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.
Awards
4-wheeler drawing — Sponsored by Northern Air Cargo
2021 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Deshka Landing N | 3/07 15:12:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Skwentna N | 3/08 00:45:00 | 14 | 3/08 00:59:00 | 14 | 0h 14m | 9h 33m | 7.02 | 67 | |||
| Finger Lake N | 3/08 09:26:00 | 14 | 3/08 09:27:00 | 14 | 0h 1m | 8h 27m | 4.73 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass N | 3/08 12:44:00 | 14 | 3/08 17:35:00 | 14 | 4h 51m | 3h 17m | 9.14 | 30 | |||
| Rohn N | 3/08 21:39:00 | 14 | 3/08 22:05:00 | 14 | 0h 26m | 4h 4m | 8.61 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai N | 3/09 11:30:00 | 14 | 3/09 16:30:00 | 14 | 5h 0m | 13h 25m | 5.59 | 75 | |||
| McGrath N | 3/09 23:12:00 | 14 | 3/10 23:32:00 | 13 | 24h 20m | 6h 42m | 7.16 |  |
48 | ||
| Ophir N | 3/11 04:10:00 | 13 | 3/11 08:09:00 | 12 | 3h 59m | 4h 38m | 8.85 | |
41 | ||
| Iditarod N | 3/11 20:06:00 | 12 | 3/12 00:38:00 | 12 | 4h 32m | 11h 57m | 6.69 | |
80 | ||
| Ophir S | 3/12 15:03:00 | 12 | 3/12 19:02:00 | 12 | 3h 59m | 14h 25m | 5.55 | |
80 | ||
| McGrath S | 3/13 00:17:00 | 12 | 3/13 08:17:00 | 11 | 8h 0m | 5h 15m | 7.81 | |
|
41 | |
| Nikolai S | 3/13 14:42:00 | 11 | 3/13 19:08:00 | 9 | 4h 26m | 6h 25m | 7.48 | |
|
48 | |
| Rohn S | 3/14 11:01:00 | 9 | 3/14 15:47:00 | 8 | 4h 46m | 14h 53m | 5.04 | |
|
75 | |
| Rainy Pass S | 3/14 20:27:00 | 8 | 3/14 20:32:00 | 8 | 0h 5m | 4h 40m | 7.50 | |
|
35 | |
| Finger Lake S | 3/15 04:54:00 | 8 | 3/15 04:57:00 | 7 | 0h 3m | 8h 22m | 3.59 | |
|
30 | |
| Skwentna S | 3/15 11:04:00 | 7 | 3/15 19:12:00 | 7 | 8h 8m | 6h 7m | 6.54 | |
|
40 | |
| Deshka Landing S | 3/16 05:47:23 | 7 | 10h 35m | 6.33 | |
|
67 | ||||
