Biography
Rick Swenson, 61, was born in Minnesota. He moved to Alaska in 1973 to mush dogs. He is the only five-time winner of the Iditarod. He belongs to Mush with P.R.I.D.E., the Iditarod where he serves on the Board of Directors, and the Alaska Miners. Rick is the father of three, Kristen, Andy and Kevin.
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 10:15:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/08 14:12:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/08 18:02:00 | 16 | 3/08 18:09:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 3h 50m | 17.22 | 66 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/08 21:19:00 | 16 | 3/09 02:34:00 | 16 | 5h 15m | 3h 10m | 10.74 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/09 07:31:00 | 16 | 3/09 12:02:00 | 16 | 4h 31m | 4h 57m | 9.09 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/09 15:40:00 | 16 | 3/09 15:46:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 3h 38m | 8.26 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/09 20:01:00 | 16 | 3/10 05:40:00 | 16 | 9h 39m | 4h 15m | 11.29 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/10 15:56:00 | 16 | 3/10 23:08:00 | 15 | 7h 12m | 10h 16m | 7.31 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/11 05:35:00 | 15 | 3/12 07:35:00 | 15 | 26h 0m | 6h 27m | 8.37 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/12 09:46:00 | 15 | 3/12 09:50:00 | 15 | 0h 4m | 2h 11m | 8.24 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 12:25:00 | 15 | 3/12 18:18:00 | 14 | 5h 53m | 2h 35m | 9.68 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/13 05:07:00 | 14 | 3/13 12:00:00 | 14 | 6h 53m | 10h 49m | 8.32 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/13 19:18:00 | 14 | 3/14 04:00:00 | 14 | 8h 42m | 7h 18m | 8.90 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/14 06:52:00 | 14 | 3/14 07:01:00 | 14 | 0h 9m | 2h 52m | 8.72 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/14 09:23:00 | 14 | 3/14 17:22:00 | 14 | 7h 59m | 2h 22m | 7.61 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/15 01:45:00 | 14 | 3/15 08:05:00 | 14 | 6h 20m | 8h 23m | 7.16 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/15 16:40:00 | 14 | 3/15 23:57:00 | 14 | 7h 17m | 8h 35m | 8.16 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/16 14:09:00 | 14 | 3/18 00:31:00 | 14 | 34h 22m | 14h 12m | 6.34 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/18 05:22:00 | 14 | 3/18 07:47:00 | 14 | 2h 25m | 4h 51m | 8.25 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/18 13:13:00 | 14 | 3/18 20:40:00 | 14 | 7h 27m | 5h 26m | 10.67 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/19 02:29:00 | 14 | 3/19 07:30:00 | 14 | 5h 1m | 5h 49m | 8.25 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/19 13:10:00 | 14 | 3/19 21:21:00 | 14 | 8h 11m | 5h 40m | 8.12 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/20 03:55:00 | 14 | 3/20 04:15:00 | 14 | 0h 20m | 6h 34m | 8.38 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/20 07:12:50 | 14 | 2h 57m | 7.46 | |
|
22 | ||||
