Biography
Tim Hunt, 49, was born and raised in the Detroit, Michigan area. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1989 with a degree in Veterinary Medicine and has served as a veterinarian on the Iditarod Race. He says he moved to Marquette to start his veterinary practice because it was “north.” He began mushing in 1993 and has run a number of races, including Le Grande Odyssée, Wyoming Stage Stop Race as well as the Iditarod. He will be running a team from Mitch Seavey’s kennel in this year’s Iditarod. Tim is a member of the AVMA, the AKVMA, the MIVMA and the ISDVMA. He was recently selected as America’s Favorite Veterinarian in an online competition. He is married to Mary and has one adult step son, Tom. Tim lists his hobbies as fishing and skiing.
Sponsors
DSM Corporation | Downwind Sports; |
Awards
Red Lantern
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 12:18:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/08 16:04:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/08 20:30:00 | 16 | 3/08 20:37:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 4h 26m | 14.89 | 66 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/09 05:41:00 | 16 | 3/09 05:59:00 | 15 | 0h 18m | 9h 4m | 3.75 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/09 17:12:00 | 15 | 3/10 04:50:00 | 14 | 11h 38m | 11h 13m | 4.01 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/10 09:32:00 | 14 | 3/10 15:12:00 | 14 | 5h 40m | 4h 42m | 6.38 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/10 20:41:00 | 14 | 3/11 06:25:00 | 14 | 9h 44m | 5h 29m | 8.75 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/11 22:59:00 | 14 | 3/12 06:27:00 | 14 | 7h 28m | 16h 34m | 4.53 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/12 13:21:00 | 14 | 3/12 21:45:00 | 13 | 8h 24m | 6h 54m | 7.83 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/13 01:00:00 | 13 | 3/14 01:15:00 | 13 | 24h 15m | 3h 15m | 5.54 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/14 04:05:00 | 13 | 3/14 09:29:00 | 13 | 5h 24m | 2h 50m | 8.82 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/15 01:13:00 | 13 | 3/15 10:10:00 | 13 | 8h 57m | 15h 44m | 5.72 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/15 23:25:00 | 13 | 3/16 08:35:00 | 12 | 9h 10m | 13h 15m | 4.91 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/16 13:55:00 | 12 | 3/16 19:08:00 | 12 | 5h 13m | 5h 20m | 4.69 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/16 22:59:00 | 12 | 3/17 20:55:00 | 11 | 21h 56m | 3h 51m | 4.68 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/18 12:20:00 | 11 | 3/18 19:37:00 | 11 | 7h 17m | 15h 25m | 3.89 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/19 12:14:00 | 11 | 3/19 19:45:00 | 11 | 7h 31m | 16h 37m | 4.21 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/20 17:10:00 | 11 | 3/21 01:34:00 | 10 | 8h 24m | 21h 25m | 4.20 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/21 08:29:00 | 10 | 3/21 16:30:00 | 10 | 8h 1m | 6h 55m | 5.78 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/22 00:06:00 | 10 | 3/22 09:06:00 | 10 | 9h 0m | 7h 36m | 7.63 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/22 16:11:00 | 10 | 3/23 00:14:00 | 10 | 8h 3m | 7h 5m | 6.78 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/23 08:47:00 | 10 | 3/23 16:47:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 8h 33m | 5.38 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/24 00:20:00 | 10 | 3/24 00:40:00 | 10 | 0h 20m | 7h 33m | 7.28 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/24 04:06:22 | 10 | 3h 26m | 6.41 | |
|
22 | ||||
