Iditarod 2017 – Day 11
Nearly half of the teams have reached Nome by this morning and the temperatures are good for the puppies, if not so great for the mushers.
Robert Redington slipped by Sebastien Vergnaud to take Rookie honors and Roger Lee is holding the Red Lantern.
Monica Zappa scratched at Shaktoolik when her team didn’t like moving on the sea ice.
In addition to the two dogs I have already mentioned, Katherine Keith lost Flash, a 4-year-old, as she approached Koyuk, and Roger Lee lost 3-year-old Shilling just outside of Unalakleet. Not a good year for the puppies.
Roger Lee has scratched at Shaktoolik which hands the Red Lantern back to Cindy Abbott.
Standings at 9:40PM CDT:
Finished at Nome
11 Jeff King (34)
12 Ramey Smyth (44)
13 Michelle Phillips (9)
14 Ryan Redington (2)
15 Hans Gatt (32)
16 Ralph Johannessen (39)
17 Ken Anderson (59)
18 John Baker (65)
19 Katherine Keith (52)
20 Linwood Fiedler (6)
21 Jason Mackey (64)
22 Robert Redington (70)R
23 Sebastien Vergnaud (13)R
24 Richie Diehl (21)
25 Mats Pettersson (33)
26 Lars Monsen (45)
27 Hugh Neff (50)
28 Rick Casillo (27)
29 Noah Burmeister (63)
30 Cody Strathe (5)
31 Ketil Reitan (11)
32 Martin Buser (15)
33 Melissa Stewart (56)
34 Scott Smith (69)
35 Nathan Schroeder (62)
36 Nicolas Vanier (26)R
37 Seth Barnes (51)
38 Karin Hendrickson (20)
39 Allen Moore (36)
40 Kristy Berington (73)
41 Anna Berington (66)
42 Laura Neese (7)Q
Beyond White Mountain
43 Jodi Bailey (28)
At White Mountain
44 Larry Daugherty (71)
45 Geir Idar Hjelvik (54)
46 Charley Bejna (46)
47 DeeDee Jonrowe (22)
48 Gunnar Johnson (19)
49 Justin High (48)R
Beyond Elim
50 Trent Herbst (67)
51 Justin Stielstra (49)R
52 Dave Delcourt (72)R
53 Kristin Bacon (17)
At Elim
54 Misha Wiljes (4)R
55 Zoya DeNure (42)
56 Thomas Rosenbloom (40)R
57 Joe Carson (12)R
Beyond Koyuk
58 Matthew Failor (55)
59 Michael Baker (61)R
At Koyuk
60 Peter Reuter (53)R
61 Jimmy Lebling (43)R
62 Alan Eischens (35)
63 Cindy Abbott (31)
64 Paul Hansen (47)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.
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