The Wasilla musher, who finished the 1999 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 45th place Monday afternoon, managed to break a 15-year-old record by traveling the 22 miles from Safety to Nome in 1 hour, 58 minutes.

John Cooper held the all-time Iditarod record of 1 hour, 59 minutes, 24 seconds, set in 1984.

However, race rules specify that to win the $500 award from the Nome Kennel Club for the fastest Safety-to-Nome time, the musher must finish in the top 20. Rick Mackey of Nenana was the fastest in that group with a time of 2 hours, 29 minutes.

"That's the way it's always been," Iditarod Trail Committee president Stan Hooley said about the race rules. "We were sitting around, scratching our heads, pondering that very question (of whether anyone outside the top 20 had gone faster.)"

Goosen, 45, is originally from South Dakota.

Other Iditarod awards handed out at the post-race banquet:

*Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award: Rick Mackey of Nenana, who finished 16th, won a crystal cup and two round-trip tickets on Alaska Airlines for the care he gave his team and the condition of the 13 dogs that crossed the finish line. Chief veterinarian Stu Nelson called the vote, by three Iditarod vets, a "convincing win." Mackey becomes only the second Iditarod musher to win the Seppala award more than once; he also did it 1983, when he took his only championship. Three-time champion Martin Buser of Big Lake is the only other musher to win the award more than once. He's done it four times - in 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1997.

*Sportsmanship Award: Shared by Matt Hayashida, Jeremy Gebauer and Jim Gallea shared the award.

*Rookie of the Year: Harald Tunheim of Norway, who finished 19th after spending most of the early portions of the race among the top 10, won $1,500.

*Most Inspirational Musher: Sonny Lindner of Delta Junction, who returned to the Iditarod after a five-year absence, and drove Rick Swenson's pup team to a 24th-place finish.

*Golden Harness Award: Champion Doug Swingley's 8-year-old lead dog Elmer, the only animal in his team who was also on Swingley's 1995 championship team.

*Golden Stethoscope Award: Carolyn Griffitts was the veterinarian mushers "felt was the most help along the trail."

*First Musher to the Yukon Award: Swingley won a seven-course dinner and $3,500.

*Joe Redington Sr. Award: Jeff King won the award "to the musher whose spirit and determination best capture the (Iditarod's) rich traditions." King won his choice of $2,500 or 2,500 gallons of gas.

*Gold Coast Award: Swingley picked up $2,500 in gold nuggets.

*Halfway Award: Swingley received $3,000 in gold.

*Red Lantern Award: Montana musher Gebauer, mushing a team of Swingley's young dogs, was the last to Nome - allowing the Montana kennel to bracket the race with the fastest time and the slowest. Gebauer arrived in Nome at 2:18 p.m. Monday after 15 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes on the trail. Gebauer's was the second-fastest Red Lantern finish in race history - a time fast enough to have won seven Iditarods. It took John Schultz more than twice as long to pick up the first Red Lantern in 1973, more than 32 days.