Iditarod 2016 – Day 7
Brent Sass is in the lead this morning, and while Mitch is starting 2nd he still needs an 8-hour, which Aliy has already completed. It is down to how fast is your team and how little rest can you and the team exist on…
Ellen left the Red Lantern in the care of Billy Snodgrass in Ophir. Alas, Billy returned the favor at 4:30PM.
There is some information that both Aliy and Jeff King were harassed by a snowmobile on the trail into Nulato. The Iditarod Trail Committee have made it nearly impossible to find out what’s going on without “donating” to their “non-profit” corporation. [Update in separate post]
Rick Casillo & Scott Janssen have both scratched. Rick lost his lead dog to an injury in a fight with another male. [Many of the females are in heat, a good reason to run the race at a different time.]
Standings at 8:30PM CST.
Beyond Kaltag
Brent Sass (32)
Aliy Zirkle (13)
Dallas Seavey (16)
Wade Marrs (33)
Mitch Seavey (19)
John Baker (66)
At Kaltag
7 Robert Sørlie (37)
8 Nicolas Petit (12)
9 Peter Kaiser (11)
10 Noah Burmeister (39)
11 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (31)
12 Jeff King (61)
Beyond Nulato
13 Ralph Johannessen (77)
14 Michelle Phillips (30)
15 Hugh Neff (70)
16 Paul Gebhardt (55)
17 Richie Diehl (38)
18 Ray Redington Jr (18)
19 Scott Smith (62)
20 Jessie Royer (3)
21 Travis Beals (28)
At Nulato
22 Kelly Maixner (17)
23 Ken Anderson (81)
24 Sigrid Ekran (27)
25 Nathan Schroeder (4)
26 Ketil Reitan (6)
27 Jason Campeau (24)
28 Mats Pettersson (36)
Beyond Galena
29 Lars Monsen (68)R
30 Dag Torulf Olsen (35)R
31 Geir Idar Hjelvik (79)R
32 Jason Mackey (67)
33 Linwood Fiedler (41)
34 Cody Strathe (59)Q
35 Allen Moore (5)
36 Katherine Keith (85)
37 Jodi Bailey (14)
38 Karin Hendrickson (76)
39 Justin Savidis (46)
40 Ed Stielstra (50)
At Galena
41 Cim Smyth (10)
42 Paige Drobny (75)
43 Martin Buser (48)
44 Kristy Berington (83)
45 Anna Berington (23)
46 Tore Albrigtsen (52)
Beyond Ruby
47 Ryan Redington (60)
48 DeeDee Jonrowe (45)
49 Robert Redington (57)R
At Ruby
50 Michael Williams, Jr. (40)
51 James Volek (15)
52 Robert Bundtzen (26)
53 Tim Pappas (64)R
54 Monica Zappa (8)
55 Ryne Olson (44)
56 Becca Moore (22)
57 Jim Lanier (51)
58 Sarah Stokey (71)R
59 Lance Mackey (72)
60 Kristin Knight Pace (47)R
61 Tom Jamgochian (78)R
Beyond Cripple
62 Melissa Owens Stewart (82)
63 Lisbet Norris (7)
64 Miriam Osredkar (65)R
65 Noah Pereira (21)R
66 Alan Eischens (54)
67 Trent Herbst (58)
68 Rob Cooke (56)
69 Elliot Anderson (69)R
70 Matthew Failor (63)
At Cripple
71 Patrick Beall (53)R
72 Kim Franklin (34)R
73 Larry Daugherty (43)R
74 Cindy Gallea (73)
75 Kristin Bacon (42)R
Beyond Ophir
76 Billy Snodgrass (80)
77 Mary Helwig (49)R
78 Ellen Halverson (29)
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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