Biography
Emil Churchin, 42, was born and raised in Ohio. He attended the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He says he came to Alaska when "I hit the Pacific Ocean and turned right." For the last year and a half, he has been a Digital Imaging Technician. He began mushing in 2004. "When Jim Lanier said he needed a handler, I walked across the room and said ‘I'll do it." A member of the Alaska Poetry League, he enjoys travel, reading, writing and kayaking.
Sponsors
Lead Dogs: Arrowhead Fabrics/Paw Partners, WI (including Berdella Bogard, Tara Opsteen-Van Dyke with Holy Cross 8th Graders & The Bootie Babes) | Team Dogs: Zeke Churchin |
2010 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/06 11:54:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/07 15:42:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/07 19:29:00 | 16 | 3/07 19:39:00 | 16 | 0h 10m | 3h 47m | 11.89 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/08 02:33:00 | 16 | 3/08 03:30:00 | 16 | 0h 57m | 6h 54m | 4.93 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/08 15:20:00 | 16 | 3/08 16:45:00 | 15 | 1h 25m | 11h 50m | 3.80 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/08 23:24:00 | 15 | 3/09 06:50:00 | 14 | 7h 26m | 6h 39m | 4.51 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/09 15:25:00 | 14 | 3/10 01:53:00 | 14 | 10h 28m | 8h 35m | 5.59 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/10 19:35:00 | 14 | 3/11 07:31:00 | 13 | 11h 56m | 17h 42m | 4.24 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/11 13:04:00 | 13 | 3/11 14:35:00 | 13 | 1h 31m | 5h 33m | 9.73 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/11 16:55:00 | 13 | 3/12 17:37:00 | 13 | 24h 42m | 2h 20m | 7.71 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 20:22:00 | 13 | 3/12 21:23:00 | 13 | 1h 1m | 2h 45m | 9.09 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/13 19:28:00 | 13 | 3/14 12:10:00 | 13 | 15h 42m | 22h 5m | 2.67 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/15 11:08:00 | 13 | 22h 58m | 4.88 | |
Scratched | 112 | ||||
