Iditarod 2015 – Day 7

Philip Walters scratched at Ruby which closed down after Ellen left this morning. The field is down to 72 teams.

Aliy has a real lead of almost two hours over Jeff out of Kaltag, but that isn’t much given the weather shifts around the Norton Sound where instant blizzards are not a rare occurrence.

Ellen Halverson is out of the running for the Red Lantern. She has scratched at Galena.

At Unalakleet
1 Aaron Burmeister (63)
2 Aliy Zirkle (32)
Beyond Kaltag
3 Jeff King (59)
4 Dallas Seavey (46)
5 Jessie Royer (3)
6 Mitch Seavey (18)
7 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (16)
8 Ken Anderson (36)
9 Kelly Maixner (9)
10 Peter Kaiser (54)

11 Wade Marrs (65)
12 Jason Campeau (70)^Q
13 Thomas Waerner (8)^R
14 Hugh Neff (24)
15 Nathan Schroeder (26)
16 John Baker (78)
17 Michelle Phillips (6)
18 Nicolas Petit (12)
19 Travis Beals (56)
20 Paul Gebhardt (28)
21 Mats Pettersson (55)
At Kaltag
22 Christian Turner (73)
23 Ray Redington Jr (34)
24 Martin Buser (4)
25 Paige Drobny (58)
26 Richie Diehl (42)
27 Curt Perano (21)
Beyond Nulato
28 DeeDee Jonrowe (29)
29 Justin Savidis (19)
30 Jason Mackey (72)

The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.

These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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