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.
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 12:07:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 15:56:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/04 20:00:00 | 16 | 3/04 20:10:00 | 16 | 0h 10m | 4h 4m | 10.33 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/05 02:32:00 | 16 | 3/05 02:45:00 | 16 | 0h 13m | 6h 22m | 4.71 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 07:44:00 | 16 | 3/05 12:08:00 | 16 | 4h 24m | 4h 59m | 8.03 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 15:45:00 | 16 | 3/05 15:51:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 3h 37m | 8.29 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 20:26:00 | 16 | 3/06 01:40:00 | 16 | 5h 14m | 4h 35m | 7.64 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 11:40:00 | 16 | 3/06 17:00:00 | 15 | 5h 20m | 10h 0m | 7.50 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 00:36:00 | 15 | 3/07 00:46:00 | 15 | 0h 10m | 7h 36m | 6.32 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/07 03:55:00 | 15 | 3/08 04:09:00 | 15 | 24h 14m | 3h 9m | 5.71 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 07:07:00 | 15 | 3/08 07:15:00 | 15 | 0h 8m | 2h 58m | 7.75 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/08 22:10:00 | 15 | 3/09 05:54:00 | 15 | 7h 44m | 14h 55m | 4.89 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 16:17:00 | 15 | 3/09 20:50:00 | 15 | 4h 33m | 10h 23m | 6.74 | |
70 | ||
| Galena | 3/10 03:41:00 | 15 | 3/10 07:35:00 | 15 | 3h 54m | 6h 51m | 7.30 | |
50 | ||
| Nulato | 3/10 13:58:00 | 15 | 3/10 22:53:00 | 15 | 8h 55m | 6h 23m | 5.80 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 04:45:00 | 15 | 3/11 05:02:00 | 15 | 0h 17m | 4h 52m | 9.66 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 00:23:00 | 15 | 3/12 11:03:00 | 15 | 10h 40m | 19h 21m | 4.39 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 16:51:00 | 15 | 3/13 13:22:00 | 13 | 20h 31m | 5h 48m | 6.90 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 20:50:00 | 13 | 3/14 06:24:00 | 13 | 9h 34m | 7h 28m | 6.70 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/14 12:23:00 | 13 | 3/14 12:44:00 | 12 | 0h 21m | 5h 59m | 8.02 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 19:30:00 | 12 | 3/15 03:56:00 | 10 | 8h 26m | 6h 46m | 6.80 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 11:26:00 | 10 | 3/15 11:28:00 | 10 | 0h 2m | 7h 30m | 7.33 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 14:44:06 | 10 | 3h 16m | 6.73 | |
|
22 | ||||
