Iditarod Update – Race Day 12 Fifteen More
The next group of 15 arrived at Nome:
16 Gerry Willomitzer (7) [Yukon]
17 Ed Iten (32)
18 Ray Redington Jr. (49)
19 Aaron Burmeister (14)
20 Jim Lanier (4) [oldest]
21 Aliy Zirkle (17)
22 Silvia Willis (40)
23 John Baker (67)
24 Sigrid Ekran (24) [Norway]
25 Hugh Neff (16)
26 Warren Palfrey (44) [Northwest Territories]
27 William Kleedehn (66)r [Yukon]
28 Matt Hayashida (5)
29 Ed Stielstra (92) [Michigan]
30 Melissa Owens (59)r [youngest]
This group includes the first 2 rookies, and the youngest and oldest mushers.
Jim Lanier is not only the oldest musher, at 67, he raises and races all-white huskies from his Northern Whites Kennel.
Melissa Owens is home and will have to return to her school work as a senior at the high school in Nome.
Rachael Scdoris (55) is on the trail out of Shaktoolik in 64th place.
Aliy Zirkle’s husband, Allen Moore (76), scratched at Shaktoolik.
r – Iditarod rookie
