Musher Details

Biography
David Sawatzky, 59, was born and raised in Minnesota. He moved to Montana in 1981 and from there to Alaska in 1983 for a job. He recently retired from his job as an equipment operator, which he’d done for 25 years. David began running dogs in 1985 and ran the Yukon Quest a few times before first running the Iditarod. David is married to Jeanne and they have two adult children, Nikalus and Sara.
2013 Standings
Checkpoint |
Time In |
Dogs In |
Time Out |
Dogs Out |
Rest Time |
Previous |
Layover |
Status |
Distance |
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Enroute Time |
Speed (mph) |
8hr |
24hr |
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Anchorage | 3/02 11:48:00 | 12 | |||||||||
Willow | 3/03 15:48:00 | 16 | |||||||||
Yentna | 3/03 19:38:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:44:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 3h 50m | 10.96 | 42 | |||
Skwentna | 3/03 22:40:00 | 16 | 3/04 03:59:00 | 16 | 5h 19m | 2h 56m | 10.23 | 30 | |||
Finger Lake | 3/04 08:27:00 | 16 | 3/04 13:31:00 | 16 | 5h 4m | 4h 28m | 8.96 | 40 | |||
Rainy Pass | 3/04 17:19:00 | 16 | 3/05 17:41:00 | 14 | 24h 22m | 3h 48m | 7.89 | ![]() |
30 | ||
Rohn | 3/05 21:39:00 | 14 | 3/06 01:47:00 | 13 | 4h 8m | 3h 58m | 8.82 | ![]() |
35 | ||
Nikolai | 3/06 14:11:00 | 13 | 3/06 21:15:00 | 13 | 7h 4m | 12h 24m | 6.05 | ![]() |
75 | ||
McGrath | 3/07 02:49:00 | 13 | 5h 34m | 8.62 | ![]() |
Scratched | 48 |