h 7m | 10.87 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 09:30:00 | 13 | 3/10 09:35:00 | 13 | 0h 5m | 2h 3m | 18.54 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/10 23:04:00 | 13 | 3/11 07:08:00 | 13 | 8h 4m | 13h 29m | 6.67 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/11 15:11:00 | 13 | 3/11 23:12:00 | 13 | 8h 1m | 8h 3m | 8.07 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/12 02:40:00 | 13 | 3/12 02:46:00 | 13 | 0h 6m | 3h 28m | 7.21 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/12 05:55:00 | 13 | 3/12 12:10:00 | 13 | 6h 15m | 3h 9m | 5.71 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/12 19:50:00 | 13 | 3/13 01:58:00 | 13 | 6h 8m | 7h 40m | 7.83 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 08:42:00 | 13 | 3/13 14:50:00 | 12 | 6h 8m | 6h 44m | 10.40 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 00:59:00 | 12 | 3/14 07:09:00 | 11 | 6h 10m | 10h 9m | 8.87 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 12:07:00 | 11 | 3/14 17:25:00 | 11 | 5h 18m | 4h 58m | 8.05 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 22:21:00 | 11 | 3/15 02:26:00 | 11 | 4h 5m | 4h 56m | 11.76 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 08:14:00 | 11 | 3/15 16:47:00 | 10 | 8h 33m | 5h 48m | 8.28 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 23:48:00 | 10 | 3/16 07:52:00 | 10 | 8h 4m | 7h 1m | 6.56 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 14:04:00 | 10 | 3/16 14:05:00 | 10 | 0h 1m | 6h 12m | 8.87 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 16:59:03 | 10 | 2h 54m | 7.59 | |
|
22 | ||||
