Biography
Monica Zappa, 36 was born and raised in Wisconsin, where she lived until she went to graduate school in Oklahoma. After finishing grad school in 2010, Monica moved to Alaska to try mushing and fishing. Monica has participated in the Iditarod 2014-2018. Last year she was involved with an independent trip with dogs, snow machines and her partner Tim. She is excited to join Blue Steel and the team once again for the journey to Nome. She has been involved in selling real estate, commercial fishing, salmon activism and just absorbing the daily lessons.
Monica thanks so many close friends of the kennel that have continued to make the Iditarod possible for her team.
Sponsors
Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay
| Cumberland Federal Bank
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2014 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 10:35:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 14:32:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/02 18:21:00 | 16 | 3/02 22:17:00 | 16 | 3h 56m | 3h 49m | 11.00 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 01:14:00 | 16 | 3/03 09:22:00 | 16 | 8h 8m | 2h 57m | 10.17 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 13:57:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:07:00 | 16 | 5h 10m | 4h 35m | 8.73 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 22:59:00 | 16 | 3/04 07:58:00 | 16 | 8h 59m | 3h 52m | 7.76 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 12:50:00 | 16 | 3/04 17:01:00 | 16 | 4h 11m | 4h 52m | 7.19 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 09:37:00 | 16 | 3/05 18:39:00 | 15 | 9h 2m | 16h 36m | 4.52 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 00:21:00 | 15 | 3/07 02:44:00 | 15 | 26h 23m | 5h 42m | 8.42 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/07 04:52:00 | 15 | 3/07 05:08:00 | 15 | 0h 16m | 2h 8m | 8.44 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 07:40:00 | 15 | 3/07 15:04:00 | 15 | 7h 24m | 2h 32m | 9.08 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/08 06:23:00 | 15 | 3/08 14:36:00 | 14 | 8h 13m | 15h 19m | 4.77 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 09:43:00 | 14 | 3/09 18:07:00 | 14 | 8h 24m | 18h 7m | 3.86 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/09 23:55:00 | 14 | 3/10 08:15:00 | 14 | 8h 20m | 5h 48m | 8.62 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/10 14:30:00 | 14 | 3/10 21:43:00 | 14 | 7h 13m | 6h 15m | 5.92 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 01:46:00 | 14 | 3/11 10:07:00 | 14 | 8h 21m | 4h 3m | 11.60 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 02:12:00 | 14 | 3/12 10:38:00 | 14 | 8h 26m | 16h 5m | 5.28 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 16:17:00 | 14 | 3/12 19:25:00 | 14 | 3h 8m | 5h 39m | 7.08 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 03:43:00 | 14 | 3/13 12:47:00 | 14 | 9h 4m | 8h 18m | 6.02 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/13 19:27:00 | 14 | 3/14 03:01:00 | 14 | 7h 34m | 6h 40m | 7.20 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 12:39:00 | 14 | 3/14 21:06:00 | 14 | 8h 27m | 9h 38m | 4.78 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 12:33:00 | 14 | 3/15 15:41:00 | 14 | 3h 8m | 15h 27m | 3.56 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 19:08:15 | 14 | 3h 27m | 6.38 | |
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22 | ||||
