Date: March 14, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Happiest musher to reach Nome award goes to Haltmann
Most mushers are grinning ear to ear when they pull up to the burled arch, regardless of their position in the race. But Sven Haltmann was downright pumped when his sharp, energetic team trotted neatly up the finish chute in 36th place Thursday night.
Mushers want their dogs […]
Date: March 14, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Soon after Haltmann got out of the chute, Rohn Buser, son of four-time champion Martin Buser, drove his team under the burled arch to a big cheer and hugs from both his father and mother, Kathy Chapoton. His older brother Nikolai was there to congratulate him as well.
The younger Buser, 18, was running on a […]
Date: March 14, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Jason Mackey, younger brother of two-time Iditarod champion and four-time Yukon Quest champ, Lance Mackey, was on his runners in the Bering Sea as Lance was on his way to a second victory. “The trip from Shaktoolik to Koyuk was one emotional ride,” Jason Mackey said at the finish line, after a strong burst of […]
Date: March 14, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Ellie Claus was the youngest female to run Iditarod
I mistakenly reported that this year’s rookie Melissa Owens was the youngest woman to complete the Iditarod, but she’s older by five days than Ellie Claus, who ran as a rookie in 2004, finishing 45th. Owens’ birthday is Feb. 18 and Claus was born on Feb. 23.
Date: March 13, 2008 at 1:46 pm
NOME — The youngest woman in this year’s Iditarod crossed the finish line with her leaders this morning to the cheers of a large crowd gathered around the burled arch that marks the end of the race. Making it even more special for 18-year-old Melissa Owens, she was home.
Owens lives in Nome, growing up here […]
Date: March 13, 2008 at 1:46 pm
One musher who was already planning as the trail unfolded beneath his runners was William Kleedehn, the 2008 rookie of the year. Kleedehn’s mission was never to be the fastest rookie up the trail, but as everyone who races against him says, Kleedehn doesn’t know how to travel slow. His mission was to get a […]
Date: March 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm
NOME — As if one race down Front Street in the top 10 wasn’t historic enough, fans witnessed a second race to the finish line Wednesday, this one between Sebastian Schnuelle and Zack Steer.
The two had traveled together since Elim and decided that whoever got to Front Street first would wait for the second, and […]
Date: March 12, 2008 at 2:17 pm
NOME — About the first thing Hans Gatt did when he set his hook under the burled arch was ask head checker Leo Rasmussen where Mitch Seavey was. Don’t worry, Rasmussen said, the race is over. He can’t catch you. “Don’t worry about where Mitch Seavey is.”
Gatt had perhaps the most surreal run of the […]
Date: March 12, 2008 at 11:47 am
NOME — Ken Anderson, a former collegiate wrestler, wound up having just enough wind in his lungs and strength in his legs to power 44 seconds ahead of Martin Buser, claiming his career-best finish of fourth place in the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
After both mushers took a few seconds to catch their breath […]
Date: March 12, 2008 at 11:04 am
NOME — Ramey Smyth out-hustled some of the best hustlers in the business to finish a career high third place in the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — a feat all the more impressive because of the immense skills and powerful teams of all the mushers fighting for position this year.
