March 11, 2009

Iditarod Day 5

Today has been another busy race day. The mushers left Nikolai and made it to McGrath (54 miles). Their next check point was Takotna (18 miles). Currently, only one musher has made it from Takotna to Ophir 25 miles. The next checkpoint is Iditarod which his 90 miles from Ophir.

The current standings are

1. Martin Buser - :-) In Ophir with 14 dogs
2. Aaron Burmeister - 13 dogs
3. Hugh Neff - 14 dogs
4. Sebastian Schnuelle - 15 dogs
5. Lance Mackey - 16 dogs
6. Jeff King - 15 dogs
7. Mitch Seavey - 15 dogs
8. Paul Gebhardt - 14 dogs
9. Bjornar Andersen - 15 dogs
10. John Baker - 15 dogs

12. Aliy Zirkle - 15 dogs
15. Jessie Royer - 15 dogs
18. DeeDee Jonrowe - 16 dogs
19. Melissa Owens- 14 dogs

This is a very close race and a lot of great teams are still in the running. Good luck to all!

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