Date: June 28, 2008 at 11:00 am
Wasilla, AK – The 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first day sign ups began at 9:30 am Alaska time at the Iditarod Trail Committee. By the end of the first draw deadline (12:30 pm Alaska Time) fifty one mushers had signed up for Iditarod XXXVII. The second draw concluded at 3:45 pm (Alaska Time) with seventeen additional mushers signing up. The first day sign up ended with sixty eight mushers signing up for “The Last Great Race on Earth.”
Five Iditarod Champions (five time champion Rick Swenson, four time champions Jeff King and Martin Buser, two time and defending champion Lance Mackey and 2004 champion Mitch Seavey were on hand to sign up, along with a number of previous top ten Iditarod Finishers. Thus far fifteen rookies have signed up for the 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Nearly 400 volunteers and mushers gathered at the Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters. They were served a barbeque luncheon by the Millennium Alaska Hotel (The Official Hotel of the Iditarod trail Sled Dog Race).
Gerry Willomitzer (Whitehorse, YT Canada) and Mike Williams (Aniak Alaska) won their $4,000 entry fees back in a final drawing that marked the end of the 2008 Volunteer Appreciation Picnic.
Click here to view the listing of mushers (in order of their draw).
Date: June 27, 2008 at 12:31 pm
The 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Volunteer Appreciation Picnic is scheduled for Saturday (tomorrow), June 28th, 2008 at Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters (Mile 2.2 Knik Road, Wasilla). Activities of interest are as follows:
- 9:30 am – Musher sign ups for the 2009 race will begin
- 10:00 am – General membership meeting will be conducted at which time election results for ITC’s board of directors will be announced
- 12:00 noon – Volunteer Appreciation Picnic begins
For more information about the picnic and musher sign ups, please contact Chas St. George at 907.232.0503.
Date: June 11, 2008 at 10:45 am
THE IDITAROD TRAIL COMMITTEE is proud to announce that the 2009 Seppala Heritage Grant recipient is Wade Marrs from Wasilla Alaska (Home of the Iditarod). The 18 year old Alaskan musher has been a part of the Jr Iditarod for two years. Wade received the coveted Humanitarian Award in the 2008 Jr Iditarod. He raced in five other Jr Sled Dog races during the 2008 season winning three and placing second in two. Read More »
Date: June 8, 2008 at 8:25 am
On Saturday evening (June 7th), the Iditarod Trail Committee accepted the National Academy of Science Television and Arts (NATAS) EMMY Award for the 2007 documentary “As Tough as They Come” in Seattle Washington. For the second year in a row, an Iditarod Documentary has been recognized as the best in the category of news special documentary by the Northwest Chapter of NATAS. Read More »
