Iditarod Update #9 - Strategies In Action

Moves are being made

Dallas Seavey and John Baker have arrived in Cripple, the halfway point, with Dallas winning the GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award. They have pushed the pace hard, arrivng within 10 minutes of each other, around 1:30am local time. Martin Buser arrived 5:00am. Those three have yet to take their 24 hour breaks.

Jeff King, Hugh Neff, Sebastian Schnuelle, Mitch Seavey and Sven Haltmann all took their 24s at Takotna and are moving on.

In the rookies race, Michelle Phillips is the 6th team out of Ophir, miles ahead of the other rookies.

At the back of the pack, Jane Faulkner{R}, Billy Snodgrass, Celeste Davis{R} and Ross Adam are out of Nikolai, while rookie Emil Churchin has yet to leave.

Here are the complete "Official Standings" as of 10:20am ET
1. Dallas Seavey (41)
2. John Baker (8)
3. Martin Buser (37)
4. Bruce Linton (65)
5. Robert Nelson (32)
6. Michelle Phillips (36) {R}
7. Jeff King (15)
8. Hugh Neff (56)
9. Mitch Seavey (19)
10. Sebastian Schnuelle (35)
11. Lance Mackey (49)
12. Gerry Willomitzer (55)
13. Sven Haltmann (42)
14. Zack Steer (47)
15. Hans Gatt (20)
16. Cim Smyth (3)
17. Ramey Smyth (21)
18. Aliy Zirkle (50)
19. Sonny Lindner (44)
20. Rick Swenson (57)
21. Ken Anderson (51)
22. Jason Barron (71)
23. Ray Redington Jr (9)
24. Paul Gebhardt (7)
25. Ryan Redington (25)
26. DeeDee Jonrowe (31)
27. Jim Lanier (43)
28. Jessie Royer (6)
29. Gerald Sousa (48)
30. Dan Kaduce (64) {R}
31. William "Middie" Johnson (16) {R}
32. Michael Williams, Jr (59) {R}
33. Quinn Iten (28) {R}
34. Judy Currier (72)
35. Peter Kaiser (67) {R}
36. Allen Moore (54)
37. Cindy Gallea (39)
38. Kristy Berington (38) {R}
39. John Stewart (69) {R}
40. Lachlan Clarke (63)
41. Dave DeCaro (52) {R}
42. Art Church, Jr (24)
43. Linwood Fiedler (2)
44. Warren Palfrey (27)
45. Thomas Lesatz (62)
46. Blake Freking (11)
47. William Pinkham (40)
48. Matt Hayashida (12)
49. Colleen Robertia (61) {R}
50. Tom Thurston (68)
51. Justin Savidis (10) {R}
52. Scott White (13) {R}
53. Newton Marshall (14) {R}
54. Chris Adkins (33) {R}
55. Karen Ramstead (29)
56. Tamara Rose (26) {R}
57. Wattie McDonald (4) {R}
58. Trent Herbst (60)
59. Sam Deltour (66)
60. Jane Faulkner (22) {R}
61. Billy Snodgrass (70)
62. Celeste Davis (58) {R}
63. Ross Adam (18)
64. Hank Debruin (45) {R}
65. Emil Churchin (53) {R}


SCRATCHES
Kirk Barnum (34)
Pat Moon (17) {R}
Michael Suprenant (30)
Zoya DeNure (5)
Karin Hendrickson (23)
Kathleen Frederick (46) {R}

Yukon Quest 2/18/10

Race is winding down

Only 6 mushers left on the trail. Terry Williams scratched at Carmacks, no report as to why at this time.

A 30-minute penalty was given to Jennifer Raffaeli for getting outside assistance in installing runner plastic.

OFFICIAL STANDINGS:


Finshers:
1 Hans Gatt (13)

2 Lance Mackey (11)

3 Hugh Neff (23)

4 Zack Steer (2)

5 Ken Anderson (17)

6 Sonny Lindner (20)

7 Joshua Cadzow (21) {ROOKIE OF THE YEAR}

8 Brent Sass (12)

9 Abbie West (1) {R}

10 Normand Casavant (10)

11 Sam Deltour (4) {R}

12 Dries Jacobs (22) {R}

13 Mike Ellis (18)

14 David Dalton (3)

15 Kelley Griffin (15)

16 Cindy Barrand (9) {R}

Still on the trail:
17 Bart De Marie (14) {R}

18 Peter Fleck (24) {R}

19 Jennifer Raffaeli (16) {R}

20 Katie Davis (6) {R}

21 Pierre-Antoine Heritier (19) {R}

22 Jocelyne LeBlanc (8) {R}


SCRATCHED: Gerry Willomitzer (5) ,Terry Williams (7) {R}

Yukon Quest 2/16/10

Top Five Has Been Decided - Rookie of the Year is Next

After Hans Gatt record-setting win, Lance Mackey came in 2nd, with Hugh Neff in 3rd. In an exciting finish, Zack Steer takes 4th place by 3 minutes over Ken Anderson.

In the Rookie of the Year race, Josh Cadzow holds a slim one-hour lead over Abbie West, coming out of Braeburn.

No other scratches at this time, the back of the pack is out of
Scroggie Creek.

OFFICIAL STANDINGS:


Finshers:
1 Hans Gatt (13)

2 Lance Mackey (11)

3 Hugh Neff (23)

4 Zack Steer (2)

5 Ken Anderson (17)

Still on the trail:
6 Sonny Lindner (20)

7 Joshua Cadzow (21) {R}

8 Brent Sass (12)

9 Abbie West (1) {R}

10 Normand Casavant (10)

11 Sam Deltour (4) {R}

12 Dries Jacobs (22) {R}

13 David Dalton (3)

14 Mike Ellis (18)

15 Kelley Griffin (15)

16 Cindy Barrand (9) {R}

17 Pierre-Antoine Heritier (19) {R}

18 Bart De Marie (14) {R}

19 Peter Fleck (24) {R}

20 Jennifer Raffaeli (16) {R}

21 Katie Davis (6) {R}

22 Jocelyne LeBlanc (8) {R}

23 Terry Williams (7) {R}

SCRATCHED: Gerry Willomitzer (5)