Iditarod Update #12 - Sunday Morning Spring Forward

Racing to the Bering Sea coast.

Set your clocks ahead, in many time zones.

The front runners, lead by Aliy Zirkle, are racing forward to Unalakleet, on the Bering Sea coast. A lot can happen, as wind, white outs and heavy storms are possible over the final 300 or so miles left in the race. And as hard as Zirkle and Mitch Seavey have pushed, the question becomes can they hold on or will they be overtaken by other teams.

Seavey appears stopped at Old Woman Cabin. Aaron Burmeister is 2nd behind Zirkle, closely followed by John Baker and Dallas Seavey. Jeff King has passed Seavey at Old Woman and then Ken Anderson, Michelle Phillips Jake Berkowitz and Peter Kaiser round out the Top Ten.

In the rookie race, Brent Sass arrived in Kaltag nearly 4 and a half hours ahead of Braxton Peterson

Jan Steves and Bob Chlupach are in the rear, stopped in Cripple.

On Saturday, Zoya Denure scratched for the third year in a row, this time in Cripple, as when she felt her team “didn’t look right” according to her husband, John Schandelmeier.

UNOFFICIAL CURRENT STANDINGS as of 5:30am AKDST/9:30am EDST
(Based on tracker data and Official Standings):

On the Trail to Unalakleet
1. Aliy Zirkle (14)
2. Aaron Burmeister (44)
3. John Baker (11)
4. Dallas Seavey (34)
5. Jeff King (10)
6. Mitch Seavey (35)
7. Ken Anderson (39)
8. Michelle Phillips (26)
9. Jake Berkowitz (29)
10. Peter Kaiser (28)
11. Ray Redington Jr (2)
12. DeeDee Jonrowe (17)
13. Sonny Lindner (59)
14. Ramey Smyth (21)
15. Sigrid Ekran (24)
16. Paul Gebhardt (25)
17. Gerry Willomitzer (23)

In Kaltag
18. Michael Williams, Jr (51)
19. Brent Sass (50) {R}
20. Braxton Peterson (63) {R}
21. Rick Swenson (60)


On the Trail to Kaltag
22. Hugh Neff (27)
23. Rohn Buser (62)
24. Martin Buser (41)
25. Nicolas Petit (9)
26. Anjanette Steer (32) {R}
27. Kelley Griffin (20)

In Nulato
28. Josh Cadzow (55) {R}
29. Lance Mackey (18)
30. Bruce Linton (36)
31. Jodi Bailey (6)
32. Colleen Robertia (42)
33. Tom Thurston (5)
34. Mike Santos (22) {R}

On the Trail to Nulato
35. Gerald Sousa (58)
36. Cim Smyth (8)
37. Ed Stielstra (45)
38. Ryne Olson (46) {R}
39. Jim Lanier (3)
40. Curt Perano (61) {R}

In Galena
41. Scott Janssen (37)
42. Justin Savidis (38)
43. Kelly Maixner (12)
44. Karin Hendrickson (43)
45. Lachlan Clarke (66)
46. Matt Giblin (52)
47. Trent Herbst (16)
48. Anna Berington, (33) {R}
49. Kristy Berington (31)
50. William Pinkham (4)

On the Trail to Galena
51. Karen Ramstead (56)
52. Hank Debruin (48) {R}

In Ruby
53. Art Church, Jr (64)
54. Travis Cooper (19) {R}
55. Jaimee Kinzer (30) {R}
56. Michael Suprenant (13)

On the Trail to Ruby
57. Pat Moon (15) {R}
58. Kirk Barnum (47)
59. Matt Failor (57) {R}
60. Dan Seavey (65)

In Cripple
61. Jan Steves (40) {R}
62. Bob Chlupach (49)

Scratched
Zoya DeNure (53)
Wade Marrs (7)
Ryan Redington (67)
Silvia Furtwängler (54) {R}


Bib Numbers (X)
Rookie {R}