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.
2020 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/08 14:16:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/08 19:10:00 | 14 | 3/08 21:01:00 | 14 | 1h 51m | 4h 54m | 8.57 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/09 00:30:00 | 14 | 3/09 04:29:00 | 14 | 3h 59m | 3h 29m | 8.61 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/09 09:38:00 | 14 | 3/09 13:35:00 | 13 | 3h 57m | 5h 9m | 7.77 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/09 17:13:00 | 13 | 3/09 22:14:00 | 13 | 5h 1m | 3h 38m | 8.26 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/10 02:08:00 | 13 | 3/10 07:14:00 | 13 | 5h 6m | 3h 54m | 8.97 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/10 18:53:00 | 13 | 3/11 00:36:00 | 12 | 5h 43m | 11h 39m | 6.44 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/11 06:13:00 | 12 | 3/12 07:49:00 | 12 | 25h 36m | 5h 37m | 8.55 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/12 09:54:00 | 12 | 3/12 09:55:00 | 12 | 0h 1m | 2h 5m | 8.64 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/12 12:19:00 | 12 | 3/12 16:16:00 | 12 | 3h 57m | 2h 24m | 9.58 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/13 07:09:00 | 12 | 3/13 07:22:00 | 12 | 0h 13m | 14h 53m | 4.90 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/13 22:16:00 | 12 | 3/14 04:23:00 | 10 | 6h 7m | 14h 54m | 4.70 | |
70 | ||
| Galena | 3/14 11:25:00 | 10 | 3/14 19:25:00 | 9 | 8h 0m | 7h 2m | 7.11 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/15 03:02:00 | 9 | 3/15 07:56:00 | 8 | 4h 54m | 7h 37m | 4.86 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/15 13:34:00 | 8 | 3/15 21:23:00 | 8 | 7h 49m | 5h 38m | 8.34 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/16 13:33:00 | 8 | 3/16 18:35:00 | 8 | 5h 2m | 16h 10m | 5.26 | |
|
85 | |
| Koyuk | 3/17 11:32:00 | 8 | 3/17 19:23:00 | 7 | 7h 51m | 16h 57m | 5.31 | |
|
90 | |
| Elim | 3/18 02:53:00 | 7 | 3/18 08:59:00 | 7 | 6h 6m | 7h 30m | 6.40 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/18 16:36:00 | 7 | 3/19 00:36:00 | 7 | 8h 0m | 7h 37m | 6.04 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/19 13:29:00 | 7 | 3/19 13:34:00 | 7 | 0h 5m | 12h 53m | 4.27 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/19 17:00:16 | 7 | 3h 26m | 6.41 | |
|
22 | ||||
