Iditarod 2016 – Day 3

Lance Mackey is the leader this morning as the teams head towards Nome in cooler weather beyond the Alaskan Range.

One of my favorite teams, Zoya Denure and her collection of ‘rescues, runts, and rejects’ has scratched at Rainy Pass. That first part in the heat wasn’t easy on puppies.

Updated at 9:30PM CST.

Beyond Nikolai
1 Brent Sass (32)
2 Noah Burmeister (39)
3 Dallas Seavey (16)
4 Mitch Seavey (19)
5 Wade Marrs (33)
6 Peter Kaiser (11)
7 Aliy Zirkle (13)
8 Robert Sørlie (37)
9 Nicolas Petit (12)
10 Ketil Reitan (6)
At Nikolai
11 Lance Mackey (72)
12 Hugh Neff (70)
13 Paul Gebhardt (55)
14 Jason Mackey (67)
15 Jeff King (61)
16 Rick Casillo (20)
17 Michelle Phillips (30)
18 Ralph Johannessen (77)
19 Cim Smyth (10)
20 Richie Diehl (38)

21 Jessie Royer (3)
22 Ray Redington Jr (18)
23 Travis Beals (28)
24 Sigrid Ekran (27)
25 Scott Smith (62)
26 Nathan Schroeder (4)
27 Ken Anderson (81)
28 Kelly Maixner (17)
29 Justin Savidis (46)
30 Katherine Keith (85)
31 Mats Pettersson (36)
32 Jason Campeau (24)
33 Matthew Failor (63)
34 Allen Moore (5)
35 Cody Strathe (59)^Q
36 Ryan Redington (60)
37 Geir Idar Hjelvik (79)^R
38 Martin Buser (48)
39 Jodi Bailey (14)
Beyond Rohn
40 John Baker (66)
41 Linwood Fiedler (41)
42 Paige Drobny (75)
43 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (31)
44 Ed Stielstra (50)
45 Lars Monsen (68)^R
46 Monica Zappa (8)
47 Hans Gatt (84)
48 Dag Torulf Olsen (35)^R
49 Charley Bejna (9)
50 Karin Hendrickson (76)
51 Robert Bundtzen (26)
52 Trent Herbst (58)
53 Anna Berington (23)
54 Kristy Berington (83)
55 Lisbet Norris (7)
56 James Volek (15)
57 Becca Moore (22)
58 Michael Williams, Jr. (40)
59 Tore Albrigtsen (52)
60 Melissa Owens Stewart (82)
61 Jim Lanier (51)
62 Robert Redington (57)^R
63 DeeDee Jonrowe (45)
64 Rob Cooke (56)
65 Scott Janssen (2)
66 Sarah Stokey (71)^R
67 Tom Jamgochian (78)^R
68 Ryne Olson (44)
69 Noah Pereira (21)^R
70 Alan Eischens (54)
71 Tim Pappas (64)^R
72 Kristin Knight Pace (47)^R
73 Kim Franklin (34)^R
At Rohn
74 Elliot Anderson (69)^R
75 Miriam Osredkar (65)^R
76 Kristin Bacon (42)^R
Beyond Rainy Pass
77 Mary Helwig (49)^R
78 Billy Snodgrass (80)
79 Cindy Gallea (73)
80 Ellen Halverson (29)
81 Patrick Beall (53)^R
82 Larry Daugherty (43)^R

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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