Published: December 3rd, 2011 10:46 PM
Last Modified: December 3rd, 2011 10:47 PM
Running on soft snow and warm weather that slowed some teams to a near-crawl, Christian Taveau and his eight-dog team found enough speed for a convincing victory over Egil Ellis in the Montana Creek Dog Mushers Association season-opening races. Taveau finished in 31 minutes, 14 seconds to beat Ellis, the winner of multiple Fur Rendezvous world championships, by 1:42.
4-dog -- 1) Koroush Partow 17:09; 2) Amy Maclean 17:34; 3) Kathy Faryniarz 17:52; 4) Dori Hollingsworth 18:11; 5) Kris Rasey 19:45; 6) Donna Quante 36:48. 2-dog skijor -- 1) Rebecca Knight 16:45; 2) Kathy Faryniarz 18:57; 3) Kim Well 20:30. 6-dog -- 1) Kim Wells 21:51; 2) Skipper Stitt 21:58; 3) Jenny Evans 33:20. 8-dog -- 1) Christian Taveau 31:14; 2) Egil Ellis 32:56; 3) Kris Rasey 33:30. Open -- 1) Daryl Hollingsworth 55:04.
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