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.
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 14:28:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/06 18:33:00 | 14 | 3/06 18:40:00 | 14 | 0h 7m | 4h 5m | 10.29 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 00:46:00 | 14 | 3/07 00:50:00 | 14 | 0h 4m | 6h 6m | 4.92 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 09:55:00 | 14 | 3/07 09:58:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 9h 5m | 4.40 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 13:23:00 | 14 | 3/07 17:16:00 | 14 | 3h 53m | 3h 25m | 8.78 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 21:14:00 | 14 | 3/07 21:44:00 | 14 | 0h 30m | 3h 58m | 8.82 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 11:04:00 | 14 | 3/08 15:22:00 | 14 | 4h 18m | 13h 20m | 5.63 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/08 21:25:00 | 14 | 3/09 22:34:00 | 14 | 25h 9m | 6h 3m | 7.93 |  |
48 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 04:13:00 | 14 | 3/10 08:28:00 | 13 | 4h 15m | 5h 39m | 7.26 | |
41 | ||
| Cripple | 3/10 23:21:00 | 13 | 3/11 04:00:00 | 12 | 4h 39m | 14h 53m | 4.90 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/11 18:02:00 | 12 | 3/12 02:06:00 | 11 | 8h 4m | 14h 2m | 4.99 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/12 08:00:00 | 11 | 3/12 11:57:00 | 10 | 3h 57m | 5h 54m | 8.47 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 17:53:00 | 10 | 3/12 22:02:00 | 10 | 4h 9m | 5h 56m | 6.24 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 03:22:00 | 10 | 3/13 07:19:00 | 10 | 3h 57m | 4h 20m | 10.85 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 21:45:00 | 10 | 3/14 03:20:00 | 9 | 5h 35m | 14h 26m | 5.89 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 09:02:00 | 9 | 3/14 12:55:00 | 9 | 3h 53m | 5h 42m | 7.02 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 19:12:00 | 9 | 3/15 04:15:00 | 9 | 9h 3m | 6h 17m | 7.96 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/15 09:41:00 | 9 | 3/15 13:06:00 | 9 | 3h 25m | 5h 26m | 8.83 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 19:22:00 | 9 | 3/16 03:22:00 | 8 | 8h 0m | 6h 16m | 7.34 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 10:03:00 | 8 | 3/16 10:04:00 | 8 | 0h 1m | 6h 41m | 8.23 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 13:03:41 | 8 | 2h 59m | 7.37 | |
|
22 | ||||
