Musher Details
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.
Sponsors
Teamster Local 959 |
2009 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/07 12:23:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/08 16:08:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/08 19:56:00 | 16 | 3/08 23:05:00 | 16 | 3h 9m | 3h 48m | 17.37 | 66 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/09 02:01:00 | 16 | 3/09 06:04:00 | 16 | 4h 3m | 2h 56m | 11.59 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/09 11:23:00 | 16 | 3/09 17:01:00 | 15 | 5h 38m | 5h 19m | 8.46 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/09 20:38:00 | 15 | 3/10 00:22:00 | 15 | 3h 44m | 3h 37m | 8.29 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/10 05:02:00 | 15 | 3/10 10:28:00 | 15 | 5h 26m | 4h 40m | 10.29 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/11 00:50:00 | 15 | 3/12 01:00:00 | 15 | 24h 10m | 14h 22m | 5.22 |  |
75 | ||
| McGrath | 3/12 06:48:00 | 15 | 3/12 06:49:00 | 15 | 0h 1m | 5h 48m | 9.31 | |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/12 09:31:00 | 15 | 3/12 17:42:00 | 13 | 8h 11m | 2h 42m | 6.67 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 20:46:00 | 13 | 3/12 20:52:00 | 13 | 0h 6m | 3h 4m | 8.15 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/13 19:10:00 | 13 | 3/14 01:04:00 | 12 | 5h 54m | 22h 18m | 4.04 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/14 09:15:00 | 12 | 3/14 17:24:00 | 12 | 8h 9m | 8h 11m | 7.94 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/14 20:51:00 | 12 | 3/14 20:54:00 | 12 | 0h 3m | 3h 27m | 7.25 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/14 23:35:00 | 12 | 3/15 11:58:00 | 12 | 12h 23m | 2h 41m | 6.71 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/16 02:40:00 | 12 | 3/16 12:08:00 | 12 | 9h 28m | 14h 42m | 4.08 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/17 04:18:00 | 12 | 3/17 12:45:00 | 12 | 8h 27m | 16h 10m | 4.33 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/18 05:58:00 | 12 | 3/18 11:15:00 | 12 | 5h 17m | 17h 13m | 5.23 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/18 18:23:00 | 12 | 3/19 01:00:00 | 12 | 6h 37m | 7h 8m | 5.61 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/19 07:58:00 | 12 | 3/19 15:24:00 | 12 | 7h 26m | 6h 58m | 8.33 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/19 21:58:00 | 12 | 3/20 05:10:00 | 12 | 7h 12m | 6h 34m | 7.31 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/20 12:12:00 | 12 | 3/20 20:14:00 | 11 | 8h 2m | 7h 2m | 6.54 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/21 04:07:00 | 11 | 3/21 04:56:00 | 11 | 0h 49m | 7h 53m | 6.98 | |
|
Scratched | 55 |
