Meet a Angie Taggart, a teacher in Ketchikan, Alaska. Angie has completed her qualifying races and intends to sign up for the 2011 Iditarod. Get to know Angie now. Follow her dream for the next year as she sets her goals, creates her plans, and dreams her Iditarod Dream.
My Dream . . . by Angie Taggart, Alaska
I grew up and have lived most of my life in Ketchikan, Alaska. I will be the first person from Ketchikan to run the Iditarod.
I am a teacher at Houghtaling Elementary School and have been teaching school for 10 years. Some of the community activities I am involved in are: Master’s Swimming, assistant-coaching for the Killer Whale Swim Team, sailing with the Yacht Club, and co-president of Delta Kappa Gamma, a teachers’ society.
My dream to run the Iditarod began forming during 2001, the year I was a dog-handler for musher DeeDee Jonrowe.
In order to qualify to run the Iditarod, I needed to complete 500 miles in sanctioned sled-dog races. I completed my 500 qualifying miles on April 3rd, 2009. Now, it is my goal to live my dream and also help with literacy in our community schools.
I am very excited to represent Ketchikan, my home and my community, in the Iditarod.
