Biography
Lev Shvarts was born in the Ukraine and is now a proud US citizen. He grew up in the Boston area, got a BS in Electrical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. He went back to work in Massachusetts, but while sitting in an air-conditioned office, he decided to leave a perfectly good career in engineering to pursue dog mushing. He moved to Willow, Alaska in 2011. “I am now a self-employed contractor and operate a short-run manufacturing and light fabrication / machine shop.” Lev is married to Melissa. His hobbies include tinkering, tools, and tattoos.
Sponsors
OllieCo Manufacturing
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2018 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 | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 14:40:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/04 19:00:00 | 16 | 3/04 22:02:00 | 16 | 3h 2m | 4h 20m | 9.69 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/05 01:13:00 | 16 | 3/05 06:21:00 | 16 | 5h 8m | 3h 11m | 9.42 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 11:28:00 | 16 | 3/05 17:02:00 | 16 | 5h 34m | 5h 7m | 7.82 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 20:51:00 | 16 | 3/06 02:24:00 | 16 | 5h 33m | 3h 49m | 7.86 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/06 06:11:00 | 16 | 3/06 11:20:00 | 16 | 5h 9m | 3h 47m | 9.25 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/07 01:43:00 | 16 | 3/07 08:59:00 | 16 | 7h 16m | 14h 23m | 5.21 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 16:54:00 | 16 | 3/08 18:26:00 | 16 | 25h 32m | 7h 55m | 6.06 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/08 20:51:00 | 16 | 3/08 20:54:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 2h 25m | 7.45 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 23:30:00 | 16 | 3/09 04:31:00 | 15 | 5h 1m | 2h 36m | 8.85 | |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/09 22:25:00 | 15 | 3/10 07:52:00 | 14 | 9h 27m | 17h 54m | 4.47 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/10 18:31:00 | 14 | 3/10 18:37:00 | 14 | 0h 6m | 10h 39m | 5.16 | |
55 | ||
| Anvik | 3/10 22:15:00 | 14 | 3/11 05:18:00 | 13 | 6h 3m | 3h 38m | 6.88 | |
25 | ||
| Grayling | 3/11 07:47:00 | 13 | 3/11 08:08:00 | 13 | 0h 21m | 2h 29m | 7.25 | |
18 | ||
| Kaltag | 3/12 10:42:00 | 13 | 3/12 19:04:00 | 12 | 8h 22m | 26h 34m | 4.59 | |
|
122 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 14:12:00 | 12 | 3/13 20:01:00 | 11 | 5h 49m | 19h 8m | 4.44 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 02:24:00 | 11 | 3/14 10:05:00 | 11 | 7h 41m | 6h 23m | 6.27 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 17:25:00 | 11 | 3/15 01:04:00 | 11 | 7h 39m | 7h 20m | 6.82 | |
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50 | |
| Elim | 3/15 07:16:00 | 11 | 3/15 12:20:00 | 11 | 5h 4m | 6h 12m | 7.74 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 18:32:00 | 11 | 3/16 03:16:00 | 10 | 8h 44m | 6h 12m | 7.42 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 10:07:00 | 10 | 3/16 10:18:00 | 10 | 0h 11m | 6h 51m | 8.03 | |
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55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 13:12:14 | 10 | 2h 54m | 7.59 | |
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22 | ||||
