Iditarod 2021 – Day 5
Gunnar Johnson (11) was withdrawn at McGrath for a positive COVID test.
Christopher Parker (19)R made the decision to scratch at McGrath ‘in the best interests of his team”. Christopher was down to 8 puppies.
An “S” after the checkpoint indicates the teams headed South to the finish.
Standings at 11:00PM CST (8:00PM AKST):
Beyond Iditarod S
1 Dallas Seavey (23)
2 Ryan Redington (20)
3 Richie Diehl (6)
4 Peter Kaiser (3)
5 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (41)
6 Wade Marrs (25)
7 Aaron Burmeister (36)
8 Brent Sass (21)
9 Travis Beals (33)
At Iditarod
10 Aaron Peck (2)
11 Mille Porsild (28)
12 Jessie Royer (24)
13 Michelle Phillips (26)
14 Nicolas Petit (10)
15 Ramey Smyth (9)
Beyond Ophir
16 Jeff Deeter (7)
17 Jessie Holmes (44)
18 Lev Shvarts (38)
19 Ryne Olson (14)
20 Cody Strathe (37)
21 Dan Kaduce (40)
22 Paige Drobny (42)
23 Matthew Failor (29)
24 Matt Hall (17)
25 Kristy Berington (4)
26 Anna Berington (13)
27 Joshua McNeal (30)R
28 Martin Buser (34)
29 Riley Dyche (16)
30 Chad Stoddard (18)R
31 Joanna Jagow (22)R
32 Rick Casillo (45)
33 Jeremy Traska (5)R
34 Susannah Tuminelli (31)R
At Ophir
35 Sean Underwood (47)R
36 Dennis Kananowicz (8)
37 Dakota Schlosser (39)R
Beyond McGrath
38 Larry Daugherty (43)
39 Victoria Hardwick (48)
40 Hal Hanson (12)R
At McGrath
41 Will Troshynski (27)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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2 comments
covid, concussion, misplaced snow, oh my! here’s hoping that the iditarod provides enough built in social distancing that no one else gets covid.
and “serious upper body injuries” sound ominous, i hope she comes through ok and survives to enjoy retirement.
It sounds like she hit a tree. She has been running at 8 to 12 mhp and if the sled hit stump she could have been ejected from the sled. The southern part of the course has been snow-poor while the northern section is where the snow has been heavy.