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Jeff King

Bib Number: 3
Hometown: Denali Park, Alaska
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Biography

Jeff King was born and raised in California and moved to Alaska in 1975 in search of adventure. He quickly became interested in dog sledding and Alaskan huskies, devoting all his spare time and money to building his own team, while developing a construction business. He began racing in 1980. His competitive nature and athleticism had found new outlet, and Jeff set his sights ever higher, entering his first Iditarod just one year later. In 1992 he decided to devote his full time and energy to training and racing, setting aside his construction business. He won his first iditarod the following season.

Jeff enjoys living just outside of Alaska’s Denali National Park and sharing his life with his sled dogs. In the summer months Husky Homestead welcomes visitors from around the world to watch his sled dogs in action, hear stories of adventure, learn about Alaskan Huskies, the tradition of dog mushing and the life and spirit of Alaska, the last frontier.

Jeff has three grown daughters; Cali, Tessa and Ellen, and is a proud grandfather to four grandchildren.


2022 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/06 14:02:00 14
Yentna 3/06 18:00:00 14 3/06 18:19:00 14 0h 19m 3h 58m 10.59 42
Skwentna 3/06 21:39:00 14 3/07 06:09:00 14 8h 30m 3h 20m 9.00 30
Finger Lake 3/07 10:32:00 14 3/07 15:24:00 14 4h 52m 4h 23m 9.13 40
Rainy Pass 3/07 18:56:00 14 3/08 04:26:00 14 9h 30m 3h 32m 8.49 30
Rohn 3/08 08:21:00 14 3/08 11:10:00 14 2h 49m 3h 55m 8.94 35
Nikolai 3/08 22:08:00 14 3/09 07:40:00 13 9h 32m 10h 58m 6.84 75
McGrath 3/09 13:42:00 13 3/09 17:37:00 13 3h 55m 6h 2m 7.96 48
Ophir 3/09 23:16:00 13 3/10 11:25:00 13 12h 9m 5h 39m 7.26 41
Cripple 3/10 21:43:00 13 3/11 11:07:00 13 13h 24m 10h 18m 7.09 73
Ruby 3/11 20:34:00 13 3/12 22:08:00 13 25h 34m 9h 27m 7.41 ✔ 70
Galena 3/13 03:54:00 13 3/13 11:27:00 13 7h 33m 4h 46m 10.49 ✔ 50
Nulato 3/13 16:28:00 13 3/13 19:30:00 13 3h 2m 5h 1m 7.38 ✔ 37
Kaltag 3/13 23:24:00 13 3/14 07:53:00 13 8h 29m 3h 54m 12.05 ✔ ✔ 47
Unalakleet 3/14 20:51:00 13 3/15 08:04:00 13 11h 13m 12h 58m 6.56 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/15 13:08:00 13 3/15 17:33:00 13 4h 25m 5h 4m 7.89 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/15 22:37:00 13 3/16 06:56:00 13 8h 19m 5h 4m 9.87 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/16 11:33:00 13 3/16 16:54:00 13 5h 21m 4h 37m 10.40 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/16 22:02:00 13 3/17 09:00:00 13 10h 58m 5h 8m 8.96 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/17 14:25:00 13 3/17 14:27:00 13 0h 2m 5h 25m 10.15 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/17 16:58:09 13 2h 31m 8.74 ✔ ✔ 22