Biography
David Sawatzky, 59, was born and raised in Minnesota. He moved to Montana in 1981 and from there to Alaska in 1983 for a job. He recently retired from his job as an equipment operator, which he’d done for 25 years. David began running dogs in 1985 and ran the Yukon Quest a few times before first running the Iditarod. David is married to Jeanne and they have two adult children, Nikalus and Sara.
2006 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/04 12:14:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/04 13:21:00 | 12 | 1h 7m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/05 16:00:00 | 16 | 3/05 16:00:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/05 19:44:00 | 16 | 3/05 19:44:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 3h 44m | 12.05 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 02:31:00 | 16 | 3/06 05:51:00 | 16 | 3h 20m | 6h 47m | 5.01 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/06 11:49:00 | 16 | 3/06 18:33:00 | 16 | 6h 44m | 5h 58m | 7.54 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/06 22:14:00 | 16 | 3/07 02:56:00 | 16 | 4h 42m | 3h 41m | 8.14 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 06:52:00 | 16 | 3/07 12:48:00 | 16 | 5h 56m | 3h 56m | 12.20 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 01:50:00 | 16 | 3/08 08:01:00 | 16 | 6h 11m | 13h 2m | 7.14 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 13:29:00 | 16 | 3/09 14:13:00 | 16 | 24h 44m | 5h 28m | 8.78 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/09 16:13:00 | 16 | 3/09 16:14:00 | 16 | 0h 1m | 2h 0m | 11.50 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/09 18:40:00 | 16 | 3/09 22:18:00 | 16 | 3h 38m | 2h 26m | 15.62 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/10 12:41:00 | 16 | 3/10 18:53:00 | 16 | 6h 12m | 14h 23m | 4.17 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/11 09:43:00 | 16 | 3/11 19:04:00 | 13 | 9h 21m | 14h 50m | 7.55 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/12 02:20:00 | 13 | 3/12 10:22:00 | 13 | 8h 2m | 7h 16m | 7.16 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 16:29:00 | 13 | 3/12 22:55:00 | 12 | 6h 26m | 6h 7m | 8.50 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 03:50:00 | 12 | 3/13 10:00:00 | 12 | 6h 10m | 4h 55m | 8.54 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 00:50:00 | 12 | 3/14 08:31:00 | 11 | 7h 41m | 14h 50m | 6.07 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 13:46:00 | 11 | 3/14 20:10:00 | 11 | 6h 24m | 5h 15m | 7.62 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/15 02:22:00 | 11 | 3/15 09:18:00 | 11 | 6h 56m | 6h 12m | 9.35 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 15:09:00 | 11 | 3/15 22:45:00 | 11 | 7h 36m | 5h 51m | 8.21 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 04:58:00 | 11 | 3/16 13:03:00 | 10 | 8h 5m | 6h 13m | 7.40 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 19:27:00 | 10 | 3/16 20:00:00 | 9 | 0h 33m | 6h 24m | 8.59 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 22:56:30 | 9 | 2h 56m | 7.50 | |
|
22 | ||||
