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.
Awards
Musher's Choice — Sponsored by ExxonMobil
2011 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 11:43:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 15:34:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/06 19:14:00 | 16 | 3/06 19:20:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 3h 40m | 12.27 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 01:45:00 | 16 | 3/07 01:58:00 | 16 | 0h 13m | 6h 25m | 5.30 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 06:50:00 | 16 | 3/07 10:16:00 | 16 | 3h 26m | 4h 52m | 9.25 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 14:07:00 | 16 | 3/07 17:25:00 | 14 | 3h 18m | 3h 51m | 7.79 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 21:19:00 | 14 | 3/08 03:55:00 | 14 | 6h 36m | 3h 54m | 12.31 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 12:54:00 | 14 | 3/08 17:57:00 | 13 | 5h 3m | 8h 59m | 8.35 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 23:49:00 | 13 | 3/08 23:51:00 | 13 | 0h 2m | 5h 52m | 9.20 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/09 02:13:00 | 13 | 3/10 02:43:00 | 13 | 24h 30m | 2h 22m | 7.61 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 05:00:00 | 13 | 3/10 05:23:00 | 12 | 0h 23m | 2h 17m | 10.95 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/10 15:36:00 | 12 | 3/10 23:46:00 | 12 | 8h 10m | 10h 13m | 8.81 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/11 07:42:00 | 12 | 3/11 07:44:00 | 12 | 0h 2m | 7h 56m | 8.19 | |
65 | ||
| Anvik | 3/11 11:15:00 | 12 | 3/11 19:15:00 | 12 | 8h 0m | 3h 31m | 7.11 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/11 21:53:00 | 12 | 3/11 21:56:00 | 12 | 0h 3m | 2h 38m | 6.84 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/12 05:55:00 | 12 | 3/12 14:57:00 | 11 | 9h 2m | 7h 59m | 7.52 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 01:37:00 | 11 | 3/13 10:24:00 | 11 | 7h 47m | 10h 40m | 6.56 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 21:30:00 | 11 | 3/14 03:48:00 | 11 | 6h 18m | 11h 6m | 8.11 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 10:00:00 | 11 | 3/14 19:11:00 | 11 | 9h 11m | 6h 12m | 6.77 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/15 01:51:00 | 11 | 3/15 07:54:00 | 10 | 6h 3m | 6h 40m | 7.20 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/15 13:48:00 | 10 | 3/15 18:03:00 | 10 | 4h 15m | 5h 54m | 8.14 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 01:08:00 | 10 | 3/16 09:20:00 | 10 | 8h 12m | 7h 5m | 6.49 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 16:34:00 | 10 | 3/16 16:37:00 | 10 | 0h 3m | 7h 14m | 7.60 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 19:52:34 | 10 | 3h 15m | 6.77 | |
|
22 | ||||
