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 |
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 14:22:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 18:26:00 | 14 | 3/03 18:34:00 | 14 | 0h 8m | 4h 4m | 10.33 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/04 01:24:00 | 14 | 3/04 01:40:00 | 14 | 0h 16m | 6h 50m | 4.39 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 10:15:00 | 14 | 3/04 10:18:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 8h 35m | 4.66 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 13:38:00 | 14 | 3/04 18:41:00 | 13 | 5h 3m | 3h 20m | 9.00 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 22:58:00 | 13 | 3/04 23:46:00 | 13 | 0h 48m | 4h 17m | 8.17 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 12:56:00 | 13 | 3/05 18:05:00 | 13 | 5h 9m | 13h 10m | 5.70 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 00:52:00 | 13 | 3/07 02:12:00 | 12 | 25h 20m | 6h 47m | 7.08 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/07 04:28:00 | 12 | 3/07 04:31:00 | 12 | 0h 3m | 2h 16m | 7.94 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 07:15:00 | 12 | 3/07 09:25:00 | 11 | 2h 10m | 2h 44m | 8.41 | |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/08 01:47:00 | 11 | 3/08 07:17:00 | 11 | 5h 30m | 16h 22m | 4.89 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/08 14:56:00 | 11 | 3/08 23:48:00 | 11 | 8h 52m | 7h 39m | 7.19 | |
|
55 | |
| Anvik | 3/09 02:58:00 | 11 | 3/09 02:59:00 | 11 | 0h 1m | 3h 10m | 7.89 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/09 05:26:00 | 11 | 3/09 05:26:00 | 11 | 0h 0m | 2h 27m | 7.35 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/09 17:01:00 | 11 | 3/09 23:17:00 | 9 | 6h 16m | 11h 35m | 5.35 | |
|
62 | |
| Kaltag | 3/10 13:25:00 | 9 | 3/10 21:23:00 | 7 | 7h 58m | 13h 8m | 4.57 | |
|
60 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/11 16:08:00 | 7 | 18h 45m | 4.53 | |
|
Scratched | 85 | |||
