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.
Sponsors
Royal Canin, USA, MO |
Awards
Dorothy G. Page Halfway — Sponsored by GCI
Spirit of Alaska — Sponsored by PenAir
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 10:08:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/04 11:02:00 | 12 | 0h 54m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/05 14:06:00 | 16 | 3/05 14:06:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/05 17:35:00 | 16 | 3/05 17:35:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | 3h 29m | 12.92 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/05 22:45:00 | 16 | 3/05 22:50:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 5h 10m | 6.58 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/06 09:28:00 | 16 | 3/06 09:32:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 10h 38m | 4.23 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/06 12:53:00 | 16 | 3/06 18:44:00 | 16 | 5h 51m | 3h 21m | 8.96 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/06 22:32:00 | 16 | 3/06 22:45:00 | 16 | 0h 13m | 3h 48m | 12.63 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/07 12:56:00 | 16 | 3/07 19:09:00 | 15 | 6h 13m | 14h 11m | 6.56 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 00:12:00 | 15 | 3/08 00:18:00 | 15 | 0h 6m | 5h 3m | 9.50 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/08 02:25:00 | 15 | 3/08 08:19:00 | 15 | 5h 54m | 2h 7m | 10.87 | 23 | |||
| Ophir | 3/08 10:52:00 | 15 | 3/08 11:01:00 | 15 | 0h 9m | 2h 33m | 14.90 | 38 | |||
| Cripple | 3/09 00:09:00 | 15 | 3/10 03:05:00 | 15 | 26h 56m | 13h 8m | 4.57 |  |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/10 11:45:00 | 15 | 3/10 19:45:00 | 15 | 8h 0m | 8h 40m | 12.92 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/11 01:40:00 | 15 | 3/11 07:52:00 | 15 | 6h 12m | 5h 55m | 8.79 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/11 12:56:00 | 15 | 3/11 13:27:00 | 15 | 0h 31m | 5h 4m | 10.26 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 18:21:00 | 15 | 3/12 00:57:00 | 15 | 6h 36m | 4h 54m | 8.57 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 12:48:00 | 15 | 3/12 20:40:00 | 13 | 7h 52m | 11h 51m | 7.59 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/13 03:03:00 | 13 | 3/13 08:03:00 | 13 | 5h 0m | 6h 23m | 6.27 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 14:09:00 | 13 | 3/13 19:16:00 | 11 | 5h 7m | 6h 6m | 9.51 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/14 01:50:00 | 11 | 3/14 02:19:00 | 11 | 0h 29m | 6h 34m | 7.31 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 09:41:00 | 11 | 3/14 17:41:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 7h 22m | 6.24 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 00:57:00 | 10 | 3/15 00:57:00 | 10 | 0h 0m | 7h 16m | 7.57 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 04:18:20 | 10 | 3h 21m | 6.57 | |
|
22 | ||||
