Iditarod 2022 – Day 1

And they’re off. The temperature is forecast to be in the low to mid 30s F which can lead to heat stroke in sled dogs, not great conditions and can lead to weak ice on the rivers. There’s about 5 hours of sunlight left at the starting time and teams leave at two minute intervals, so the last team out is over an hour and a half after the first team, which means Hugh Neff has higher temperatures and less sunlight to use.

Update: The Deeters, Lisbet Norris & Yuka Hondo left with 13 puppies, the rest left with 14.

Standings at 10:00PM CST (7:00PM AKST):
Beyond Yentna
1 Martin Massicotte (6)^Q
2 Paige Drobny (5)
3 Jessie Holmes (7)
4 Jeff King (3)
5 Sean Williams (2)^R
6 Ryan Redington (17)
7 Hanna Lyrek (13)^R
8 Anna Berington (9)
9 Mats Pettersson (11)
10 Matthew Failor (10)
11 Michelle Phillips (4)
12 Aaron Burmeister (23)
13 Brent Sass (27)
14 Lev Shvarts (16)
15 Dan Kaduce (28)
16 Kristy Berington (24)
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At Yentna
17 Richie Diehl (18)
18 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (12)
19 Ramey Smyth (8)
20 Eric Kelly (14)^R
21 Deke Naaktgeboren (25)
22 Aaron Peck (21)
Beyond Willow
23 Riley Dyche (15)
24 KattiJo Deeter (19)^R
25 Dallas Seavey (20)
26 Joe Taylor (22)^R
27 Anja Radano (26)
28 Julie Ahnen (29)^R
29 Mitch Seavey (30)
30 Matt Hall (31)
31 Amanda Otto (32)^R
32 Mille Porsild (33)
33 Jeff Deeter (34)
34 Ryne Olson (35)
35 Bridgett Watkins (36)^R
36 Peter Kaiser (37)
37 Martin Buser (38)
38 Gerhardt Thiart (39)^R
39 Karin Hendrickson (40)
40 Kailyn Davis (41)^R
41 Travis Beals (42)
42 Lisbet Norris (43)
43 Sebastien Dos Santos Borges (44)^R
44 Joshua McNeal (45)
45 Chad Stoddard (46)
46 Apayauq Reitan (47)
47 Matt Paveglio (48)^R
48 Yuka Honda (49)
49 Hugh Neff (50)

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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