Iditarod XXXIX Has Started
DeeDee Jonrowe (2) left the chute at 2PM AKST [5PM CST] and is headed towards Yentna. Every two minutes another team leaves, with Justin Savidis (63) leaving just after 4PM local [out at 4:02PM].
No last minute scratches were announced and no position changes will be official until the teams check in at Yentna.
The trail is good for the leaders, but there is deep snow this year and after the packed trail breaks down it will be like sledding through sand.
Update: DeeDee was first through Yentna at 8:21PM CST, but she was followed by Trent Herbst (4), the school teacher from Ketcham, Idaho. Ray Redington, Jr (3) must have had a problem.
Update: 11PM: Beyond Yentna
1 DeeDee Jonrowe (2)
2 Trent Herbst (4)
3 Robert Bundtzen (10)
4 Ray Redington, Jr (3)
5 Melissa Owens (12)
6 Martin Buser (11)
7 Kristy Berington (7)
8 Allen Moore (5)
9 Bruce Linton (13)
10 Zoya DeNure (9)
11 Lance Mackey (17)
12 Nicolas Petit (14)R
13 Aliy Zirkle (18)
14 Paul Gebhardt (34)
15 Dallas Seavey (21)
16 Mike Santos (27)R
17 Jodi Bailey (16)R
18 Judy Currier (29)
19 Billy Snodgrass (24)
20 Gerry Willomitzer (33)
21 Hugh Neff (35)
At Yentna
22 Newton Marshall (6)
23 Magnus Kaltenborn (22)R
24 Bob Storey (15)R
25 Hans Gatt (23)
26 Kris Hoffman (8)R
27 Kelley Griffin (20)
28 Tom Thurston (25)
29 Angie Taggart (19)R
30 Ellen Halverson (26)
31 Michelle Phillips (39)
32 Wattie McDonald (38)
33 Mitch Seavey (28)
34 Michael Williams, Jr. (41)
