Michelle Phillips

Bib Number: 9
Hometown: Ten Mile, YT, CANADA
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Biography

Michelle Phillips, 56, (Veteran) lives in Ten Mile, Yukon Territory, Canada. She owns and operates Tagish Lake Kennel with Ed Hopkins, also an Iditarod finisher. Together they care for and race about 35 dogs. Michelle’s is a nine-time Yukon Quest and eleven-time Iditarod veteran, she’s won the Yukon Quest 300 twice, she’s raced the Percy De Wolfe, the Kobuk 440, the Klondike 300, the Cantwell Classic, the Gin Gin 200 (winning and breaking a record, too), the Denali Doubles, Taiga 300, the Paul Johnson Race, and the Copper Basin 300. She says, “I love running dogs and I look forward to traveling down the beautiful Iditarod trail.”

Website: http://www.tagishlakekennel.com
Social Media: Tagish Lake Kennel

Sponsors

Fujitsu
Alaska RV Discovery
Carstar
Southern Lakes Resort
Johnson's Crossing Lodge

Intuition Liners
Friends
Dog Sponsors
Family

Awards

Herbie Nayokpuk Memorial — Sponsored by Northern Air Cargo

2017 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Fairbanks 3/06 11:14:00 16
Nenana 3/06 16:25:00 16 3/06 19:54:00 16 3h 29m 5h 11m 11.58 60
Manley 3/07 09:10:00 16 3/07 09:30:00 16 0h 20m 13h 16m 6.78 90
Tanana 3/07 21:22:00 16 3/08 02:24:00 16 5h 2m 11h 52m 5.56 66
Ruby 3/08 22:47:00 16 3/09 06:50:00 15 8h 3m 20h 23m 5.84 ✔ 119
Galena 3/09 12:25:00 15 3/09 12:43:00 14 0h 18m 5h 35m 8.96 ✔ 50
Huslia 3/10 04:44:00 14 3/11 06:52:00 14 26h 8m 16h 1m 5.12 ✔ ✔ 82
Koyukuk 3/11 22:22:00 14 3/12 03:24:00 14 4h 2m 15h 30m 5.55 ✔ ✔ 86
Nulato 3/12 05:38:00 14 3/12 05:50:00 14 0h 12m 2h 14m 9.85 ✔ ✔ 22
Kaltag 3/12 09:59:00 14 3/12 15:22:00 14 5h 23m 4h 9m 11.33 ✔ ✔ 47
Unalakleet 3/13 06:15:00 14 3/13 06:20:00 13 0h 5m 14h 53m 5.71 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/13 12:02:00 13 3/13 15:52:00 13 3h 50m 5h 42m 7.02 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/13 22:05:00 13 3/14 02:00:00 13 3h 55m 6h 13m 8.04 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/14 08:23:00 13 3/14 10:23:00 13 2h 0m 6h 23m 7.52 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/14 20:02:00 13 3/15 04:02:00 12 8h 0m 9h 39m 4.77 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/15 10:54:00 12 3/15 10:55:00 12 0h 1m 6h 52m 8.01 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/15 14:02:45 12 3h 7m 7.06 ✔ ✔ 22