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Ryan Santiago

Bib Number: 49
Hometown: Sterling, Alaska


Biography

Ryan Santiago, 35, was born and raised in California. He attended college in Santa Cruz where he received a degree in History in 2006. He spent the next eight years living in Santa Cruz and working in sales for large distributors in the restaurant industry. He moved to Austin, Texas in 2011 to continue his career. In 2013, he says he decided to stop participating in life and start living it. He dropped everything and started adventuring abroad in Nepal and New Zealand. In 2014, had had the opportunity to work with sled dogs at Nature’s Kennel, with the Stielstra’s. Things took off from there and he moved permanently to Alaska in 2016 and is working at the Seavey’s Iditaride Sled Dog Tours, where he has been a shop manager for the last three years. He lists his hobbies as hiking, water sports and traveling.


2019 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/03 15:34:00 14
Yentna 3/03 19:49:00 14 3/03 19:53:00 14 0h 4m 4h 15m 9.88 42
Skwentna 3/04 04:11:00 14 3/04 08:42:00 14 4h 31m 8h 18m 3.61 30
Finger Lake 3/04 13:24:00 14 3/04 18:23:00 14 4h 59m 4h 42m 8.51 40
Rainy Pass 3/04 21:57:00 14 3/05 04:33:00 14 6h 36m 3h 34m 8.41 30
Rohn 3/05 09:30:00 14 3/05 15:05:00 14 5h 35m 4h 57m 7.07 35
Nikolai 3/06 07:30:00 14 3/06 13:45:00 14 6h 15m 16h 25m 4.57 75
McGrath 3/06 20:16:00 14 3/07 20:24:00 14 24h 8m 6h 31m 7.37 ✔ 48
Takotna 3/07 22:33:00 14 3/07 22:42:00 14 0h 9m 2h 9m 8.37 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/08 01:15:00 14 3/08 07:22:00 14 6h 7m 2h 33m 9.02 ✔ 23
Iditarod 3/08 23:41:00 14 3/09 07:08:00 14 7h 27m 16h 19m 4.90 ✔ 80
Shageluk 3/09 13:39:00 14 3/09 21:39:00 14 8h 0m 6h 31m 8.44 ✔ ✔ 55
Anvik 3/10 00:32:00 14 3/10 00:47:00 14 0h 15m 2h 53m 8.67 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/10 04:11:00 14 3/10 11:08:00 14 6h 57m 2h 24m 7.50 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/10 20:45:00 14 3/11 03:14:00 14 6h 29m 9h 37m 6.45 ✔ ✔ 62
Kaltag 3/11 14:34:00 14 3/11 22:43:00 13 8h 9m 11h 20m 5.29 ✔ ✔ 60
Unalakleet 3/12 17:30:00 13 3/12 23:47:00 13 6h 17m 18h 47m 4.53 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/13 06:15:00 13 3/13 12:31:00 13 6h 16m 6h 28m 6.19 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/13 20:47:00 13 3/14 06:38:00 13 9h 51m 8h 16m 6.05 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/14 12:04:00 13 3/14 18:46:00 13 6h 42m 5h 26m 8.83 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/15 01:39:00 13 3/15 09:39:00 13 8h 0m 6h 53m 6.68 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/15 17:02:00 13 3/15 17:15:00 12 0h 13m 7h 23m 7.45 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/15 20:20:30 12 3h 5m 7.14 ✔ ✔ 22