You didn’t think I forgot about the Iditarod, did you? I’ll be posting more about this year’s race throughout the week, but for now, here are the top ten teams on the leaderboard as of 3:39 pm Eastern Time on Monday March 4th.
1 Nicolas Petit (20) Out of Rainy Pass
2 Peter Kaiser (9) Out of Rainy Pass
3 Ryan Redington (22) In to Rainy Pass
4 Jessie Holmes (5) In to Rainy Pass
5 Matt Hall (3) In to Rainy Pass
6 Linwood Fiedler (15) In to Rainy Pass
7 Wade Marrs (36) Out of Finger Lake
8 Aliy Zirkle (19) Out of Finger Lake
9 Ramey Smyth (6) Out of Finger Lake
10 Anna Berington (10) Out of Finger Lake
Early this morning in Alaska, the top three mushers crossed the finish line in Nome. As predicted, the Seavey men took the top two spots, with Dallas taking the lead. Aliy Zirkle came in third. The video is from KTUU in Anchorage.
Here are the top five as of 3 pm Eastern today:
1 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 IN TO Nome
AT 03-15 02:20
2 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 IN TO Nome
AT 03-15 03:05
3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 IN TO Nome
AT 03-15 09:42
4 Wade Marrs
Bib 33 OUT OF Safety
AT 03-15 08:49
5 Peter Kaiser
Bib 11 OUT OF Safety
AT 03-15 08:57
Congrats to all who finish, or even participate in this grueling competition!
The top five are all out of Shaktoolik, and they have all taken both of their required layovers, so it’s straight on through to Nome now.
1 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 10:27
2 Brent Sass
Bib 32 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 11:25
3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 12:52
4 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 13:04
5 Wade Marrs
Bib 33 OUT OF Shaktoolik
AT 03-13 15:52
KTUU has several videos and articles detailing the crash caused early Saturday when a drunk 26-year-old Nulato man drove his snowmobile into Jeff King’s team, killing 4-year old Nash and injuring at least 2 more dogs. King and Iditarod officials claim the attack was intentional and say that the man also harassed Aliy Zirkle, injuring one of her dogs. The man maintains he was blacked out and doesn’t remember a thing. He faces two counts of third degree assault, one count of reckless endangerment, one count of reckless driving and five counts of fifth degree criminal mischief.
Neither musher was hurt in the attacks, and both plan on continuing the race. In fact, Zirkle advanced from 3rd place to 2nd today.
Best wishes to both as they continue their quest, and our sympathies go out to King and his kennel family on the loss of Nash.
I’ve been following the Iditarod fairly closely. As always, I’m pulling for the only female musher who regularly finishes in the top five: Aliy Zirkle. Who do you think will win? Listed in the survey are the five who were at the front of the pack as of this morning.
The top five are now scattered between the Kaltag and Nulato checkpoints. From Kaltag, the next waypoint is Unalakleet, on the coast of the Bering Sea. From there, they circle the west edge of the sea, all the way to Nome.
Here are the leaders’ positions:
1 Brent Sass
Bib 32 OUT OF Kaltag
AT 03-12 08:20
2 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 IN TO Kaltag
AT 03-12 07:41
3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 OUT OF Nulato
AT 03-12 06:16
4 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 OUT OF Nulato
AT 03-12 07:14
5 Wade Marrs
Bib 33 OUT OF Nulato
AT 03-12 07:17
The top five have all reached the Ruby checkpoint.
1 Brent Sass
Bib 32 OUT OF Ruby
AT 03-11 01:47
2 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 OUT OF Ruby
AT 03-11 04:32
3 Mitch Seavey
Bib 19 OUT OF Ruby
AT 03-11 09:10
4 Jeff King
Bib 61 IN TO Ruby
AT 03-10 13:02
5 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 IN TO Ruby
AT 03-11 03:31
Dallas Seavey has taken over the lead, while his father Mitch has fallen out of the top five, lagging at Takotna checkpoint while the leaders have progressed through Ophir. Four mushers (Gatt, DeNure, Steves, and Koenig) have scratched. The five mushers at the top of the standings are:
1 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 OUT OF Ophir
AT 03-09 02:21
2 Noah Burmeister
Bib 39 OUT OF Ophir
AT 03-09 05:52
3 John Baker
Bib 66 OUT OF Ophir
AT 03-09 06:02
4 Robert Sorlie
Bib 37 OUT OF Ophir
AT 03-09 08:24
5 Jeff King
Bib 61 OUT OF Ophir
AT 03-09 08:50
From the official website of the Iditarod:
1 Nicolas Petit
Bib 12 IN TO Rainy Pass
AT 03-07 08:22
2 Dallas Seavey
Bib 16 IN TO Rainy Pass
AT 03-07 10:32
3 Aliy Zirkle
Bib 13 OUT OF Finger Lake
AT 03-07 07:01
4 Kelly Maixner
Bib 17 OUT OF Finger Lake
AT 03-07 07:10
5 Jason Mackey
Bib 67 OUT OF Finger Lake
AT 03-07 07:22
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