Rookie Mushers

10/26/2009

Rookie Report: Newton Marshall: Dog Sledding Jamaica Style

Dog Sledding Jamaica Style
By Sally R. Simon, Iditarod Educational Journalist
When one thinks of Jamaica, palms trees and crystal clear waters probably come to mind.   The last thing one would envision is a big grinned native being pulled by…

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10/06/2009

Rookie Report: Kim Darst

Kim Darst:  Determination!
by Valerie Orner, Educational Journalist, New York
Heading into the 2010 Iditarod, Rookie Musher Kim Darst is feeling many of the same feelings she had last year.  Kim was a rookie musher in the 2009 Iditarod and…

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09/18/2009

Rookie Report: Michelle Phillips

Rookie Report- Michelle Phillips
By Joy Davis, Educational Journalist
Iditarod Rookie Project, September, 2009
Michelle Phillips is no rookie when it comes to racing sled dogs.  She has run the challenging Yukon Quest 4 times. In 2008 she finished in…

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09/18/2009

Rookie Musher: Pat Moon

By Joy Davis, Educational Journalist
Iditarod Rookie Project
September 16, 2009
When I think of Pat Moon two adjectives immediately come to mind-tenacity and invincible.  Let me explain.  Pat, a native of Chicago, Illinois, had had ulcerative colitis since the…

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05/19/2009

T E A M in New Jersey! Supporting Kim Darst

Just a quick hello from the CRAZY Red Head from New Jersey who was in Alaska this year with OUR Rookie, Kim Darst!!  I am still traveling my Iditarod Trail working with Kim and her Team at her kennel!! : ) …

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03/09/2009

Meet Kim Darst: New Jersey Rookie Musher

By Herb Brambley, Finalist for 2010 Target Iditarod Teacher on the Trail

New Jersey is a long, long way from Alaska, but that isn’t stopping Kim Darst from competing in the Iditarod Dog Sled Race, which is over 1000 miles…

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03/03/2009

Rookie Report: Kurt Reich

By Paula Medlin
Kurt Reich- Rookie Musher
I would like to introduce you to Kurt Reich, age 47, from Divide, Colorado.  He was born in Wisconsin and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee.    I think that is one reason we were…

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02/20/2009

Rookie Musher: Blake Matray: Part 2

Ten Questions with Iditarod Rookie Musher Blake Matray
By: Nikki Allen

With one month until the start of the 2009 Iditarod rookie musher Blake Matray is gearing up for the race. The final stages of training are being implemented and…

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02/16/2009

Meet the Rookie: Kim Darst

By Ellen Ogintz, NJ, 2008 Summer Camp Teacher
Whether up in the air in her helicopter or gliding through the snow with her team, Iditarod 2009 rookie Kim Darst has the dog mushing in her blood…and it all started with…

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02/16/2009

Meet the Rookies: Blake Matray

 By Nikki Allen, FL, 2008 Summer Camp Teacher
Forty-one year old Blake Matray is more than just your average Iditarod musher; he is also a military pilot who serves our country. Blake is originally from Darien, Illinois, and attended college…

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