Biography
Rohn Buser, 26, was born in Alaska. He began mushing when he was 12. He says he grew up around sled dogs. He was the Jr. Iditarod champion in 2007 and ran his first Iditarod the following year. He was also the winner of the Kusko 300 in 2012 and 2014. Rohn comes by mushing naturally. He is the son of four time champion, Martin Buser. He currently resides at Happy Trails Kennel where he trains dogs.
Awards
Most Improved Musher — Sponsored by Horizon Lines
2012 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/03 12:12:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 16:00:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/04 19:54:00 | 16 | 3/04 20:14:00 | 16 | 0h 20m | 3h 54m | 10.77 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 23:10:00 | 16 | 3/05 03:44:00 | 16 | 4h 34m | 2h 56m | 10.23 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 08:29:00 | 16 | 3/05 12:25:00 | 16 | 3h 56m | 4h 45m | 8.42 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 16:03:00 | 16 | 3/05 20:04:00 | 16 | 4h 1m | 3h 38m | 8.26 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/06 00:30:00 | 16 | 3/06 05:58:00 | 16 | 5h 28m | 4h 26m | 7.89 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 15:50:00 | 16 | 3/06 20:55:00 | 16 | 5h 5m | 9h 52m | 7.60 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 04:38:00 | 16 | 3/07 06:50:00 | 15 | 2h 12m | 7h 43m | 6.22 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/07 09:43:00 | 15 | 3/07 09:45:00 | 15 | 0h 2m | 2h 53m | 6.24 | 18 | |||
| Ophir | 3/07 13:34:00 | 15 | 3/08 13:44:00 | 15 | 24h 10m | 3h 49m | 6.03 |  |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/09 00:24:00 | 15 | 3/09 06:54:00 | 14 | 6h 30m | 10h 40m | 6.84 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 17:16:00 | 14 | 3/10 01:16:00 | 13 | 8h 0m | 10h 22m | 6.75 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/10 07:19:00 | 13 | 3/10 11:26:00 | 11 | 4h 7m | 6h 3m | 8.26 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/10 18:00:00 | 11 | 3/11 00:33:00 | 11 | 6h 33m | 6h 34m | 5.63 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 06:18:00 | 11 | 3/11 06:30:00 | 11 | 0h 12m | 4h 45m | 9.89 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 00:28:00 | 11 | 3/12 09:40:00 | 11 | 9h 12m | 17h 58m | 4.73 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 15:27:00 | 11 | 3/13 05:34:00 | 11 | 14h 7m | 5h 47m | 6.92 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 13:37:00 | 11 | 3/13 20:44:00 | 11 | 7h 7m | 8h 3m | 6.21 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/14 02:59:00 | 11 | 3/14 07:44:00 | 11 | 4h 45m | 6h 15m | 7.68 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 14:08:00 | 11 | 3/14 22:09:00 | 10 | 8h 1m | 6h 24m | 7.19 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 05:39:00 | 10 | 3/15 05:40:00 | 10 | 0h 1m | 7h 30m | 7.33 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 09:10:12 | 10 | 3h 30m | 6.29 | |
|
22 | ||||
