Northern Lights 300

Finished
1. Anjanette Steer #4
2. Ray Redington #9
3. Travis Beals #11
4. Nicolas Petit #14
5. Kelly Maixner #18
6. Jim Lanier #26
7. Mitch Seavey #24
8. Mike Santos #16
9. Mari Troshynski #13
10. Jason Mackey #20
11. Travis Cooper #12
12. Karin Hendrickson #23
13. Mark Walker #30
14. Leila Javadi-Babreh #8
15. Beebe-Giudice Alex #22

Out of Yentna:
Bejna Charley #27
Failor Matthew #2
Marques Luan #10
Halter Vern #15
Volek James #7
Hoyt Varan #3
Halverson Ellen #12

Scratches & Withdrawals:
Lev Shvarts – Scratch
Smyth Ramey – Scratch
Willomitzer Gerry – Scratch
Schnuelle Sebastian – Scratch
Cork Stephanie – Scratch
Benkendorf Andy – Withdrawn
Rose Tamara – Withdrawn
Chlupach Bob – Withdrawn
Steves Jan – Withdrawn

Anjanette Steer in at 12:50:00 with 13 dogs in harness, and Ray Redington in at 01:02 with 10 dogs!

Anjanette Steer's team, photo by Patricia Lynn Jones

Looks like we’ll have the first finisher across the line around 11:30 this morning! Come on out to Martin Buser’s Happy Trails Kennel and help us all cheer and welcome the teams home!

• #24 Mitch Seavey at 4:41:14 with 13 dogs

• #13 Mari Troshynski at 5:57:45 with 13 dogs

Came into Yentna earlier:

• #4 Anjanette Steer at 1:21:47 with 13 dogs

• #9 Ray Redington at 1:34:21 with 12 dogs

• #11 Travis Beals at 1:35:03 with 14 dogs

• #14 Nicolas Petit at 2:40:09 with 12 dogs

• #26 Jim Lanier at 3:44:36 with 11 dogs

• #16 Mike Santos at 3:55:22 with 16 dogs

• #18 Kelly Maixner at 3:59:37 with 15 dogs

• Four more teams into Yentna: 

  • #14 Nicolas Petit at 2:40:09 with 12 dogs

  • #26 Jim Lanier at 3:44:36 with 11 dogs

  • #16 Mike Santos at 3:55:22 with 16 dogs

  • #18 Kelly Maixner at 3:59:37 with 15 dogs.

Into Yentna Station:

• #4 Anjanette Steer at 1:21:47 with 13 dogs

• #9 Ray Redington at 1:34:21 with 12 dogs

• #11 Travis Beals at 1:35:03 with 14 dogs

GO TEAMS!

James Fee and Chris Hegener, Trail Sweeps

Trail sweep Chris Hegener just called again, he and his brother James are at the Old Skwentna cabin, the first inbound team just passed them headed back to Yentna, and the last outbound team just passed them going up to Finger Lake. Chris said he and Jim have the stove going and are fixing some dinner, and he also told me that when they got into the cabin the thermometer said it was sixty below - he says they have a photograph of it, and they’re going to take another photo when it gets a little warmer to show the thermometer is not broken! Chris said that as long as their snowmachines will start when they’re ready to go they should be at Finger Lake in a couple more hours, barring a team deciding to stop and camp on the trail.

Arriving at the Finger Lake checkpoint: #27 Charley Bejna at 18:08 with 11 dogs, #22 Alexander Beebe-Guidice at 18:14 with 12 dogs,#2 Matthew Failor at 18:17 with 14 dogs, and Travis Cooper at 18:38 with 16 dogs.

Leaving Finger Lake was Jim Lanier at 18:48 with 11 dogs.

Four teams have left the Finger Lake checkpoint: Anjanette Steer went out at 4:45 with 13 dogs, Ray Redington at 4:51 with 12 dogs, Nicolas Petit at 5:01 with 12 dogs, and Travis Beals at 5:43 with 14 dogs.

Trail sweep Chris Hegener

Trail sweep Chris Hegener called at 4:30 pm and said the last team had passed Delia’s at Skwentna about 45 minutes before that. The sweeps were having a hamburger and waiting for the teams ahead to get a good lead on them, they expected to be into Finger Lake around midnight tonight; said they’ve been traveling through 20 below temperatures all day. Hats off to the trail sweeps, who make sure everyone makes it through safely!

Into Finger Lake checkpoint: #24 Mitch Seavey at 14:32 with 13 dogs, #13 Mari Troshynski at 14:33 with 15 dogs, #20 Jason Mackey at 14:58 with 13 dogs, and #17 Lev Shvarts at 15:38 with 11 dogs. Teams are starting to leave Finger Lake, more updates soon.